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Rachel Rinast

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Rachel Rinast
Rinast in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1]
Date of birth (1991-06-02) 2 June 1991 (age 33)
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)
0000–2008 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
Tel Aviv

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Players - Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Rachel Rinast". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Rachel Rinast ab kommender Saison in Bad Neuenahr" (in German). frauenfussball-info.de. 14 May 2012.
  5. ^ "B04-Frauen verpflichten Ehegötz, Schrum und Rinast" (in German). Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 28 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Rinast wechselt nach Israel" (in German). SRF. 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Rachel Rinast kehrt nach Köln zurück" (in German). ffussball-magazin.de. 18 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Rachel Rinast wechselt zu GC Frauenfussball" (in German). OneFootball. 6 May 2022.
  9. ^ Fabig, Rupert (23 June 2023). "FC St. Pauli holt Nationalspielerin ins Team" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt.
  10. ^ Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
  11. ^ Dubach, Matthias (2 June 2015). "Das Märchen von Rachel" (in German). Blick. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

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