Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss

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who plays as a defender for German

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club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Career

Clubs

Reuteler started her career in 2008 at FC Stans before moving to

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in February 2014. In Lucerne, after just four months, she was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2014 and made her Nationalliga A debut in a 1–0 win over

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on 30 August that year. She made 43 league appearances and scored 28 goals in four years before signing a two-year contract with 1. FFC Frankfurt on 21 March 2018. In July 2020, 1. FFC Frankfurt became part of the club

is integrated and thus forms the club's women's football department. In early 2022, she extended her contract with Eintracht Frankfurt until June 2024.

National Team

Reuteler completed the 2015 European Championship for Switzerland's U-17s and reached the final. In June 2016 followed the

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semi-finals with the U-19s of Switzerland, which, however, lost to

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. In 2017, Reuteler received her first call-up to the Swiss senior team and made her debut on 10 June 2017 when she came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Martina Moser against

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. She played for Switzerland at the Euro 2017. Reuteler took part in the Cyprus Cup for Switzerland in spring 2018. In July 2018 she took part in the U-19 European Championship in Switzerland. The Swiss team was eliminated after the preliminary round. Reuteler scored two goals. Reuteler took part in the Euro 2022 and was in the starting line-up for the Swiss in all three group games. In the decisive third game against the

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, she scored 1-1 and thus the only Swiss goal in this game. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.

International goals

Personal

Reuteler learned at the ''Talents School FREI'S schools'' and graduated there in 2018 as a businesswoman.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reuteler, Geraldine 1999 births Living people Swiss women's footballers Switzerland women's international footballers Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players Women's association football defenders Frauen-Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swiss expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Women's Super League (Switzerland) players Sportspeople from Nidwalden UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 21st-century Swiss sportswomen 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players