Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss footballer. She plays as a striker and right-back for FC Barcelona in Spain's Primera Iberdrola and represents the Switzerland women's national football team. A fast player with good heading ability,[2] Crnogorčević is considered alongside Ramona Bachmann one of Switzerland's most talented female footballers.[3][4]

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević, August 2011
Personal information
Full name Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Date of birth (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990
Place of birth Steffisburg, Switzerland
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker, defender
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 18
Youth career
2001–2004 FC Steffisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
2009 FC Thun
2009–2010 Hamburger SV 39 (13)
2011–2018 FFC Frankfurt 112 (21)
2018–2019 Portland Thorns FC 34 (6)
2019– Barcelona 6 (0)
National team‡
2009– Switzerland 123[1] (60)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Club career

Crnogorčević began her club career with FC Steffisburg at age 11. In 2004, she moved to FC Rot-Schwarz Thun, then later to FC Thun. In 2009, she helped Rot-Schwarz win the Swiss Cup final. Crnogorčević scored a hat-trick in the 8–0 win over FC Schlieren.[5] She was also top-scorer with 24 goals in the Nationalliga A.[5] In September 2009 she joined German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. She made her debut for HSV on 27 September, scoring in a 3–2 win at SG Essen-Schönebeck. Crnogorčević finished her first season in Germany with eight goals from 19 appearances.[6]

She signed with Portland Thorns FC ahead of the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season[7][8] In December 2019, Crnogorčević signed with Barcelona.[9]

International career

Crnogorčević, who has dual nationality, turned down an approach to play for Croatia when she was 17.[2] Instead she scored 25 goals in 29 games for the Switzerland U19 team.[2] At the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, she reached the semi-final with her team. On 12 August 2009 she made her debut for the Swiss senior team in a friendly against Sweden.[10] In August 2010, she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[11]

Honours

Club
FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
FFC Frankfurt
Portland Thorns
FC Barcelona

Individual

References
  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Michael Krobath (7 September 2010). "Ana Crnogorcevic: "I Don't Have the Figure for It"". Credit Suisse. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  3. "Ana Marie (18): Wir haben die schönste Bundesliga-Spielerin!" (in German). Blick. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. "Swiss outsiders thinking big". FIFA.com. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. Erik Garin (31 December 2009). "Switzerland (Women) 2008/09". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  6. "Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  7. "Portland Thorns sign Swiss forward Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic". Oregon Live. 21 March 2018.
  8. "Instagram". Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic. 22 March 2018.
  9. "Schweizer Nationalspielerin Crnogorcevic unterschreibt bei Barça". 4-4-2.com (in German). 4 December 2019.
  10. "Portrait" (in German). Football.ch. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. "Switzerland 8–0 Kazakhstan". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
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