Amira Arfaoui
Personal information
Full name Amira Arfaoui[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-08) 8 August 1999
Place of birth Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 FC Basel 17 (6)
2020–2021 Servette FC Chênois 25 (6)
2021– Bayer 04 Leverkusen 41 (5)
International career
2015 Switzerland U17 4 (2)
2017 Switzerland U19 3 (0)
2020– Switzerland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amira Arfaoui (born 8 August 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Switzerland national team.[2][3][4]

Career

Club

Arfaoui started playing football for BSC Young Boys at the age of 14, having previously tried numerous other sports.  As a junior, she won three national titles with YB. She made her Nationalliga A debut at age 15. In the summer of 2019 she moved to FC Basel. In 2020 she joined Servette FCCF.[5] At Servette she made two appearances in the Champions League.[6]  She has been number 17 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen since July 2021 and has a two-year contract.[7][8]

National

Born in Switzerland, Arfaoui is of Tunisian descent.[9] Her international career began in 2015 when she replaced an injured player in the U17 squad for the European Championship in Iceland. After she scored the goal in the 1-0 semi-final victory over Germany, after the final defeat against Spain, she became vice-European champion with the team.  Her first game for the senior team was on January 14, 2020 against the national team of Malta.

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. ↑ "Frauen-Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen bindet Amira Arfaoui". www1.wdr.de. May 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Amira Arfaoui rejoint le Servette FCCF". Servette FC. January 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Curty, Ugo (July 15, 2021). "Jetzt wechselt diese Bernerin in die Bundesliga". Blick.
  5. ↑ DataTeam (2020-01-21). "Amira Arfaoui rejoint le Servette FCCF". Servette FC (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. ↑ "Amira Arfaoui". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  7. ↑ Curty, Ugo (2021-07-15). "Jetzt wechselt diese Bernerin in die Bundesliga". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  8. ↑ "Amira Arfaoui - Bayer Leverkusen - Aktuelles Spielerprofil". sport.bild.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  9. ↑ Curty, Ugo (2021-07-14). "Perdue pour le football, Amira Arfaoui signe pourtant en Bundesliga". Blick (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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