Madeleine Boll

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Madeleine Boll
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-07-08) 8 July 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Valais, Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970 Gommagomma
1971 Real Juventus
1972 Falchi Crescentinese
1973–1974 Falchi Astro
1975–1977 Sion
International career
1972–1978 Switzerland 16 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Madeleine Boll (born 8 July 1953) is a Swiss former footballer who played as a midfielder for Sion. She represented the Switzerland national team. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Boll interest in football began in an early age. She joined FC Sion's youth team at the age of 12. In 1965, she took part in a match between Sion and Turkish club Galatasaray in the European Cup Winners' Cup. [4] The media coverage of the match resulted in Boll having her licence to play football in Switzerland withdrawn since the Swiss Football Association did not realize Boll was female. [5]

At the age of 17, Boll took the opportunity to play in professional football in Italy where she played for five years, she first signed with Gommagomma. [6] Her performances in Serie A gained her the nickname "Montagna blonda" ("The Blond Mountain"). [7] In 1975, Boll returned to Switzerland to play for the FC Sion, winning the Swiss Women's Cup in 1977. [8] Boll during her playing days was nicknamed the White Pelé. [9]

International career

Madeleine Boll represented Switzerland 16 times and scored 9 times.

Honours

Gommagomma

Real Juventus

Falchi Astro

Sion

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References

  1. ↑ "Grève féministe: Madeleine Boll et Charlie Crettenand, deux générations pour une même lutte. Rencontre en vidéo". Grève féministe: Madeleine Boll et Charlie Crettenand, deux générations pour une même lutte. Rencontre en vidéo.
  2. ↑ "Madeleine Boll, ancienne footballeuse, pionnière du foot féminin". rts.ch. 12 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Madeleine Boll, Pionierin des Frauenfussballs - Rendez-vous - SRF". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
  4. ↑ svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (2 August 2022). "La signora del calcio svizzero". rsi.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Boll: "Der Weg war lang und schwierig"". 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Tobel, Urs von (26 May 2008). "Der weibliche Köbi Kuhn" – via Beobachter.
  7. ↑ "FIFA 1904" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Madeleine Boll, celle par qui tout a commencé". RTS . 14 June 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Difficiles débuts". RTS . 27 June 1970. Retrieved 1 March 2024.


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