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Swiss footballer (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Riola Xhemaili (born 5 March 2003) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for PSV Eindhoven and the Switzerland national team.[3]
 2022 in Erfurt | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 March 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Solothurn, Switzerland[2] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
PSV (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Solothurn | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Basel | 52 | (27) |
| 2021–2023 | SC Freiburg | 45 | (5) |
| 2023 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | VfL Wolfsburg | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | → PSV (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Switzerland U15 | 2 | (1) |
| 2019 | Switzerland U19 | 3 | (3) |
| 2020– | Switzerland | 22 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023 | |||
Xhemaili made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 22 September 2020 against Belgium, coming on as a substitute for Ramona Bachmann.[4][5]
Xhemaili showed her intention of staying at VfL Wolfsburg by prolonging her contract from June 2026 till June 2027 on 8 August 2024. The announcement of the contract extension came together with her decision to spend a developmental year on loan to the Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven over the course of the 2024–25 season.[6][7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21 September 2021 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova |  Moldova | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 30 November 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 6–0 | 7–0 | |
| 3. | 6 September 2022 | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland | Moldova | 9–0 | 15–0 | |
| 4. | 12–0 | |||||
| 5. | 14–0 | |||||
Xhemaili has an older sister and a twin brother, Rion. Her father and two of her uncles were also footballers. From under 11 to under 15 level, she played football in midfield alongside Rion for local club Solothurn.[8]
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