Madeleine Boll
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 July 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Valais, Switzerland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Sion | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
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Winners' Cup.[4] The media coverage of the match resulted in Boll having her licence to play football in Switzerland withdrawn since the Swiss Football Association did not realize Boll was female.[5]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
- Swiss Cup: 1976, 1977
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Madeleine Boll, ancienne footballeuse, pionnière du foot féminin". rts.ch. 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Madeleine Boll, Pionierin des Frauenfussballs - Rendez-vous - SRF". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
- ^ svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (2 August 2022). "La signora del calcio svizzero". rsi.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Boll: "Der Weg war lang und schwierig"". 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023.
- ^ Tobel, Urs von (26 May 2008). "Der weibliche Köbi Kuhn" – via Beobachter.
- ^ "FIFA 1904" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Madeleine Boll, celle par qui tout a commencé". RTS. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Difficiles débuts". RTS. 27 June 1970. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Valais
- Swiss women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- ACF Milan players
- FC Sion players
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Swiss Women's Super League players
- Swiss expatriate women's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Switzerland women's international footballers
- Swiss women's football biography stubs
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