Sandra Betschart (born 30 March 1989) is a Swiss

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who plays as a defender for German club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Betschart joined

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in 2005, having previously played for SC Cham and FC Malters. After playing for Zürich for five years, in 2011 she moved to Kristianstads DFF in

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. Following the end of the season, she was transferred to

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back in Switzerland, where she played the second half of the 2011–12 Nationalliga before signing for VfL Sindelfingen, a newly promoted team in the

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Bundesliga. The midfielder announced her re-signing with VfL Sindelfingen on 25 March 2013. The Switzerland national team member Betschart signed then on 27 March 2013 with

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, a one-year contract running from 1 April 2013. She returned to Germany for the second half of the 2015–16 season to play for

of the

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. The team was promoted back to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season.

International career

She made her senior debut for the Swiss national team in February 2007 against Malta. As of January 2013 she had played 49 games and scored two goals since.Profile
at the Swiss Football Association's website

Honours

;FC Zürich * Nationalliga A (2): 2008–09, 2009–10

References

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* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Lucerne Swiss women's footballers Switzerland women's international footballers Kristianstads DFF players Sunnanå SK players MSV Duisburg (women) players Damallsvenskan players Swiss expatriate women's footballers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Frauen-Bundesliga players FC Zürich Frauen players FC Yverdon Féminin players Swiss Women's Super League players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub