Prisca Steinegger

Prisca Steinegger (born 1 September 1977) is a Swiss football player currently playing for FC Zürich Frauen and a former captain of the Switzerland women's national football team. She is a left-footed central defender or midfielder.[1]

Prisca Steinegger
Personal information
Full name Prisca Steinegger
Date of birth (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central Defence
Club information
Current team
 FC Zürich Frauen
Number 8
Youth career
FC Waidberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
DFC Blue Stars
GC/Schwerzenbach
DFC Blue Stars
1999– FC Zürich Frauen
National team
1996–2008 Switzerland 55 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Steinegger was offered a scholarship to the University of Georgia[2] in the US in 1999 but had to withdraw because of an injury. She was then employed in the communications department of FIFA.[3]

In 2008 Steinegger was the captain of SV Seebach when they came under the auspices of FC Zürich, becoming FC Zürich Frauen.[4] She had originally joined the club in 1999.[5]

Her early career encompassed spells at FC Waidberg, DFC Blue Stars and GC/Schwerzenbach. In 1993 a 16-year-old Steinegger played in the Swiss Cup final for Blue Stars.[5]

International career

Steinegger won 55 caps as a player in the Switzerland women's national football team from 1996 until 2008[6] and was named Swiss Player of the Year in 2002–2003.[5] In 1998 she scored an important goal against Poland which stopped the Swiss being relegated from the elite group of women's football in Europe.[5]

Steinegger was named to a World-XI in April 2004 to play Germany as part of FIFA's centenary celebrations.[1] In the match she came on as a substitute for Marta, before 80,000 spectators at the Stade de France.[3]

References
  1. "FIFA Women's All Star Team revealed". FIFA. 7 April 2004. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  2. "Schnell, agil und aggressiv" (in German). WOZ. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  3. Prisca Steinegger (25 May 2004). "Prisca Steinegger: "I'll remember it until the day I die"". FIFA. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. "Hannu und Prisca treffen sich" (PDF) (in German). Eisnull. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. Andreas Schiendorfer (11 August 2003). "The Swiss Mia Hamm". Credit Suisse. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  6. "MATCHTELEGRAMM". SFV. Retrieved 29 September 2010.


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