Rachel Rinast
.jpg) Rinast in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Bad Segeberg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Pauli | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2008 | FFC Oldesloe 2000 | ||
| 2008–2009 | TSV Nahe | ||
| 2009–2010 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | 1. FC Köln | 45 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 18 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | 1. FC Köln | 69 | (9) |
| 2016–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Basel | 30 | (12) |
| 2018–2019 | SC Freiburg | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | ASA Tel Aviv | 12 | (5) |
| 2019–2022 | 1. FC Köln | 61 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Grasshoppers | 23 | (3) |
| 2023– | St. Pauli | 12 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2023 | Switzerland | 48[2] | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024[3] | |||
Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German club St. Pauli. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally.
Club career
[edit]Rinast began her senior career at FFC Oldesloe 2000 before moving to TSV Nahe in 2008. She then played for Holstein Kiel, 1. FC Köln and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.[4]
In 2013, she returned to 1. FC Köln, winning her first title in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga. In 2016, she joined Bayer Leverkusen,[5] and later moved to Swiss club FC Basel.
Her career continued with SC Freiburg, and Israeli side ASA Tel Aviv in 2019,[6] where she won the domestic double. That same year, she returned to 1. FC Köln,[7] in which she achieved another 2. Bundesliga title in 2020–21, before joining Swiss club Grasshoppers in 2022.[8] In 2023, she signed with Regionalliga side St. Pauli.[9]
International career
[edit]Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Swiss national team.[10] She was playing in the German second division for Köln, when Swiss selectors discovered her mother was from St. Gallen and called her up. Rinast is also a singer and in 2014 provided guest vocals on Grau by German rapper DANGA.[11]
Honours
[edit]- Köln
- Basel
- Swiss Super League; runner-up: 2017–18
- Tel Aviv
- Ligat Nashim (1): 2018–19
- Israeli Cup (1): 2018–19
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Players - Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Rachel Rinast". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Rachel Rinast ab kommender Saison in Bad Neuenahr" (in German). frauenfussball-info.de. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
- ^ "B04-Frauen verpflichten Ehegötz, Schrum und Rinast" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Rinast wechselt nach Israel" (in German). SRF. 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Rinast kehrt nach Köln zurück" (in German). ffussball-magazin.de. 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Rinast wechselt zu GC Frauenfussball" (in German). OneFootball. 6 May 2022.
- ^ Fabig, Rupert (23 June 2023). "FC St. Pauli holt Nationalspielerin ins Team" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt.
- ^ Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
- ^ Dubach, Matthias (2 June 2015). "Das Märchen von Rachel" (in German). Blick. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
External links
[edit]
- Rachel Rinast – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Rachel Rinast at Soccerway
- DANGA – "Grau" on YouTube
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