Lara Marti

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lara Marti

| fullname = Lara Katinka Marti{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI) |publisher=FIFA |page=29 |date=11 July 2023 |access-date=11 July 2023}}

| image = 20160319 U17W GERSUI 9198.jpg

| caption = Marti in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|9|21}}

| birth_place = Basel, Switzerland

| height = 1.62 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = RB Leipzig

| clubnumber = 30

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Basel

| years1 = 2016–2020

| clubs1 = Basel

| caps1 = 61

| goals1 = 13

| years2 = 2020–2024

| clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps2 = 47

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2024-

| clubs3 = RB Leipzig

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2016

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2018

| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U19

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019–

| nationalteam3 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps3 = 13

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 5 October 2024

| ntupdate = 30 July 2023

}}

Lara Katinka Marti (born 21 September 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for RB Leipzig in Germanys Frauen Bundesliga and the Switzerland national team.

Career

= Club =

Marti started playing football in 2008 at FC Lausen 72 and switched to the youth department of FC Basel via FC Liestal in 2014.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} After initially being part of the U19 squad there, she made her debut in the Nationalliga in February 2016 at the age of 16.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In the following four seasons, she made a total of 62 league appearances for her team, scoring nine goals.

For the 2020/21 season, Marti moved to German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, where she signed a two-year contract.{{Cite web |title=SCHWEIZER NATIONALSPIELERIN MARTI VERPFLICHTET |url=https://www.bayer04.de/de-de/news/frauen/%7B%7B%20vm.common.getSiteCanonicalTag()%20%7C%20trustUrl%20%7D%7D |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=bayer04.de}} She made her Bundesliga debut on 4 October 2020 against VfL Wolfsburg.

= National team =

Marti went through all the junior selections of the Swiss Football Association and was, among other things, part of the U19 national team at the home European Championship in 2018, where she made three appearances and was eliminated with the team after the group stage. She made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 14 June 2019 against Serbia, starting the match.{{cite web |title=Serbia vs Switzerland |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2019-06-14/serbia-vs-switzerland/1810418/ |accessdate=8 March 2021 |publisher=Global Sports Archive}}{{cite web |title=Lara Marti |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/lara-marti/265369/ |accessdate=8 March 2021 |publisher=Global Sports Archive}}