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Prisca Steinegger

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Prisca Steinegger
Personal information
Full name Prisca Steinegger
Date of birth (1977-09-01) 1 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Position(s) Central Defence
Team 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
International career
1996–2008 Switzerland 55 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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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

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Prisca Steinegger (25 May 2004). "Prisca Steinegger: "I'll remember it until the day I die"". FIFA. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Hannu und Prisca treffen sich" (PDF) (in German). Eisnull. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d 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.