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Seraina Friedli

Seraina Friedli
Personal information
Full name Seraina Friedli[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Samedan, Switzerland,
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 FC Zürich
2018–2020 BSC Young Boys
2020–2022 Florentia 8 (0)
International career
2016– Switzerland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seraina Friedli (born 20 March 1993) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria and the Switzerland national team.

Career

Club

Friedli started playing football at FC Lusitanos de Samedan in 2005. In 2010 she moved to FC Thusis-Cazis. Friedli played for Swiss club FC Zürich in the Nationalliga A from 2012 to 2018. With the club, she won four national titles and three national cups. With FC Zürich, Friedli also has played six consecutive editions of the UEFA Champions League. In the summer of 2020, she moved to Italy to join San Gimignano in Serie A. She signed a one-year contract there.  She made her debut in Italy against Empoli, a game she won 2-1.[2]  The 2021/22 season Friedli played for FC Aarau.[3] For the 2022/23 season she moved back to FC Zürich Frauen, for whom she had already played from 2012 to 2018.  For the 2023/24 season she will switch to RSC Anderlecht in the first Belgian league.[4]

International

Friedli has been called for the Switzerland national team since 2016. On 3 July 2017 Friedli was called by coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg to represent Switzerland at the UEFA Euro 2017,[5] but she didn't play any matches as Switzerland was eliminated in the tournament's group stage.

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Seraina Friedli siegt bei Debüt in Italien | Südostschweiz". www.suedostschweiz.ch (in Swiss High German). 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Neues Trainerteam und zwei Neuzugänge". FC Aarau Frauen (in German). Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Kadermutationen bei den FCZ Frauen". FC Zürich (in German). Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ "DAS SCHWEIZER 23-FRAUEN-KADER FÜR DIE EURO 2017". Swiss Football Association. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2018.