Stenia Michel

Stenia Liliane Michel (born 23 October 1987) is a Swiss footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for FC Basel of the Swiss Nationalliga A. She previously played for FF USV Jena of the German Bundesliga, and FC Zürich of Switzerland's Nationalliga A, who were known as SV Seebach until 2008. Michel has been a member of the Switzerland women's national football team since 2005, but did not make her debut until March 2014, a 1–1 draw with South Korea at the 2014 Cyprus Cup.[3]

Stenia Michel
Personal information
Full name Stenia Liliane Michel[1]
Date of birth (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987
Place of birth Uster, Switzerland
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1996–2000 FC Uster
2000–2002 FC Wetzikon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2013 FC Zürich
2013–2016 FF USV Jena
2016–2018 FC Basel
National team‡
2014– Switzerland 11[2] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:17, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Michel became Switzerland's first-choice goalkeeper in the run up to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, because rival Gaëlle Thalmann had suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[4]

References
  1. "List of Players – Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
  4. "Steht Stenia Michel an der WM gegen den Weltmeister im Tor?" (in German). Zürcher Oberländer. 6 December 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.


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