Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

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Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Crnogorčević in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ana-Maria Crnogorčević[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Steffisburg, Switzerland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign FC
Number 34
Youth career
2001–2004 FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
2009 FC Thun
2009–2010 Hamburger SV 39 (13)
2011–2018 FFC Frankfurt 112 (21)
2018–2019 Portland Thorns FC 34 (6)
2019–2023 Barcelona 82 (17)
2023–2024 Atlético Madrid 18 (1)
2024– Seattle Reign FC 1 (0)
International career‡
2009– Switzerland 159 (74)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 August 2024

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Seattle Reign FC and the Switzerland national team. A fast player with good heading ability,[2] she is considered one of Switzerland's most talented footballers.[3][4]

Early and personal life

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Ana-Maria Crnogorčević was born on 3 October 1990 in Steffisburg, by Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland,[5][6] to Croat parents from Ruma, in Vojvodina, with origins in Drniš, Croatia.[7] She has dual nationality[2] and considers herself both Swiss and Croatian;[8] her first language was Croatian.[9] She speaks many languages and received scorn from some rival fans while playing for Barcelona and responding in Catalan to a question asked in Spanish.[10][11][12] Crnogorčević has a sister and was raised Catholic.[9]

Club career

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Crnogorčević began her club career with FC Steffisburg at age 11. In 2004, she moved to FC Rot-Schwarz Thun, then later to FC Thun. In 2009, she helped Rot-Schwarz win the Swiss Cup final. Crnogorčević scored a hat-trick in the 8–0 win over FC Schlieren.[13] She was the top-scorer with 24 goals in 16 games in the Nationalliga A.[13] In September 2009 she joined German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. She made her debut for HSV on 27 September, scoring in a 3–2 win against SG Essen-Schönebeck. Crnogorčević finished her first season in Germany with eight goals from 19 appearances.[14] For the 2011–12 season she moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt, with which she won the Champions League in 2015.[15]

She signed with Portland Thorns FC ahead of the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season.[16][17] In December 2019, Crnogorčević signed with Barcelona.[18] She won the Champions League with Barcelona in the 2020–21 and 2022–23 seasons.[19][20]

On 5 August 2024, Seattle Reign FC announced that they had signed Crnogorčević from Spanish club Atlético Madrid through the 2025 season for an undisclosed transfer fee.[21] Crnogorčević made her debut for the club on 25 August 2024, starting and playing 75 minutes in a 1-0 victory against North Carolina Courage.[22]

International career

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Youth

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Aged 17, she scored 25 goals in 29 games for the Switzerland U19 team.[2] At the 2009 UEFA U19 Championship in Belarus, she reached the semi-final with her team. She was selected in the U20 for the 2012 U20 World Cup in Japan. She played in all three matches but was eliminated in the group stage.

Senior

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Crnogorčević was approached to play for Croatia when she was 17;[2] though raised with Croatian culture,[9] she always wanted to play for Switzerland.[8]

On 12 August 2009, she made her debut for the Swiss senior team in a friendly against Sweden.[23] In August 2010, she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[24]

Crnogorčević succeeded with the Swiss national team in qualifying for the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands, where she was top scorer with seven goals. On 4 June 2016, she surpassed previous Swiss all-time goalscorer Lara Dickenmann by adding two goals in a qualifier against the Czech Republic.[25] At the European Championship, she scored a goal in the 1–1 draw with France, but her team was eliminated after the group stage. In the subsequent qualification for the 2019 World Cup, she scored two goals in eleven games. However, the Swiss did not qualify this time because they lost in the last play-off round against European champions Netherlands.

On 13 April 2021, she converted her team's last penalty to 3–2 in the second leg of qualifying play-off for the Euro 2022 against the Czech Republic, succeeding in qualifying for the Euro finals. In the first leg, she scored the goal for the 1–1 equaliser with a penalty in the 90th minute.[26]  In all, she scored six goals in qualifying, once again being her team's top scorer.

On 30 June 2022, Crnogorčević matched Lara Dickenmann's national cap record with her 135th international match in the 4–0 defeat in the European Championship preparatory game against England.[27]  At the European Championship in 2022, she played in all three group games in the starting line-up. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 August 2024[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamburger SV 2009–10 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 8 1 0 – – 20 8
2010–11 20 6 2 2 4[b] 1 – 26 9
Total 39 14 2 2 4 1 – 46 17
FFC Frankfurt 2011–12 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 8 3 2 – 8[c] 3 26 13
2012–13 15 2 0 0 – – 15 2
2013–14 22 4 5 1 – – 27 5
2014–15 20 1 3 0 – 9[c] 0 32 1
2015–16 18 0 2 0 – 7[c] 1 27 1
2016–17 12 4 1 0 – – 13 4
2017–18 14 2 3 0 – – 17 2
Total 116 21 17 3 – 24 4 157 28
Portland Thorns FC 2018 NWSL 22 5 – – – 22 5
2019 12 1 – – – 12 1
Total 34 6 – – – 34 6
Barcelona 2019–20 Primera División 6 0 3 0 2[d] 0 0 0 11 0
2020–21 27 4 2 0 1[d] 0 5[c] 0 35 4
2021–22 20 5 2 1 0 0 9[c] 1 31 7
2022–23 29 8 0 0 2[d] 0 9[c] 2 40 10
Total 82 17 7 1 5 0 23 3 117 21
Atlético Madrid 2023–24 Primera División 14 1 3 0 1[d] 0 – 18 1
Total 14 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
Seattle Reign 2024 NWSL 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 1 0 — — — 1 0
Career total 286 59 30 6 10 1 47 7 373 73
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal Frauen, Copa de la Reina
  2. ^ Appearances in Women's Bundesliga Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International

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Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Crnogorčević goal.
List of international goals scored by Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2010 Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen, Switzerland  Israel 6–0 6–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 21 August 2010 Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland  Kazakhstan 1–0 8–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3 4–0
4 5–0
5 7–0
6 8–0
7 3 October 2010 Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 3–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
8 21 September 2011 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland  Romania 1–0 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
9 4–1
10 4 March 2012 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus  Finland 1–3 1–3 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
11 6 March 2012 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Northern Ireland 1–0 5–0 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
12 4–0
13 31 March 2012 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland  Turkey 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
14 16 June 2012 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland  Spain 2–2 4–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
15 21 June 2012 Stadionul CNAF, Buftea, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–4 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
16 13 March 2013 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  New Zealand 1–0 1–2 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
17 6 April 2013 Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland  Norway 2–0 3–1 Friendly
18 3–1
19 21 September 2013 Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland  Serbia 2–0 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
20 5–0
21 7–0
22 9–0
23 14 January 2014 Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal, Portugal  Portugal 2–1 2–1 Friendly
24 16 January 2014 Estádio Municipal de Machico, Machico, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 2–1 Friendly
25 12 February 2014 HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, Israel  Israel 5–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26 12 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Netherlands 1–1 1–4 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
27 19 June 2014 Inđija Stadium, Inđija, Serbia  Serbia 5–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
28 20 August 2014 WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States  United States 1–2 1–4 Friendly
29 17 September 2014 Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta  Malta 1–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
30 4–0
31 5–0
32 27 May 2015 Esp Stadium, Baden, Switzerland  Germany 1–0 1–3 Friendly
33 16 June 2015 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada  Cameroon 1–0 1–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
34 22 September 2015 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  Denmark 1–0 4–1 Friendly
35 4–1
36 24 October 2015 Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy  Italy 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
37 27 October 2015 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  Georgia 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
38 27 November 2015 Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 6–1 8–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
39 1 December 2015 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland  Czech Republic 4–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
40 4 June 2016 Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 3–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
41 4–0
42 15 September 2016 Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia  Georgia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43 6 March 2017 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Italy 5–0 6–0 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
44 6–0
45 26 July 2017 Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands  France 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
46 15 September 2017 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania  Albania 3–0 4–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
47 2 March 2018 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Finland 3–0 4–0 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup
48 12 June 2018 FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 1–0 5–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49 27 February 2019 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal  Sweden 1–1 1–4 2019 Algarve Cup
50 4 March 2019 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Portugal 1–1 3–1 2019 Algarve Cup
51 3 September 2019 LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Lithuania 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
52 4 October 2019 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
53 8 October 2019 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Croatia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
54 12 November 2019 LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Romania 3–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
55 10 March 2020 Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain  Austria 1–0 2–1 Friendly
56 2–1
57 27 October 2020 Football Centre FRF, Mogoșoaia, Romania  Romania 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
58 9 April 2021 Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
59 21 September 2021 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova  Moldova 1–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
60 22 October 2021 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Romania 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
61 2–0
62 26 October 2021 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Croatia 1–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
63 26 November 2021 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy  Italy 2–0 2–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
64 30 November 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 4–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
65 6 September 2022 Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland  Moldova 10–0 15–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
66 13–0
67 30 June 2023 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  Zambia 1–0 3–3 Friendly
68 1 December 2023 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland  Sweden 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
69 12 July 2024 Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit, Turkey  Turkey 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
70 16 July 2024 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland  Azerbaijan 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

Honours

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FC Rot-Schwarz Thun

FFC Frankfurt

Barcelona

Individual

References

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