Elvira Herzog

Swiss footballer (born 2000)
Elvira Herzog
Elvira Herzog at the U17 European Championship, 19 March 2016
Personal information
Full name Elvira Johanna Herzog
Date of birth (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2019 FC Zürich 25 (0)
2019–2020 FC Köln 18 (0)
2020–2021 SC Freiburg 6 (0)
2021–2022 FC Köln 1 (0)
2022– RB Leipzig 11 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 8 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U19 8 (0)
2019– Switzerland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 March 2021

Elvira Herzog (born 5 March 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Switzerland national team.[3]

Career

Clubs

Herzog started her career in autumn 2009 at FC Unterstrass, and joined FC Zürich Letzikids in 2011 at the age of 11, before moving up to the first team in 2016.[4] She made her Zürich debut against Yverdon Féminin on 2 December 2017 and kept a clean sheet.[5] On 9 July 2019 Herzog moved to Germany to join 1. FC Köln.[6] After 1. FC Köln were relegated from the Bundesliga, she moved to SC Freiburg for the 2020/21 season. After the resurgence of 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga, she moved to 2021/22 season back to her old club, where played in one league game.

Ahead of the 2022/23 season, Herzog switched to RB Leipzig in the 2. Bundesliga. In a title-winning year, the Swiss goalie played in 18 of the 26 matches, taking seven clean sheets.[7] For the following season, Leipzig signed new goalkeeping coach Michael Gurski to further develop Herzog and teammates Gina Schüller and Eve Boettcher.[8] Despite a challenging first half of the 2023–24 Bundesliga campaign that included just one clean sheet against Nürnberg, Herzog signed a contract extension until 2027.[9]

International

After eleven games for the U-17 and 16 games for the U-19 of Switzerland, she was called up to the senior national team for the first time on 4 June 2019. She made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 14 June 2019 against Serbia, coming on as a substitute for Nadja Furrer.[10][11][12]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Elvira Herzog at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Elvira Herzog". World Football. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Elvira Herzog". Playmaker Stats. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Elvira Herzog Spielerinnen-Profil und Interviews". abseits.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  5. ^ "Fussballverband Region Zürich – Match center". matchcenter.fvrz.ch. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. ^ "1. FC Köln | Detailseite". fc.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. ^ "Elvira Herzog - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  8. ^ ""Das komplette Torwartspiel anpassen"". www.merkur.de (in German). 2023-10-05. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  9. ^ mdr.de. "RB Leipzig verlängert mit Stammtorhüterin Herzog | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  10. ^ "Serbia vs Switzerland". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Elvira Herzog". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  12. ^ "1:1 in Serbien – Remis mit 8 Debütantinnen". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2023-01-09.


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