Rachel Rinast
Rinast in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-02) 2 June 1991
Place of birth Bad Segeberg, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2008 FFC Oldesloe 2000
2008–2009 TSV Nahe
2009–2010 Holstein Kiel 19 (0)
2010–2012 1. FC Köln 45 (5)
2012–2013 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 18 (0)
2013–2016 1. FC Köln 69 (9)
2016–2017 Bayer Leverkusen 24 (1)
2017–2018 FC Basel 30 (12)
2018–2019 SC Freiburg 6 (0)
2019 ASA Tel Aviv
2019–2022 1. FC Köln 61 (4)
2022–2023 Grasshoppers 23 (3)
2023– St. Pauli 0 (0)
International career
2015–2023 Switzerland 48[2] (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2023[3]

Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally. She rejoined 1. FC Köln in 2013 after spending the 2012–13 season with SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

Career

Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Swiss national team.[4] She was playing in the German second division for Köln, when Swiss selectors discovered her mother was from St. Gallen and called her up. Rinast is also a singer and in 2014 provided guest vocals on Grau by German rapper DANGA.[5]

Honours

Köln
Basel
Tel Aviv

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players - Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rachel Rinast". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
  5. ↑ Dubach, Matthias (2 June 2015). "Das Märchen von Rachel" (in German). Blick. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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