Career
Sutter began his career with Football Club Basel in 1981 and went on to play 114 matches for the club before he left to join Neuchâtel Xamax in 1986. He spent the best years of his career at Xamax, playing over 200 games there. In 1994, he signed for Yverdon-Sport Football Club, but he spent just one season there and moved on to Football Club Saint Gallen in 1995.
He scored twice in 29 appearances for Saint Gallen and retired in 1996, aged 33.