Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss footballer. She plays as a striker and right-back for FC Barcelona in the La Liga Iberdrola 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]

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević, August 2011
Personal information
Full name Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Date of birth (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990
Place of birth Steffisburg, Switzerland
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Striker, defender
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 18
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)
2011–2018 FFC Frankfurt 112 (21)
2018–2019 Portland Thorns FC 34 (6)
2019– Barcelona 6 (0)
National team‡
2009– Switzerland 119[1] (59)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020

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. Crnogorčević 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]

She signed with Portland Thorns FC ahead of the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season[7][8] In December 2019, Crnogorčević signed with Barcelona.[9]

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.[10] In August 2010, she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[11]

Honours

Club
FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
FFC Frankfurt
Portland Thorns
FC Barcelona

Individual

References
  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Michael Krobath (7 September 2010). "Ana Crnogorcevic: "I Don't Have the Figure for It"". Credit Suisse. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  3. "Ana Marie (18): Wir haben die schönste Bundesliga-Spielerin!" (in German). Blick. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  4. "Swiss outsiders thinking big". FIFA.com. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  5. Erik Garin (31 December 2009). "Switzerland (Women) 2008/09". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  6. "Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic" (in German). Framba.de. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  7. "Portland Thorns sign Swiss forward Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic". Oregon Live. 21 March 2018.
  8. "Instagram". Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic. 22 March 2018.
  9. "Schweizer Nationalspielerin Crnogorcevic unterschreibt bei Barça". 4-4-2.com (in German). 4 December 2019.
  10. "Portrait" (in German). Football.ch. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  11. "Switzerland 8–0 Kazakhstan". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
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