Rahel Graf (born 1 February 1989) is a Swiss women's footballer, who has 62 appearances for the national team. At club level, she plays for

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Personal life

Graf grew up in

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, Switzerland, and her father is a

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councillor. As of 2016, she lives in

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, and was studying social security.

Career

Domestic

Graf played for LUwin.ch from 2004 to 2006. She won the Nationalliga A, and won the

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three times with them. In 2005, Graf made her first appearance in the

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, in a 5–1 win for LUwin.ch. In 2008, Graf transferred to German

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team

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, before moving to

SC Kriens SC Kriens is a football club based in Kriens, Switzerland, that currently competing in the Promotion League, the third tier of Swiss football. The club uses Stadion Kleinfeld as home ground, and form a local rivalry with FC Luzern. SC Kriens ...

. In 2014, she transferred to

. She captained FC Luzern as they reached the Swiss Women's Cup semi-final in 2018.

International

Graf has 62 appearances for the

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. She played for Switzerland U-19 at the 2006

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. She made her senior debut in 2007. She played for the senior team in

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matches, and was sent off in the first-leg playoff against

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. Switzerland lost the match 1–0. She made 19 further appearances for the national team between 2011 and 2013.

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* Swiss women's footballers Footballers from Lucerne 1989 births Living people Women's association football players not categorized by position Switzerland women's international footballers FC Luzern Frauen players Women's Super League (Switzerland) players SC Freiburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany 21st-century Swiss sportswomen Women's association football midfielders {{Switzerland-women-footy-bio-stub