Géraldine Reuteler

Géraldine Reuteler
Reuteler in 2016
Personal information
Full name Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999
Place of birth Nidwalden, Switzerland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Eintracht Frankfurt
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Luzern 43 (28)
2018– Eintracht Frankfurt 141 (39)
International career‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 20 (13)
2016–2018 Switzerland U19 14 (4)
2017– Switzerland 83 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025

Géraldine Joséphine Reuteler (born 21 April 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Switzerland national team.[2]

Club career

Reuteler started her career in 2008 at FC Stans[3] before moving to FC Luzern in February 2014.[4]  In Lucerne, after just four months, she was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2014 and made her Nationalliga A debut at the age of just 15 in a 1–0 win over FC Zürich on 30 August that year.[5]

She made 43 league appearances and scored 28 goals in four years before signing a two-year contract with 1. FFC Frankfurt on 21 March 2018.[6]

In July 2020, 1. FFC Frankfurt merged with the men's football club Eintracht Frankfurt and thus formed that club's women's football department. In early 2022, she extended her contract with Eintracht Frankfurt until June 2024.[7] At the end of March 2021, Reuteler suffered a cruciate ligament rupture and missed almost a year of action.

On 13 February 2024, Reuteler extended her contract once more by two years to remain at Frankfurt until June 2026.[8] In the 2024-25 season, Reuteler scored ten league goals for the first time in the Frauen-Bundesliga and helped Eintracht to a third-place finish.

International career

Reuteler completed the 2015 European Championship for Switzerland's U-17s and reached the final.[9]  In June 2016 followed the European Championship semi-finals with the U-19s of Switzerland, which, however, lost to France.  In 2017, Reuteler received her first call-up to the Swiss senior team and made her debut on 10 June 2017 when she came on as a 60th-minute substitute for Martina Moser against England.[10] She played for Switzerland at Euro 2017 and was the youngest player in the squad.[11][12]

Reuteler took part in the Cyprus Cup for Switzerland in the spring of 2018.[13]  In July 2018, she took part in the U-19 European Championship in Switzerland. Reuteler scored two goals at the tournament, but the Swiss team was eliminated after the preliminary round.

Reuteler took part in Euro 2022 and was in the starting line-up for all three of the Swiss' group games. In the decisive third game against the Netherlands, she scored a 53rd-minute equaliser but Switzerland eventually lost 4-1 and were eliminated in the group stages.

Reuteler established herself as a key player for her national team and her strong performances saw her win the Swiss Women's Player of the Year award for 2024.[14]

On 23 June 2025, Reuteler was called up to the Swiss squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which was held in Switzerland.[15] She was one of the host nation's best performers at the tournament, scoring in a 2-0 win over Iceland and assisting Riola Xhemaili's dramatic equalising goal against Finland which sent Switzerland through to the quarter-finals of a Euros for the very first time.[16] They lost 2-0 to world champions and eventual finalists Spain in the quarter-final.

As of December 2025, Reuteler is her country's sixth all-time top scorer.

Personal life

Reuteler learned at the Talents School FREI'S schools and graduated there in 2018 as a businesswoman.[17]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 28 October 2025[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2017 11 3
2018 10 1
2019 10 3
2020 6 0
2021 2 0
2022 10 5
2023 16 0
2024 8 1
2025 10 3
Total 83 16
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Reuteler goal.
List of international goals scored by Géraldine Reuteler
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 March 2017 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Italy 2–0 6–0 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
2. 4–0
3. 24 November 2017 Wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Belarus 3–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4. 9 October 2018 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland  Belgium 1–0 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs
5. 9 April 2019 Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur, Switzerland  Slovakia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
6. 29 May 2019 Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy  Italy 1–2 1–3 Friendly
7. 8 October 2019 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland  Croatia 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
8. 17 July 2022 Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England  Netherlands 1–1 1–4 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
9. 6 September 2022 Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland  Moldova 7–0 15–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10. 8–0
11. 15–0
12. 11 November 2022 Wefox Arena Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Denmark 1–0 1–2 Friendly
13. 25 October 2024 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Australia 1–1 1–1 Friendly
14. 8 April 2025 Valbjarnarvöllur/Thróttarvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 1–0 3–3 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League
15. 26 June 2025 Stadion Schützenwiese, Winterthur, Switzerland  Czech Republic 2–1 4–1 Friendly
16. 6 July 2025 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland  Iceland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025

Honours

Individual

  • Swiss Women's Player of the Year: 2024[14]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Géraldine Reuteler - Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180522181114/http://www.freisschulen.ch/files/Dokumente/Commercial/Talents_School/2015_02_15_NLZ_TS_Die_Traeume_einer_15-jaehrigen.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Bühlmann, Theres (1 September 2017). "FUSSBALL: Géraldine Reuteler ist cool und torgefährlich". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". 22 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Géraldine Reuteler wechselt in die Bundesliga - FCL Spitzenfussball Frauen". FCL Spitzenfussball Frauen. 21 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Auch Géraldine Reuteler verlängert". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Géraldine Reuteler commits until 2026". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  9. ^ "FUSSBALL: Luzernerin wechselt in die Bundesliga". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ ""Wir spielten so schlecht, dass man sich schämt"". 20 Minuten (in German). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Switzerland – G. Reuteler – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. ^ UEFA.com. "Géraldine Reuteler – Switzerland – WEURO". UEFA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Géraldine Reuteler: "Die gewisse Coolness"". 22 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Reuteler the Swiss Women's Player of the Year". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Frauen-Nationalteam: Das Kader für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025 steht fest" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 23 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Finland 1-1 Switzerland: Hosts score stoppage-time equaliser to reach Euro 2025 quarter-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Top-Talent aus der Schweiz". ffc-frankfurt.de (in German). 1 FFC Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Géraldine Reuteler" (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
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