Janine Chamot
Personal information
Full name Janine Nicole Chamot
Date of birth (1983-02-04) February 4, 1983
Place of birth Morrens, Switzerland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1993–1997 FC Köniz
1997–1998 FFC Bern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 FFC Bern II
2000–2009 FFC Bern
2009–2011 Young Boys 51 (0)
2013–2014 Femina Kickers Worb
International career‡
1999–2002 Switzerland U19 about 40 (0)
2002–2008 Switzerland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2008, 24:00 (UTC)

Janine Chamot (born 4 February 1983) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a goalkeeper for YB Frauen in the Swiss National League A (NLA). She was also a member of the Switzerland national team.

Personal life

Born in Morrens, Switzerland, Janine is the daughter of Astrid and Jean-Paul Chamot (who was also goalkeeper for FC Köniz). She has one sister. She served her apprenticeship as sales clerk and now works as purchasing manager.[1]

Club career

Chamot started her youth football in 1993 by FC Köniz. In 1997 she moved to the youth and young ladies team of FFC Bern and played in their reserve team in the 1. Liga. Within just two years she had advanced into their first team in the NLA. With FFC Bern she won the national Double twice, in the 1999/2000 and 2000/01 seasons.[2] Since 2009 the FFC Bern is integrated within the BSC Young Boys Betriebs AG, the holding of BSC Young Boys and since then the team plays in the NLA under the name YB Frauen. In 2010 Chamot won the women's title Goalkeeper of the year.[3] The team won the Swiss Championship at the end of the 2010/2011 season.

International career

Janine Chamot played in the regional U-16 selection team between 1996 and 1999. She played for the Swiss U-19 national team at youth level making her debut for the team during the first round of the qualification to the UEFA U-18 European Championship in the 5–0 home win against the Faroe Islands U-19 national team on 10 July 2000.[4] Between 2002 and 2008 Chamot was in the Swiss National squad, she played four games, but was mainly reserve keeper behind first choice Marisa Brunner.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Janine Chamot" (in German). BSC Young Boys. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  2. ↑ "Berz zitterte, obwohl Chamot die Partie der Saison spielte" (in German). bz online. 2001. Retrieved 2001-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Die besten Spielerinnen des Jahres sind prämiert" (in German). frauenfussballmagazin.ch. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Janine Chamot Figures and facts" (in German). uefa.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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