Julia Stierli (born 3 April 1997) is a Swiss

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Switzerland national team.

Career

Club

With the Stierli started her career at the age of eight with ''FC Muri''. From 2012 to 2014 she played for FC Aarau and then switched to

, with whom she won the double four times. As of 17 December 2020, she has played 25 games for Zurich in the UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring four goals. Best result was reaching the round of 16 in the 2014/15 season, where after a 2-1 home win, where she scored the winning goal, they lost 2-4 away to

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Season 2016/17 and 2018/19 they reached the round of 16 again, but were eliminated with a total of 0:17 goals against the ultimately successful defending champion

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and with a total of 0:5 goals against

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. In the 2021/22 UEFA Women's Champions League, she was eliminated with Zurich by a 2-1 home defeat by

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in the semi-finals of qualifying and thus missed the inaugural group stage. In the third-place play-off, which was irrelevant to progression and lost to

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Reykjavík 3-1, she scored the goal to make it 3-1.

International

Stierli has been capped for the Switzerland national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 World Cup qualifying cycle.

International goals

References

External links

* * * 1997 births Living people Swiss women's footballers Switzerland women's international footballers Women's association football defenders FC Zürich Frauen players Swiss Women's Super League players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Switzerland-women-footy-bio-stub