Amira Arfaoui

Amira Arfaoui

Personal information
Full name	Amira Arfaoui
Date of birth	(1999-08-08) 8 August 1999
Place of birth	Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	FC Basel	17	(6)
2020–2021	Servette FC Chênois	25	(6)
2021–	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	41	(5)
International career
2015	Switzerland U17	4	(2)
2017	Switzerland U19	3	(0)
2020–	Switzerland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amira Arfaoui (born 8 August 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Switzerland national team.

Career

Club

Arfaoui started playing football for BSC Young Boys at the age of 14, having previously tried numerous other sports.  As a junior, she won three national titles with YB. She made her Nationalliga A debut at age 15. In the summer of 2019 she moved to FC Basel. In 2020 she joined Servette FCCF. At Servette she made two appearances in the Champions League.  She has been number 17 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen since July 2021 and has a two-year contract.

National

Born in Switzerland, Arfaoui is of Tunisian descent. Her international career began in 2015 when she replaced an injured player in the U17 squad for the European Championship in Iceland. After she scored the goal in the 1-0 semi-final victory over Germany, after the final defeat against Spain, she became vice-European champion with the team.  Her first game for the senior team was on January 14, 2020 against the national team of Malta.