Rahel Graf

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Rahel Graf
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Pfaffnau, Switzerland
Club information
Current team
 SC Kriens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 LUwin.ch
2008 SC Freiburg 6[1] (0)
2008–2014 SC Kriens
2014– FC Luzern
National team
Switzerland U-19
2007–2012 Switzerland 62
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rahel Graf (born 1 February 1989) is a Swiss women's footballer, who has 62 appearances for the national team. At club level, she plays for FC Luzern Frauen.

Personal life[]

Graf grew up in Pfaffnau, Switzerland, and her father is a Lucerne councillor.[2] As of 2016, she lives in Ennetbürgen, and was studying social security.[2]

Career[]

Domestic[]

Graf played for LUwin.ch from 2004–2006.[2][a] She won the Nationalliga A,[2] and won the Swiss Women's Cup three times with them.[2][3] In 2005, Graf made her first appearance in the UEFA Women's Champions League, in a 5–1 win for LUwin.ch.[4]

In 2008, Graf transferred to German Frauen-Bundesliga team SC Freiburg, before moving to SC Kriens.[2] In 2014, she transferred to FC Luzern Frauen.[5] She captained FC Luzern as they reached the Swiss Women's Cup semi-final in 2018.[3]

International[]

Graf has 62 appearances for the Switzerland.[2] She played for Switzerland U-19 at the 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[4] She made her senior debut in 2007.[2] She played for the senior team in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches,[4] and was sent off in the first-leg playoff against Italy. Switzerland lost the match 1–0.[6] She made 19 further appearances for the national team between 2011 and 2013.[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ LUwin.ch was known as FC Sursee until 2004, and then as FC Luzern, before being renamed LUwin.ch.

References[]

  1. ^ "Rahel Graf" (in German). Fussball Daten. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "FUSSBALL: "Gräfin" will die Königskrone". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Zwei Luzerner Frauenfussballteams wollen in den Cup-Halbfinal". ZentralPlus (in German). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Rahel Graf". UEFA. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "FCL-Spielerin Rahel Graf verlangt: "Wir müssen die Komfortzone verlassen"". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Last-gasp Tuttino puts Italy in ascendancy". FIFA. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Rahel Graf". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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