Florijana Ismaili

Florijana Ismaili

Personal information
Full name	Florijana Ismaili
Date of birth	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995
Place of birth	Aarberg, Switzerland
Date of death	29 June 2019(2019-06-29) (aged 24)
Place of death	Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
Youth career
2006–2011	FC Walperswil
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2019	BSC YB Frauen
International career
2014–2019	Switzerland	33	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florijana Ismaili (1 January 1995 – 29 June 2019) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward for BSC YB Frauen of Switzerland's Nationalliga A. She was a member of the Switzerland national team.

Early life

Ismaili was born in Switzerland to parents of Albanian origins.

International career

Ismaili debuted for Switzerland women's national football team January 2014, in a 2–1 win over Portugal. On 27 November 2015, she scored for Switzerland against Northern Ireland in a UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying match. On 28 November 2017, she scored twice for Switzerland in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Albania.

15 days before her death, she played in her final match for Switzerland on 14 June 2019 against Serbia.

Death

On 29 June 2019, Ismaili dived into the water from a boat diving platform while on holiday at Lake Como in Lombardy, but did not resurface. The next day, she was declared missing. Local authorities conducted an investigation, including using remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV). On 2 July, Ismaili's body was found at the bottom of Lake Como at a depth of 204 metres (669 feet). An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was "an acute episode of asphyxia."

Career statistics

International (2014–2019)

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Switzerland	2014	4	0
	2015	7	1
	2016	4	0
	2017	8	2
	2018	7	0
	2019	3	0
Total		33	3

International goals

Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ismaili goal.

List of international goals scored by Florijana Ismaili

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 November 2015	Lurgan, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	5–0	8–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2.	28 November 2017	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Albania	1–0	5–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
3.				5–1

See also

• List of association football players who died during their careers
• List of solved missing person cases

External links

• Florijana Ismaili at Soccerway.com
• Florijana Ismaili at WorldFootball.net
• Florijana Ismaili at FBref.com
• Profile at FC Zürich (in German)