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Sally Julini

Sally Julini
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Carouge, Switzerland
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Servette
2018–2020 Olympique Lyonnais
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Olympique Lyonnais 6 (1)
2022Guingamp (loan) 10 (1)
2022–2023Guingamp (loan) 10 (0)
International career
2020 France U18
2020 France U20
2021– Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021

Sally Julini (born 1 January 2003) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder. She represents the Switzerland national team.[1]

Early life

Julini was born in Geneva to a French father of Ivorian and Guadeloupean descent and a Swiss mother.[2]

Club career

After training at the Swiss national center in Biel since the age of 12, Sally Julini then played with the men's youth teams of Meyrin FC and the U15s of Servette FC, before joining Olympique Lyonnais youth academy in 2019.[3]

She played her first D1 match on the 2 October 2020 against Fleury,[4] soon also making her Champions League debut on the following 15 December, against Juventus.[3]

International career

Called with the youth selections of the France team on several occasions since the summer 2020,[5][6] she finally opted for the Swiss selection, that she was first selected for in April 2021 for the Euro 2022 qualifaying against the Czech Republic.[3]

She made her international debut for Switzerland on the 17 September 2021, during a World Cup qualifaying against Lithuania.[7]

Personal life

In August 2024, Julini gave birth to her first child Saïmon, which resulted in her career break.[8]

References

  1. ^ Sally Julini at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ Paccaud, Florian (20 February 2022). "Sally Julini: "Important de gagner pour rester en confiance"". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2022. I was born in Geneva, my mother is 100% Swiss and my father is Ivorian and Guadeloupean, which means that I am also French.
  3. ^ a b c Curty, Ugo (9 April 2021). "Comment la Suisse a convaincu un grand espoir romand". 20 minutes. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ "L'entretien : Sally Julini". OLTV. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Agro, Matthieu (5 August 2020). "Equipe de France U18 : Quatre joueuses de l'OL convoquées en sélection". Le Sport au Féminin (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ Duret, Sebastien. "U20 – Match nul entre la sélection française et FLEURY". Footofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ Paccaud, Florian (17 September 2021). "Football – Sûre d'elle, la Suisse fait des étincelles". Le Matin (in French). Thoune. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Sally Julini quitte l'OL féminin et donne naissance à un petit garçon". Lyon Foot (in French). 9 August 2024.