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Nelly Sauter
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-08-24)24 August 1959
Place of birth Uitikon, Switzerland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FC Bern
International career
1978–1992 Switzerland 55 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals


Nelly Sauter (24 August 1959 - 7 July 2021) was a Swiss footballer who was the first female Swiss player to play 50 times for the Switzerland women's national football team.[1][2][3][4] Sauter won 11 Nationalliga A titles.[5]


International career

Sauter made her debut for the Swiss national team on August 7, 1978, against Scotland, and was the most capped female player for Switzerland for 20 years unitl she was by surpassed by Lara Dickenmann.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Stocker, Lukas (February 6, 2015). "Nelly Sauter: „Meistertitel mit 11 Spielerinnen" – Züri Live".
  2. ^ "Football - Une pionnière du foot suisse s'en est allée". July 13, 2021 – via Le Matin.
  3. ^ Dominik, Erb. "Ex-Rekordnationalspielerin Nelly Sauter verstorben". www.football.ch.
  4. ^ "Die FCZ Frauen trauern um Nelly Sauter".
  5. ^ "Ehemalige Rekordnationalspielerin und Schweizer Fussball-Pionierin verstorben".
  6. ^ "Une pionnière du foot suisse s'en est allée". 24 heures. July 13, 2021.
  7. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210719065649/https://www.football.ch/sfv/nationalteams/a-team-frauen/news/ex-rekordnationalspielerin-nelly-sauter-verstorben.aspx