Nadine Riesen

Nadine Riesen
Nadine Riesen with Switzerland in October 2024.
Personal information
Full name Nadine Andrina Riesen[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000
Place of birth St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 22
Youth career
2009–2015 FC Buehler
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 FC St. Gallen/FC St. Gallen-Staad 43 (7)
2019–2021 BSC Young Boys 39 (8)
2021–2023 FC Zürich 46 (8)
2023–2026 Eintracht Frankfurt 49 (1)
2026- West Ham United 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 10 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U19 17 (0)
2019– Switzerland 43 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)

Nadine Andrina Riesen (born 11 April 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Switzerland national team.

Early life

Riesen was born on 11 April 2000, and grew up in Niederteufen, Appenzell. She has an older sister named Selina.[2]

Riesen began playing football at the age of 9 at FC Bühler, winning two junior cups with the team.[3]

Club career

FC St. Gallen/FC St. Gallen-Staad

In 2015, Riesen moved to FC St. Gallen's first team. She made her debut in the Swiss Women's Super League aged 15.[4] St. Gallen was relegated to Nationalliga B ahead of the 2016–17 season.[5]

In 2017, FC St. Gallen merged with FC Staad to form FC St. Gallen-Staad.

BSC Young Boys

In 2019, Riesen joined BSC Young Boys, returning to the Super League.

In May 2021, she was voted into the Swiss Association of Football Players' team of the season (the Golden 11).[6]

FC Zürich

In June 2021, Riesen moved to FC Zürich.[7] In her first season with the club, she earned the domestic double as FCZ won both the league title and the Swiss Cup.[8]

Riesen signed a two year contract extension with the club in May 2022.[9] The team would again win the league in the 2022–23 season.[10]

Eintracht Frankfurt

In August 2023, Riesen joined Frauen Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.[8] She played alongside Swiss teammate Géraldine Reuteler; they would both go on to leave Frankfurt in the summer of 2026.[11]

West Ham

On 22 June 2026, it was announced that Riesen would join West Ham United in the English Women's Super League on a 3 year deal following her departure from Eintracht Frankfurt.[12]

International career

In 2018, Riesen was called up to the home under-19 European Championship.[13] The Swiss team was eliminated following the conclusion of the group stage.

On 14 June 2019, at age 19, she made her senior debut against Serbia.[14]

In June 2022, due to an injury to Ella Touon, she was called up to the Swiss squad during final preparations for Euro 2022.[15]

She scored her first senior international goal in April 2024 during a 4–0 victory over Azerbaijan in a Euro 2025 qualifying match.[16]

On 23 June 2025, Riesen was called up to the squad for the Euro 2025, a home tournament for Switzerland.[17] She scored in Switzerland's opening match, the only goal for the Swiss during a 1–2 defeat to Norway.[18] In the quarter-finals, Switzerland were defeated 2–0 by Spain and exited the competition.[19]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 April 2024Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan4–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
2.2 July 2025St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland Norway1–01–2UEFA Women's Euro 2025

Achievements

FC Zürich

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Women's EURO: Dorf steht Kopf - Nadine Riesen: Der grosse Stolz des FC Bühler". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 6 July 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Die ehemalige FCB-Juniorin Nadine Riesen in der Golden-11 der AWSL 2020/2021 !". fcbuehler.ch (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Four things you need to know about Nadine Riesen - West Ham United FC". West Ham. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Switzerland (Women) 2016/17". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "SAFP Golden11 Awards – News – #NieUsenandGah". 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nadine Riesen wechselt zu den FC Zürich Frauen". FC Zürich (in German). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Nadine Riesen wechselt zur Eintracht Frankfurt". FC Zürich (in German). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Nadine Riesen verlängert Vertrag bis Sommer 2024". FC Zürich (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Meisterschaft - Schweizerischer Fussballverband". www.awsl.ch. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "Eintracht Women confirm four departures". Eintracht Frankfurt. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "West Ham United sign Switzerland international Nadine Riesen - West Ham United FC". West Ham. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  13. ↑ Dominik, Erb. "Équipe féminine M19 : Une sélection suisse de qualité à l'Euro 2018". www.football.ch (in French). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband – Team". www.football.ch. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Nadine Riesen nachnominiert – Schweizer Frauen-Nati ohne Touon an EURO". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Azerbaijan-Switzerland | Women's European Qualifiers 2025". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  17. ↑ "Frauen-Nationalteam: Das Kader für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025 steht fest" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 23 June 2025.
  18. ↑ Wrack, Suzanne (2 July 2025). "Euro 2025 hosts Switzerland suffer own-goal and VAR heartache against Norway". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Spain vs Switzerland | UEFA Women's EURO 2025". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
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