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]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stenia Liliane Michel[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 34) | ||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]
Switzerland squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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Switzerland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | ||
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