Luana Bühler

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Luana Bühler
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Luana Bühler in 2024
Personal information
Full name Luana Chiara Bühler [1]
Date of birth (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Lucerne, Switzerland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 FC Zürich 22 (3)
2018–2023 1899 Hoffenheim 82 (5)
2023– Tottenham Hotspur 16 (0)
International career‡
2018– Switzerland 54 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Luana Chiara Bühler (born 28 April 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Bühler played as a junior at FC Schötz, where she played on boys' teams. In July 2012 she moved to SC Kriens in the Nationalliga A, where she played her first game with the first team in the Swiss Cup in November of the same year. In 2014 her team was integrated into FC Luzern. [2] In 2016 she had to pause for almost a year because of her second cruciate ligament tear after 2011. In 2017 she moved to FC Zürich, for whom she also played in the Champions League. In 2018 she won the double with the club.  In the summer of 2018, she switched to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

For the 2023/24 season, she was signed by Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2025. [3]

International career

Bühler made her senior debut against Italy on 28 February 2018 at the Cyprus Cup. She appeared for the team during the 2019 World Cup qualifying cycle. [4] She took part in the Euro 2022 and was in two of three group games in the starting lineup. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round. She was named to the Swiss squad for the 2023 World Cup.

Personal life

Bühler grew up in Altishofen with five siblings. She completed her schooling at the Kantonsschule Willisau in 2015 with her high school diploma.  In 2019 she completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Zurich. Since then she has been pursuing a master's degree in the same subject. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 October 2024 [6] [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Continental [c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Zurich 2016–17 Nationalliga A 5010—0060
2017–18Nationalliga A17340—40253
Total22350—40313
1899 Hoffenheim 2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 18140——221
2019–20Frauen-Bundesliga13210——142
2020–21Frauen-Bundesliga18120——201
2021–22Frauen-Bundesliga16110—81252
2022–23Frauen-Bundesliga17020——190
Total825100—811006
Tottenham Hotspur 2023–24 Women's Super League 1604010—210
2024–25 Women's Super League000010—10
Total1604020—220
Career total1208190201211539

International

As of match played 17 July 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 2018100
201940
202030
202190
202281
2023120
202482
Total543
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bühler goal.
List of international goals scored by Luana Bühler
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2022 Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 3–015–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.5 April 2024 Letzigrund, Zürich, SwitzerlandFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2–03–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
3.9 April 2024 Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2–04–0

Honours

FC Zurich

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  2. ↑ "Bühler, Luana". www.fussball-schweiz.ch. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Luana Bühler completes move". Tottenham Hotspur. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Switzerland)". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Bühlmann, Theres (2 December 2019). "Luzernerin Luana Bühler spielt beim Bundesligisten Hoffenheim – "Ich kann vom Fussball leben"". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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