Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Première Ligue club Strasbourg and the Switzerland national team. A fast player with good heading ability, she is considered one of Switzerland's most talented footballers.
Early and personal life Ana-Maria Crnogorčević was born on 3 October 1990 in Steffisburg, by Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, to Croat parents from Ruma, in Vojvodina, with origins in Drniš, Croatia.Stipe Pudja: Ana Maria Crnogorčević najljepša je nogometašica Bundeslige , Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 21 February 2012. (hrvati.ch) She has dual nationality and considers herself both Swiss and Croatian; her first language was Croatian. She speaks many languages and received scorn from some rival fans while playing for Barcelona and responding in Catalan to a question asked in Spanish. Crnogorčević has a sister and was raised Catholic.
Club career Crnogorčević began her club career with FC Steffisburg at age 11. In 2004, she moved to FC Rot-Schwarz Thun, then later to FC Thun. In 2009, she helped Rot-Schwarz win the Swiss Cup final. Crnogorčević scored a hat-trick in the 8–0 win over FC Schlieren. She was the top-scorer with 24 goals in 16 games in the Nationalliga A. In September 2009 she joined German Bundesliga team Hamburger SV. She made her debut for HSV on 27 September, scoring in a 3–2 win against SG Essen-Schönebeck. Crnogorčević finished her first season in Germany with eight goals from 19 appearances. For the 2011–12 season she moved to 1. FFC Frankfurt, with which she won the Champions League in 2015.
She signed with Portland Thorns FC ahead of the 2018 National Women's Soccer League season. In December 2019, Crnogorčević signed with Barcelona. She won the Champions League with Barcelona in the 2020–21 and 2022–23 seasons.
On 5 August 2024, Seattle Reign FC announced that they had signed Crnogorčević from Spanish club Atlético Madrid through the 2025 season for an undisclosed transfer fee. Crnogorčević made her debut for the club on 25 August 2024, starting and playing 75 minutes in a 1–0 victory against North Carolina Courage. She made 22 league appearances across two seasons before departing from the Reign at the end of 2025.
In January 2026, Crnogorčević signed a contract with French club Strasbourg through 2027, reconnecting with Swiss national team compatriat Eseosa Aigbogun.
International career
Youth Aged 17, she scored 25 goals in 29 games for the Switzerland U19 team. At the 2009 UEFA U19 Championship in Belarus, she reached the semi-final with her team. She was selected in the U20 for the 2012 U20 World Cup in Japan. She played in all three matches but was eliminated in the group stage.
Senior Crnogorčević was approached to play for Croatia when she was 17; though raised with Croatian culture, she always wanted to play for Switzerland.
On 12 August 2009, she made her debut for the Swiss senior team in a friendly against Sweden. In August 2010, she scored five goals in an 8–0 World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan.
Crnogorčević succeeded with the Swiss national team in qualifying for the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands, where she was top scorer with seven goals. On 4 June 2016, she surpassed previous Swiss all-time goalscorer Lara Dickenmann by adding two goals in a qualifier against the Czech Republic. At the European Championship, she scored a goal in the 1–1 draw with France, but her team was eliminated after the group stage. In the subsequent qualification for the 2019 World Cup, she scored two goals in eleven games. However, the Swiss did not qualify this time because they lost in the last play-off round against European champions Netherlands.
On 13 April 2021, she converted her team's last penalty to 3–2 in the second leg of qualifying play-off for the Euro 2022 against the Czech Republic, succeeding in qualifying for the Euro finals. In the first leg, she scored the goal for the 1–1 equaliser with a penalty in the 90th minute. In all, she scored six goals in qualifying, once again being her team's top scorer.
On 30 June 2022, Crnogorčević matched Lara Dickenmann's national cap record with her 135th international match in the 4–0 defeat in the European Championship preparatory game against England. At the European Championship in 2022, she played in all three group games in the starting line-up. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round.
On 23 June 2025, Crnogorčević was called up to the Switzerland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.
Career statistics Club
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsHamburger SV2009–10Frauen-Bundesliga19810––2082010–112062241–269Total39142241–4617FFC Frankfurt2011–12Frauen-Bundesliga15832–8326132012–1315200––1522013–1422451––2752014–1520130–903212015–1618020–712712016–1712410––1342017–1814230––172Total11621173–24415728Portland Thorns FC2018NWSL225–––2252019121–––121Total346–––346Barcelona2019–20Primera División603020001102020–212742010503542021–222052100913172022–232980020924010Total8217715023311721Atlético Madrid2023–24Primera División1413010–181Total141301000180Seattle Reign2024NWSL100———1002025120120Total220———220Strasbourg 2025-26 Ligue 1 Féminin 8020100Career total3155932610147740473
International goals Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Crnogorčević goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Ana-Maria CrnogorčevićNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 27 March 2010 Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen, Switzerland 6–0 6–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification2 21 August 2010 Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland 1–0 8–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification3 4–04 5–05 7–06 8–07 3 October 2010 Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark 1–0 3–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs8 21 September 2011 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland 1–0 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying9 4–110 4 March 2012 Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus 1–3 1–3 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup11 6 March 2012 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 5–0 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup12 4–013 31 March 2012 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying14 16 June 2012 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland 2–2 4–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying15 21 June 2012 Stadionul CNAF, Buftea, Romania 1–0 2–4 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying16 13 March 2013 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 1–2 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup17 6 April 2013 Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland 2–0 3–1 Friendly18 3–119 21 September 2013 Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland 2–0 9–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification20 5–021 7–022 9–023 14 January 2014 Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal, Portugal 2–1 2–1 Friendly24 16 January 2014 Estádio Municipal de Machico, Machico, Portugal 1–0 2–1 Friendly25 12 February 2014 HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, Israel 5–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification26 12 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–1 1–4 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup27 19 June 2014 Inđija Stadium, Inđija, Serbia 5–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification28 20 August 2014 WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States 1–2 1–4 Friendly29 17 September 2014 Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta 1–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification30 4–031 5–032 27 May 2015 Esp Stadium, Baden, Switzerland 1–0 1–3 Friendly33 16 June 2015 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada 1–0 1–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup34 22 September 2015 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 1–0 4–1 Friendly35 4–136 24 October 2015 Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying37 27 October 2015 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying38 27 November 2015 Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland 6–1 8–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying39 1 December 2015 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 4–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying40 4 June 2016 Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic 3–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying41 4–042 15 September 2016 Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia 1–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying43 6 March 2017 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 5–0 6–0 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup44 6–045 26 July 2017 Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 201746 15 September 2017 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania 3–0 4–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification47 2 March 2018 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 3–0 4–0 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup48 12 June 2018 FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 1–0 5–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification49 27 February 2019 Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal 1–1 1–4 2019 Algarve Cup50 4 March 2019 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–1 3–1 2019 Algarve Cup51 3 September 2019 LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying52 4 October 2019 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania 1–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying53 8 October 2019 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying54 12 November 2019 LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 3–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying55 10 March 2020 Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain 1–0 2–1 Friendly 56 2–157 27 October 2020 Football Centre FRF, Mogoșoaia, Romania 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying58 9 April 2021 Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs59 21 September 2021 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 1–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification60 22 October 2021 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland 1–0 2–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification61 2–062 26 October 2021 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland 1–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification63 26 November 2021 Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy 2–0 2–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification64 30 November 2021 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 4–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification65 6 September 2022 Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland 10–0 15–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification66 13–067 30 June 2023 Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland 1–0 3–3 Friendly68 1 December 2023 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League69 12 July 2024 Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit, Turkey 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying70 16 July 2024 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying71 18 April 2026 Sinop Sehir Stadyumu, Sinop, Turkey 1–0 1–1 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Honours FC Rot-Schwarz Thun Swiss Cup: 2009
FFC Frankfurt DFB-Pokal: 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2014–15
Barcelona Primera División: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2020–21, 2022–23, runner-up: 2021–22 Copa de la Reina: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 Supercopa Femenina: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
Individual Swiss Nationalliga A top scorer: 2009
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 Ana-Maria Crnogorčević at UEFA Ana-Maria Crnogorčević at FC Barcelona Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic at Seattle Reign FC Ana-Maria Crnogorčević at BDFutbol Hamburger SV women's team Interview at dfb.de Photoshoot in Bild