Rahel Graf (born 1 February 1989) is a Swiss women's footballer, who has 62 appearances for the national team. At club level, she plays for

FC Luzern Frauen FC Luzern Frauen is a women's football club from Lucerne, Switzerland. The team is the successor of the women's section of FC Sursee, and was named SC LUwin.ch at the start. History LUwin.ch After the Swiss Football Association allowed dedicate ...

Personal life

Graf grew up in Pfaffnau, Switzerland, and her father is a

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

councillor. As of 2016, she lives in Ennetbürgen, and was studying social security.

Career

Domestic

Graf played for LUwin.ch from 2004–2006. She won the Nationalliga A, and won the

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three times with them. In 2005, Graf made her first appearance in the UEFA Women's Champions League, in a 5–1 win for LUwin.ch. In 2008, Graf transferred to German

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team SC Freiburg, before moving to SC Kriens. In 2014, she transferred to

. She captained FC Luzern as they reached the Swiss Women's Cup semi-final in 2018.

International

Graf has 62 appearances for the

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. She played for Switzerland U-19 at the 2006 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She made her senior debut in 2007. She played for the senior team in

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matches, and was sent off in the first-leg playoff against Italy. Switzerland lost the match 1–0. She made 19 further appearances for the national team between 2011 and 2013.

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* Swiss women's footballers Sportspeople from Lucerne 1989 births Living people Women's association footballers not categorized by position Switzerland women's international footballers FC Luzern Frauen players Swiss Women's Super League players SC Freiburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany {{Switzerland-women-footy-bio-stub