Rachel Rinast

Rachel Rinast

Rachel Rinast in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1]
Date of birth	2 June 1991
Place of birth	Bad Segeberg, Germany
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	1. FC Köln
Number	31
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	FFC Oldesloe 2000
2008–2009	TSV Nahe
2009–2010	Holstein Kiel
2010–2012	1. FC Köln
2012–2013	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr
2013–	1. FC Köln
National team^‡
2015–	Switzerland	10[2]	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:37, 5 June 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:58, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a German-born Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for 1. FC Köln. She rejoined Köln after spending the 2012–13 season with SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

Career

Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Switzerland women's national football team.^[3] 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.^[4]

References

1. "List of Players - Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 22. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
3. Portrait in the Swiss Football Association's page
4. Dubach, Matthias (2 June 2015). "Das Märchen von Rachel" (in German). Blick. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

• Rachel Rinast – FIFA competition record
• DANGA – "Grau" on YouTube