Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević | ||
Date of birth | 3 October 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Steffisburg, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FFC Frankfurt | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2004 | FC Steffisburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2009 | FC Rot-Schwarz Thun | ||
2009 | FC Thun | ||
2009–2010 | Hamburger SV | 39 | (13) |
2011– | FFC Frankfurt | 40 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Switzerland | 75[1] | (39) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC) |
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss footballer of Croat descent. She plays as a striker for FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen Bundesliga and represents the Switzerland women's national football team. A fast player with good heading ability,[2] Crnogorčević is considered alongside Ramona Bachmann one of Switzerland's most talented female footballers.[3][4]
Club career
Crnogorčević began her club career with FC Steffisburg at age 11. In 2004 she moved to FC Rot-Schwarz Thun, then later to FC Thun. In 2009 she helped Rot-Schwarz win the Swiss Cup final. Crnogorcevic scored a hat-trick in the 8-0 win over FC Schlieren.[5] She was also top-scorer with 24 goals in the Nationalliga A.[5] In September 2009 she joined German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. She made her debut for HSV on 27 September, scoring in a 3–2 win at SG Essen-Schönebeck. Crnogorčević finished her first season in Germany with eight goals from 19 appearances.[6]
After a body painting photo shoot with the Bild newspaper, Crnogorčević was proclaimed the most attractive footballer in Germany.[3][4]
International career
Crnogorčević, who has dual nationality, turned down an approach to play for Croatia when she was 17.[2] Instead she scored 25 goals in 29 games for the Switzerland U19 team.[2] At the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, she reached the semi-final with her team. On 12 August 2009 she made her debut for the Swiss senior team in a friendly against Sweden.[7] In August 2010 she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[8]
Honours
- Swiss Cup winner 2009
- Swiss Nationalliga A top goalscorer 2009
References
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Michael Krobath (7 September 2010). "Ana Crnogorcevic: "I Don't Have the Figure for It"". Credit Suisse. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Ana Marie (18): Wir haben die schönste Bundesliga-Spielerin!" (in German). Blick. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Swiss outsiders thinking big". FIFA.com. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b Erik Garin (31 December 2009). "Switzerland (Women) 2008/09". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic" (in German). Framba.de. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Portrait" (in German). Football.ch. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
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External links
- Website of the Hamburger SV women's team
- Interview at dfb.de (in German)
- Photoshoot in Bild
- Profile at UEFA
- Use dmy dates from March 2011
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Swiss women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- People from Thun District
- Hamburger SV (women) players
- 1. FFC Frankfurt players
- Swiss people of Croatian descent
- Switzerland women's international footballers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Association football forwards