Rachel Rinast

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Rachel Rinast

|image = Rachel Rinast 2015 (cropped).jpg

|caption = Rinast in 2015

|fullname = Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast{{cite web|title=List of Players - Switzerland|url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf|publisher=FIFA|access-date=3 June 2015|page=22|date=30 May 2015|archive-date=28 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528143625/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf|url-status=dead}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|6|2}}

|birth_place = Bad Segeberg, Germany

|height = 1.76 m

|position = Defender

|currentclub = St. Pauli

|clubnumber = 31

|years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008

|clubs1 = FFC Oldesloe 2000

|years2 = 2008–2009

|clubs2 = TSV Nahe

|years3 = 2009–2010

|clubs3 = Holstein Kiel

|caps3 = 19

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2010–2012

|clubs4 = 1. FC Köln

|caps4 = 45

|goals4 = 5

|years5 = 2012–2013

|clubs5 = SC 07 Bad Neuenahr

|caps5 = 18

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 2013–2016

|clubs6 = 1. FC Köln

|caps6 = 69

|goals6 = 9

|years7 = 2016–2017

|clubs7 = Bayer Leverkusen

|caps7 = 24

|goals7 = 1

|years8 = 2017–2018

|clubs8 = FC Basel

|caps8 = 30

|goals8 = 12

|years9 = 2018–2019

|clubs9 = SC Freiburg

|caps9 = 6

|goals9 = 0

|years10 = 2019

|clubs10 = ASA Tel Aviv

|caps10 = 12

|goals10 = 5

|years11 = 2019–2022

|clubs11 = 1. FC Köln

|caps11 = 61

|goals11 = 4

|years12 = 2022–2023

|clubs12 = Grasshoppers

|caps12 = 23

|goals12 = 3

|years13 = 2023–

|clubs13 = St. Pauli

|caps13 = 12

|goals13 = 1

|nationalyears1 = 2015–2023

|nationalteam1 = Switzerland

|nationalcaps1 = 48{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=386542/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609064204/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=386542/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2015|title=Profile|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=30 March 2018}}

|nationalgoals1 = 3

|pcupdate = 5 May 2024{{cite web |title=Rachel Rinast |url=https://www.soccerdonna.de/en/rachel-rinast/leistungsdaten/spieler_1596.html |website=soccerdonna.de |access-date=31 July 2023}}

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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

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.frauenfussball-info.de/bundesliga/liga-news/1020-rachel-rinast-ab-kommender-saison-in-bad-neunahr.html |title=Rachel Rinast ab kommender Saison in Bad Neuenahr |publisher=frauenfussball-info.de |language=de |date=14 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071716/http://www.frauenfussball-info.de/bundesliga/liga-news/1020-rachel-rinast-ab-kommender-saison-in-bad-neunahr.html |archive-date=6 October 2014 }}

In 2013, she returned to 1. FC Köln, winning her first title in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga. In 2016, she joined Bayer Leverkusen,{{cite web |url=http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-12824&guid=0-920FE473-6E45-4940-A760-643DBB7BB64F-575 |title=B04-Frauen verpflichten Ehegötz, Schrum und Rinast |publisher=Bayer 04 Leverkusen |language=de |date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531231106/http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-12824&guid=0-920FE473-6E45-4940-A760-643DBB7BB64F-575 |archive-date=31 May 2016 }} and later moved to Swiss club FC Basel.

Her career continued with SC Freiburg, and Israeli side ASA Tel Aviv in 2019,{{cite web |url=https://www.srf.ch/sport/fussball/internationale-ligen/fussball-news-rinast-wechselt-nach-israel |title=Rinast wechselt nach Israel |publisher=SRF |language=de |date=4 January 2019 }} where she won the domestic double. That same year, she returned to 1. FC Köln,{{cite web |url=https://ffussball-magazin.de/national/frauen-bundesliga/rachel-rinast-kehrt-nach-koeln-zurueck/ |title=Rachel Rinast kehrt nach Köln zurück |publisher=ffussball-magazin.de |language=de |date=18 June 2019 }} in which she achieved another 2. Bundesliga title in 2020–21, before joining Swiss club Grasshoppers in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://onefootball.com/de/news/rachel-rinast-wechselt-zu-gc-frauenfussball-35043042 |title=Rachel Rinast wechselt zu GC Frauenfussball |publisher=OneFootball |language=de |date=6 May 2022 }} In 2023, she signed with Regionalliga side St. Pauli.{{cite web |last=Fabig |first=Rupert |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/st-pauli/article238764161/fussball-frauenfussball-regionalliga-fc-st-pauli-holt-schweizer-nationalspielerin-rachel-rinast.html |title= FC St. Pauli holt Nationalspielerin ins Team |publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt |language=de |date=23 June 2023 }}

International career

Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Swiss national team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150329062806/http://www.football.ch/de/SFV/Nationalteams/A-Team-Frauen/Das-A-Team-Frauen.aspx Portrait] in the Swiss Football Association's page 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.{{cite news|last=Dubach|first=Matthias|title=Das Märchen von Rachel|url=http://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/vor-der-wm-in-kanada-das-maerchen-von-rachel-id3820021.html|access-date=30 March 2018|publisher=Blick|date=2 June 2015|language=de}}