Viola Calligaris

Viola Calligaris
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Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 23)
Place of birth Sarnen, Switzerland
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Valencia
Youth career
2004–2009 FC Giswil
2009 FC Sachseln
2009–2011 SC Kriens
2011–2012 SC Emmen United
2010–2012 Frauenfussballakademie Huttwil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 SC Kriens
2013–2017 BSC Young Boys 58 (11)
2017–2019 Atlético Madrid 33 (3)
2019– Valencia 0 (0)
National team
2012–2013 Switzerland U17 6 (9)
2014–2015 Switzerland U19 9 (3)
2016– Switzerland 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2019

Viola Calligaris (born 17 March 1996) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Valencia CF and the Switzerland women's national team.

Career

Club

Calligaris began playing football at FC Giswil in Obwalden at a young age. In March 2009, she moved to FC Sachseln and in September of the same year, Calligaris moved to SC Kriens. She then went to SC Emmen United. In 2012, she began her professional career at SC Kriens. In 2013, Calligaris signed with Swiss powerhouse BSC Young Boys. For the 2017/18 season, she moved to Atlético Madrid in the Spanish Primera División.[1][2]

International

With the Swiss U17 team, Calligaris played at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. Despite scoring nine goals in six matches, her team was unable to reach the tournament final stages. With the U19 team, she played at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification stages, but Swiss team didn't qualified for neither of the tournaments final rounds. In March 2016, Calligaris debuted for the Swiss Senior Team in two friendly matches against United States. On July 3, 2017, Calligaris was called to represent Switzerland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[3] She played in the match against France, replacing Martina Moser in the game's 65th minute.[4][5] On November 24, 2017, in a match against Belarus for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Calligaris scored her first international goal.[6]

References

  1. ^ "VIOLA CALLIGARIS VON YB ZU ATLETICO MADRID". Swiss Football Association. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Viola Calligaris refuerza al Atlético de Madrid Femenino". Atlético de Madrid. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "DAS SCHWEIZER 23-FRAUEN-KADER FÜR DIE EURO 2017". Swiss Football Association. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Switzerland 1–1 France". UEFA. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "SWITZERLAND VS. FRANCE 1 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ "SWITZERLAND VS. BELARUS 3 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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