Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Bad Segeberg, Germany | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2008 | FFC Oldesloe 2000 | ||
2008–2009 | TSV Nahe | ||
2009–2010 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | (0) |
2010–2012 | 1. FC Köln | 45 | (5) |
2012–2013 | SC 07 Bad Neuenahr | 18 | (0) |
2013–2016 | 1. FC Köln | 69 | (9) |
2016–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | (1) |
2017–2018 | FC Basel | 30 | (12) |
2018–2019 | SC Freiburg | 6 | (0) |
2019 | ASA Tel Aviv | ||
2019–2022 | 1. FC Köln | 61 | (4) |
2022–2023 | Grasshoppers | 23 | (3) |
2023– | St. Pauli | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015–2023 | Switzerland | 48[2] | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 July 2023[3] |
Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally. She rejoined 1. FC Köln in 2013 after spending the 2012–13 season with SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.
Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Swiss national team.[4] She was playing in the German second division for Köln, when Swiss selectors discovered her mother was from St. Gallen and called her up. Rinast is also a singer and in 2014 provided guest vocals on Grau by German rapper DANGA.[5]