Géraldine Reuteler

Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team.^[2]

Géraldine Reuteler

Reuteler in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler^[1]
Date of birth	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth	Nidwalden, Switzerland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2018	Luzern	43	(28)
2018–	Eintracht Frankfurt	57	(14)
International career^‡
2015–2016	Switzerland U17	15	(10)
2016–2018	Switzerland U19	11	(4)
2017–	Switzerland	55	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Career

Clubs

Reuteler started her career in 2008 at FC Stans^[3] before moving to FC Luzern in February 2014.^[4]  In Lucerne, after just four months, she was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2014 and made her Nationalliga A debut in a 1-0 win over FC Zürich on 30 August that year.^[5] She made 43 league appearances and scored 28 goals in four years before signing a two-year contract with 1. FFC Frankfurt on 21 March 2018.^[6]  In July 2020, 1. FFC Frankfurt became part of the club Eintracht Frankfurt is integrated and thus forms the club's women's football department. In early 2022, she extended her contract with Eintracht Frankfurt until June 2024.^[7]

National Team

Reuteler completed the 2015 European Championship for Switzerland's U-17s and reached the final.^[8]  In June 2016 followed the European Championship semi-finals with the U-19s of Switzerland, which, however, lost to France.  In 2017, Reuteler received her first call-up to the Swiss senior team and made her debut on 10 June 2017 when she came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Martina Moser against England.^[9] She played for Switzerland at the Euro 2017.^[10][11]

Reuteler took part in the Cyprus Cup for Switzerland in spring 2018.^[12]  In July 2018 she took part in the U-19 European Championship in Switzerland. The Swiss team was eliminated after the preliminary round. Reuteler scored two goals.

Reuteler took part in the Euro 2022 and was in the starting line-up for the Swiss in all three group games. In the decisive third game against the Netherlands, she scored 1-1 and thus the only Swiss goal in this game. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 November 2017	Wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland	Belarus	3–0	3–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.	9 October 2018	Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Belgium	1–0	1–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
3.	8 October 2019	Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland	Croatia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
4.	17 July 2022	Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England	Netherlands	1–1	1–4	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
5.	6 September 2022	Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland	Moldova	7–0	15–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.				8–0
7.				15–0
8.	11 November 2022	Wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland	Denmark	1–0	1–2	Friendly

Personal

Reuteler learned at the Talents School FREI'S schools and graduated there in 2018 as a businesswoman.^[13]

Notes

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
2. "Géraldine Reuteler - Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
3. (PDF). web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
4. Bühlmann, Theres (2017-09-01). "FUSSBALL: Géraldine Reuteler ist cool und torgefährlich". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
5. . web.archive.org. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
6. . web.archive.org. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
7. "Auch Géraldine Reuteler verlängert". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
8. "FUSSBALL: Luzernerin wechselt in die Bundesliga". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
9. ""Wir spielten so schlecht, dass man sich schämt"". 20 Minuten (in German). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
10. "Switzerland – G. Reuteler – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
11. UEFA.com. "Géraldine Reuteler – Switzerland – WEURO". UEFA.com.
12. . web.archive.org. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
13. Frankfurt, 1 FFC. "Top-Talent aus der Schweiz". ffc-frankfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.

External links

• Géraldine Reuteler at Soccerway