Sandra Betschart | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1989 |
Birth Place: | Lucerne, Switzerland |
Position: | Defender, Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1998–2004 |
Youthclubs1: | SC Cham |
Years1: | 2004–2005 |
Years2: | 2005–2010 |
Years3: | 2011 |
Years4: | 2012 |
Years5: | 2012–2013 |
Years6: | 2013–2016 |
Years7: | 2016–2020 |
Clubs1: | FC Malters |
Clubs2: | FC Zürich |
Clubs3: | Kristianstad |
Clubs4: | FC Yverdon |
Clubs5: | VfL Sindelfingen |
Clubs6: | Sunnanå SK |
Clubs7: | MSV Duisburg |
Caps3: | 9 |
Caps5: | 6 |
Caps6: | 67 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 2007– |
Nationalteam1: | Switzerland |
Nationalcaps1: | 66[1] |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Club-Update: | 1 April 2013 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 19:56, 23 June 2015 (UTC) |
Sandra Betschart (born 30 March 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German club MSV Duisburg and the Switzerland national team.
Betschart joined FC Zürich in 2005, having previously played for SC Cham and FC Malters. After playing for Zürich for five years, in 2011 she moved to Kristianstads DFF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Following the end of the season, she was transferred to FC Yverdon back in Switzerland, where she played the second half of the 2011–12 Nationalliga before signing for VfL Sindelfingen, a newly promoted team in the German Bundesliga.[2] The midfielder announced her re-signing with VfL Sindelfingen on 25 March 2013.[3] The Switzerland national team member Betschart signed then on 27 March 2013 with Sunnanå SK, a one-year contract running from 1 April 2013.[4]
She returned to Germany for the second half of the 2015–16 season to play for MSV Duisburg of the 2. Bundesliga. The team was promoted back to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season.[5]
She made her senior debut for the Swiss national team in February 2007 against Malta. As of January 2013 she had played 49 games and scored two goals since.[6]