Seraina Piubel (; born 2 June 2000) is a Swiss professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Switzerland national team.

Club career

Zürich

Piubel played for FC Fislisbach in her youth. At the age of 13, she was accepted into the Footeco support program and switched to

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. From 2015 to 2016, she played for a year in the FC Red Star Zürich U-15 boys' team before moving back to FC Zürich. On 6 August 2016 she made her debut in the Super League, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in the game against the BSC YB. On 25 August 2016, she played in the Champions League qualifier against

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where she played the full game, and scored a goal in the 85th minute. In the 2017/18 season, Piubel was used regularly, mostly as a substitute. On 11 October 2017 the game against FC Gintra was their

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debut, coming on in the 67th minute. She has been one of the regular players at FCZ since the 2020/21 season. In January 2022, she was nominated by a panel of experts as one of three players for the AXA Women's Super League 2021 award. Ultimately, Sandy Maendly won the award. Piubel was also nominated for this award the following year, but the winner was

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. Piubel won the AXA Women’s Super League Player award.

West Ham United

On 9 September 2024, it was announced that Piubel had signed a three-year-contract with Women's Super League side

International career

On 18 September 2020, Piubel played her first match for Switzerland against

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for the Euro 2022, ending in a 1–1 draw. On 11 April 2023, she scored her first international goal against

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in a friendly match, but eventually lost 2–1. Piubel was called up to the Switzerland squad for the 2023 World Cup. In Switzerland's opening match against

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, Piubel scored the second goal for a 2–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Piubel goal.''

Honours

FC Zürich * Swiss Championship:

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