Rahel Graf

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.

Rahel Graf
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989
Place of birth Pfaffnau, Switzerland
Team 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
International career
Switzerland U-19
2007–2012 Switzerland 62
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 to 2006.[2][lower-alpha 1] 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. "FUSSBALL: "Gräfin" will die Königskrone". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. "Zwei Luzerner Frauenfussballteams wollen in den Cup-Halbfinal". ZentralPlus (in German). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. "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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