Rachel Rinast

Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for 1. FC Köln. She rejoined Köln after spending the 2012–13 season with SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

Rachel Rinast
Rachel Rinast in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-02) 2 June 1991
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
1. FC Köln
Number 31
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 FFC Oldesloe 2000
2008–2009 TSV Nahe
2009–2010 Holstein Kiel 19 (0)
2010–2012 1. FC Köln 41 (5)
2012–2013 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 17 (0)
2013–2016 1. FC Köln 60 (8)
2016–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 20 (1)
2017–2018 FC Basel
2018 SC Freiburg 4 (0)
2019 ASA Tel Aviv University
2019– 1. FC Köln 16 (3)
National team
2015– Switzerland 32[2] (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 June 2020

Career

Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Switzerland women's national football team.[3] She was playing in the German second division for Köln, when Swiss selectors discovered her mother was from St. Gallen and called her up. Rinast is also a singer and in 2014 provided guest vocals on Grau by German rapper DANGA.[4]

References

  1. "List of Players - Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
  4. Dubach, Matthias (2 June 2015). "Das Märchen von Rachel" (in German). Blick. Retrieved 30 March 2018.


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