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

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. At Servette she made two appearances in the Champions League. She has been number 17 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen since July 2021 and has a two-year contract.

Amira Arfaoui

National

Arfaoui's 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.

Amira Arfaoui

References

Living people

1999 births

Women's association football forwards

Swiss Women's Super League players

Servette FC Chênois Féminin players

Swiss women's footballers

Expatriate women's footballers in Germany

BSC YB Frauen players

Frauen-Bundesliga players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players

Swiss people of Tunisian descent

Switzerland women's international footballers

Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players

FC Basel Frauen players

Amira Arfaoui