Elvira Herzog

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Elvira Herzog
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Herzog with RB Leipzig in 2023
Personal information
Full name Elvira Johanna Herzog
Date of birth (2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 25) [1]
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 12
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2019 FC Zürich 25 (0)
2019–2020 FC Köln 18 (0)
2020–2021 SC Freiburg 6 (0)
2021–2022 FC Köln 1 (0)
2022– RB Leipzig 62 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 8 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U19 8 (0)
2019– Switzerland 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 July 2025

Elvira Johanna Herzog (born 5 March 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Herzog started her career in autumn 2009 at FC Unterstrass, and joined FC Zürich Letzikids in 2011 at the age of 11, before moving up to the first team in 2016. [3] She made her Zürich debut against Yverdon Féminin on 2 December 2017 and kept a clean sheet. [4] On 9 July 2019, Herzog moved to Germany to join 1. FC Köln. [5] After 1. FC Köln were relegated from the Bundesliga, she moved to SC Freiburg for the 2020–21 season. After the resurgence of 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga, she moved to 2021–22 season back to her old club, were played in one league game.

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Herzog switched to RB Leipzig in the 2. Bundesliga. In a title-winning year, the Swiss goalie played in 18 of the 26 matches, taking seven clean sheets. [6] For the following season, Leipzig signed new goalkeeping coach Michael Gurski to further develop Herzog and teammates Gina Schüller and Eve Boettcher. [7] Despite a challenging first half of the 2023–24 Bundesliga campaign that included just one clean sheet against Nürnberg, Herzog signed a contract extension until 2027. [8]

International career

After eleven games for the U-17 and 16 games for the U-19 of Switzerland, she was called up to the senior national team for the first time on 4 June 2019. She made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 14 June 2019 against Serbia, coming on as a substitute for Nadja Furrer. [9] [10] [11] Her first competitive fixture came in a Euro qualifying fixture versus Belgium, where she made errors that led to two goals after crosses, in a game Switzerland lost 4–0. [12] Herzog missed out on the 2022 Euros and was only placed on the reserve list for the 2023 World Cup. [13] [14] Having developed positively in previous seasons and proven her worth during appearances in 2024 — including saving a penalty against Sweden — Herzog became the Swiss starting goalkeeper in 2024. [15] [16] However, following a strong season by Livia Peng, it was announced days before the 2025 Euros in Switzerland that Herzog would be relegated to second choice by manager Pia Sundhage. [17]

On 23 June 2025, Herzog was called up to the Switzerland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. [18]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Elvira Herzog at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Elvira Herzog". World Football. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Elvira Herzog Spielerinnen-Profil und Interviews". abseits.ch (in German). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Fussballverband Region Zürich – Match center". matchcenter.fvrz.ch. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "1. FC Köln | Detailseite". fc.de (in German). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Elvira Herzog - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ↑ ""Das komplette Torwartspiel anpassen"". www.merkur.de (in German). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. ↑ mdr.de. "RB Leipzig verlängert mit Stammtorhüterin Herzog | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Serbia vs Switzerland". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Elvira Herzog". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "1:1 in Serbien – Remis mit 8 Debütantinnen". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Etienne Wuillemin und David Umiker. "Fussball - Das sind die Noten der Schweizerinnen bei der 0:4-Demütigung in Belgien". Aargauer Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Dominik, Erb. "Inka Grings nimmt 24 Spielerinnen in die dritte WM-Vorbereitungswoche" (in German). Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nati-Goalie Herzog und ihre Flops – Stammplatz an der Heim-EM in Gefahr". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Nach vielen Flops ist Elvira Herzog zur Nummer 1 der Schweizer Nati aufgestiegen". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Finkbeiner, Christian (26 November 2024). "Frauen-Nati: Der Aufstieg von Elvira Herzog zur Nummer 1". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  17. ↑ Werder, Lucas (26 June 2025). "Livia Peng geht als Schweizer Nummer 1 in die Heim-EM". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "Frauen-Nationalteam: Das Kader für die UEFA Women's EURO 2025 steht fest" (in German). Swiss Football Association. 23 June 2025.
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