Sally Julini (born 1 January 2003) is a Swiss footballer who plays for French Division 1 Féminine club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Early life

Julini was born in Geneva to a French father of Ivorian and Guadeloupean descent and a Swiss mother.

Club career

After training at the Swiss national center in Biel since the age of 12, Sally Julini then played with the men's youth teams of Meyrin FC and the U15s of

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

, before joining

youth academy in 2019. She played her first D1 match on the 2 October 2020 against Fleury, soon also making her Champions League debut on the following 15 December, against

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International career

Called with the youth selections of the France team on several occasions since the summer 2020, she finally opted for the Swiss selection, that she was first selected for in April 2021 for the Euro 2022 qualifaying against the Czech Republic. She made her international debut for

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on the 17 September 2021, during a World Cup qualifaying against

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* 2003 births Living people People from Carouge Sportspeople from the canton of Geneva Women's association football midfielders Switzerland women's international footballers France women's youth international footballers Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players En Avant Guingamp (women) players Division 1 Féminine players Swiss people of Ivorian descent Swiss people of French descent French sportspeople of Ivorian descent French people of Swiss descent Swiss women's footballers French women's footballers {{Switzerland-women-footy-bio-stub