Stenia Liliane Michel (born 23 October 1987) is a retired Swiss

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who last played as a goalkeeper for FC Basel of the Swiss Nationalliga A. She previously played for

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of the German Bundesliga, and

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of Switzerland's Nationalliga A, who were known as SV Seebach until 2008. Michel has been a member of the Switzerland national team since 2005, but did not make her debut until March 2014, a 1–1 draw with South Korea at the

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. Michel became Switzerland's first-choice goalkeeper in the run up to the

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, because rival

Gaëlle Thalmann Gaëlle Thalmann (born 18 January 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Spanish Liga F club Real Betis Féminas, Real Betis and the Switzerland women's national football team, S ...

had suffered an

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Honours

Zürich

;

Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...

: * Champion (5): 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13 * Runner-up (1): 2006/07 ;

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: * Champion (3): 2006/07, 2011/12, 2012/13 * Runner-up (2): 2004/05, 2005/06,

Basel

;

: * Runner-up: 2017/18

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* * 1987 births Living people Swiss women's footballers FF USV Jena players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate women's footballers People from Zürich District Switzerland women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers FC Zürich Frauen players Swiss Women's Super League players People from Uster FC Basel Frauen players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Frauen-Bundesliga players Footballers from the canton of Zürich UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Switzerland-women-footy-bio-stub