Seraina Piubel (;https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSDPRt2CY/ born 2 June 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Switzerland national team.
Club career Zürich
Piubel played for FC Fislisbach in her youth. At the age of 13, she was accepted into the Footeco support program and switched to FC Zürich. From 2015 to 2016, she played for a year in the FC Red Star Zürich U-15 boys' team before moving back to FC Zürich. On 6 August 2016 she made her debut in the Super League, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in the game against the BSC YB. On 25 August 2016, she played in the Champions League qualifier against KFF Vllaznia Shkodër where she played the full game, and scored a goal in the 85th minute.
In the 2017/18 season, Piubel was used regularly, mostly as a substitute. On 11 October 2017 the game against FC Gintra was their UEFA Women's Champions League debut, coming on in the 67th minute. She has been one of the regular players at FCZ since the 2020/21 season.
In January 2022, she was nominated by a panel of experts as one of three players for the AXA Women's Super League 2021 award. Ultimately, Sandy Maendly won the award. Piubel was also nominated for this award the following year, but the winner was Fabienne Humm.
Piubel won the AXA Women’s Super League Player award.
West Ham United
On 9 September 2024, it was announced that Piubel had signed a three-year-contract with Women's Super League side West Ham United.
International career
On 18 September 2020, Piubel played her first match for Switzerland against Croatia in qualifying for the Euro 2022, ending in a 1–1 draw.
On 11 April 2023, she scored her first international goal against Iceland in a friendly match, but eventually lost 2–1.
Piubel was called up to the Switzerland squad for the 2023 World Cup. In Switzerland's opening match against Philippines, Piubel scored the second goal for a 2–0 win.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOthersTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC Zürich2016–17Swiss Women's Super League1000—10—202017–18Swiss Women's Super League17031—40—2412018–19Swiss Women's Super League18720—10—2172019–20Swiss Women's Super League14121—20—1822020–21Swiss Women's Super League28741———3282021–22Swiss Women's Super League17353—10512872022–23Swiss Women's Super League171231—1035235182023–24Swiss Women's Super League18510—3150276Total130352070022415318749West Ham United2024–25Women's Super League2211052——2832025–26Women's Super League1722031——2232026–27Women's Super League200000——20Total41330830000526Career total171382378322415323955
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSwitzerland2021102022002023153202450202540202610Total263
Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Piubel goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Seraina PiubelNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 April 2023Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland1–11–2Friendly230 June 2023Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland2–33–3Friendly321 July 2023Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand2–02–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup45 June 2026 Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland 2–1 6–1 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Honours FC Zürich Swiss Championship: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Swiss Women's Cup: 2018, 2019, 2022
References
External links Senior national team profile at Football.ch Under-19 national team profile at Football.ch Under-17 national team profile at Football.ch Under-16 national team profile at Football.ch