Seraina Friedli

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| name = Seraina Friedli

| fullname = Seraina Friedli{{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 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711021725/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |url-status=live }}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|3|20}}

| birth_place = Samedan, Switzerland,

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Anderlecht

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| years1 = 2012–2018

| clubs1 = FC Zürich

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| years2 = 2018–2020

| clubs2 = BSC Young Boys

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| years3 = 2020–2022

| clubs3 = Florentia

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2016–

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps1 = 9

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Seraina Friedli (born 20 March 1993) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria and the Switzerland national team.

Career

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Friedli started playing football at FC Lusitanos de Samedan in 2005. In 2010 she moved to FC Thusis-Cazis. Friedli played for Swiss club FC Zürich in the Nationalliga A from 2012 to 2018. With the club, she won four national titles and three national cups. With FC Zürich, Friedli also has played six consecutive editions of the UEFA Champions League. In the summer of 2020, she moved to Italy to join San Gimignano in Serie A. She signed a one-year contract there. She made her debut in Italy against Empoli, a game she won 2-1.{{Cite web |title=Seraina Friedli siegt bei Debüt in Italien {{!}} Südostschweiz |url=https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/sport/fussball/2020-11-09/seraina-friedli-siegt-bei-debuet-in-italien |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=www.suedostschweiz.ch |date=9 November 2020 |language=de-CH |archive-date=2023-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804023436/https://www.suedostschweiz.ch/sport/fussball/2020-11-09/seraina-friedli-siegt-bei-debuet-in-italien |url-status=live }} The 2021/22 season Friedli played for FC Aarau.{{Cite web |title=Neues Trainerteam und zwei Neuzugänge |url=https://www.fc-aarau-frauen.ch/news/neues-trainerteam-und-zwei-neuzugaenge |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=FC Aarau Frauen |language=DE |archive-date=2023-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804023435/https://www.fc-aarau-frauen.ch/news/neues-trainerteam-und-zwei-neuzugaenge |url-status=live }} For the 2022/23 season she moved back to FC Zürich Frauen, for whom she had already played from 2012 to 2018. For the 2023/24 season she will switch to RSC Anderlecht in the first Belgian league.{{Cite web |title=Kadermutationen bei den FCZ Frauen |url=https://www.fcz.ch/pages/news/kadermutationen-fcz-frauen-mai23 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=FC Zürich |language=de |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527111246/https://www.fcz.ch/pages/news/kadermutationen-fcz-frauen-mai23 |url-status=live }}

=International=

Friedli has been called for the Switzerland national team since 2016. On 3 July 2017 Friedli was called by coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg to represent Switzerland at the UEFA Euro 2017,{{cite web|title=DAS SCHWEIZER 23-FRAUEN-KADER FÜR DIE EURO 2017|url=http://www.football.ch/SFV/Nationalteams/A-Team-Frauen/News/das-schweizer-23-frauen-kader-fuer-die-euro-2017.aspx|website=Swiss Football Association|accessdate=11 April 2018|archive-date=6 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706165944/http://www.football.ch/SFV/Nationalteams/A-Team-Frauen/News/das-schweizer-23-frauen-kader-fuer-die-euro-2017.aspx|url-status=live}} but she didn't play any matches as Switzerland was eliminated in the tournament's group stage.