Désirée Grundbacher
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| Date of birth | 16 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| –1999 | FC Bethlehem Bern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | FC Ostermundigen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | FC Rot-Schwarz Thun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2008 | Grasshopper Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2008 | Switzerland | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Désirée Grundbacher (born August 16, 1983) is a Swiss football referee and former football player.
Career
[edit]Football player
[edit]Before her refereeing career, Grundbacher played as a forward for FC Rot-Schwarz Thun and GC/Schwerzenbach in the Swiss Women's Super League and was a member of the Switzerland women's national team.[1] Between 2007 and 2008, she played 13 international matches, scoring one goal.[2]
Referee
[edit]Since 2012, she has been on the FIFA referee list and officiates international football matches.[3]
She regularly officiates matches in the Women's Champions League and Women's Nations League, also several domestic leagues including the Swiss 1. Liga, the Promotion League, and the Challenge League. She also officiated matches in the qualifiers for the 2019 World Cup in France and the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as in the qualification for the 2022 European Championship and 2025 European Championship.
On May 14, 2015, Grundbacher served as the Fourth Official in the 2014/15 Women's Champions League final between Frankfurt and Paris Saint-Germain (2:1).[4]
She officiated qualification matches of various UEFA Women's Under-17 and Under-19 Championships over the years. At the Women's U-17 European Championship in 2018 in Lithuania, Grundbacher officiated two group matches and the final between Germany and Spain (0:2).[5][6]
In 2024, in the 2025 U-21 European Championship qualification, Grundbacher officiated the match between Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Grundbacher has a son with her partner, whom she met after a football match, and works as a postal assistant.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Liebe auf den zweiten Pfiff. In: Basler Zeitung. 7. Juni 2016, S. 36 (via FC Bubendorf; PDF; 263 kB). Abgerufen am 17. Januar 2024.
- ^ Liste der Schweizer Nationalspielerinnen auf fussball-schweiz.ch, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2024.
- ^ "FIFA Refereeing 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "History: 2-1 Paris | Match info | UEFA Women's Champions League 2014/15 Final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Grundbacher thrilled by WU17 final assignment". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Germany-Spain | Women's Under-17 2018 Final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs Azerbaijan | UEFA Under-21 2025". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Désirée Grundbacher at Soccerway
- Désirée Grundbacher at WorldFootball.net
