Prisca Steinegger
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Prisca Steinegger | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | 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. | |||
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]
Club career
Steinegger was offered a scholarship to the University of Georgia[2] in the USA 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 emcompassed 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]
External links
- Profile on soccerway.com
- FCZ profile (German)
References
- 1 2 "FIFA Women's All Star Team revealed". FIFA. 2004-04-07. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ↑ "Schnell, agil und aggressiv" (in German). WOZ. 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- 1 2 Prisca Steinegger (2004-05-25). "Prisca Steinegger: "I'll remember it until the day I die"". FIFA. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ↑ "Hannu und Prisca treffen sich" (PDF) (in German). Eisnull. 2008-03-19. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- 1 2 3 4 Andreas Schiendorfer (2003-08-11). "The Swiss Mia Hamm". Credit Suisse. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ↑ "MATCHTELEGRAMM". SFV. Retrieved 2010-09-29.