Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

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Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
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Ana-Maria Crnogorčević, August 2011
Personal information
Full name Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Date of birth (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Steffisburg, Switzerland
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
FFC Frankfurt
Number 21
Youth career
2001–2004 FC Steffisburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 FC Rot-Schwarz Thun
2009 FC Thun
2009–2010 Hamburger SV 39 (13)
2011– FFC Frankfurt 40 (13)
International career
2009– Switzerland 75[1] (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:25, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss footballer of Croat descent. She plays as a striker for FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen Bundesliga and represents the Switzerland women's national football team. A fast player with good heading ability,[2] Crnogorčević is considered alongside Ramona Bachmann one of Switzerland's most talented female footballers.[3][4]

Club career

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. Crnogorcevic scored a hat-trick in the 8-0 win over FC Schlieren.[5] She was also top-scorer with 24 goals in the Nationalliga A.[5] 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 at SG Essen-Schönebeck. Crnogorčević finished her first season in Germany with eight goals from 19 appearances.[6]

After a body painting photo shoot with the Bild newspaper, Crnogorčević was proclaimed the most attractive footballer in Germany.[3][4]

International career

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Crnogorčević in December 2011

Crnogorčević, who has dual nationality, turned down an approach to play for Croatia when she was 17.[2] Instead she scored 25 goals in 29 games for the Switzerland U19 team.[2] At the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, she reached the semi-final with her team. On 12 August 2009 she made her debut for the Swiss senior team in a friendly against Sweden.[7] In August 2010 she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.[8]

Honours

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