# Ana-Maria Crnogorčević

Ana-Maria Crnogorčević (born 3 October 1990) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Seattle Reign FC 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. 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.

## 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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 2 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Other | Other | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hamburger SV | 2009–10 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 |
| Hamburger SV | 2010–11 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 9 |
| Hamburger SV | Total | Total | 39 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 46 | 17 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2011–12 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 3 | 26 | 13 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2012–13 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 2 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2013–14 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 27 | 5 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2014–15 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2015–16 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2016–17 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 2017–18 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 2 |
| FFC Frankfurt | Total | Total | 116 | 21 | 17 | 3 | – | – | 24 | 4 | 157 | 28 |
| Portland Thorns FC | 2018 | NWSL | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 5 |
| Portland Thorns FC | 2019 | NWSL | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 1 |
| Portland Thorns FC | Total | Total | 34 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 6 |
| Barcelona | 2019–20 | Primera División | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Barcelona | 2020–21 | Primera División | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| Barcelona | 2021–22 | Primera División | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 7 |
| Barcelona | 2022–23 | Primera División | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 10 |
| Barcelona | Total | Total | 82 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 117 | 21 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2023–24 | Primera División | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 1 |
| Atlético Madrid | Total | Total | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Seattle Reign | 2024 | NWSL | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Seattle Reign | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 295 | 59 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 382 | 73 |
* ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal Frauen, Copa de la Reina
* ↑ Appearances in Women's Bundesliga Cup
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
* 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

### International

    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 Crnogorčević :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 27 March 2010 | Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen, Switzerland | Israel | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 21 August 2010 | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 21 August 2010 | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | Kazakhstan | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 21 August 2010 | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | Kazakhstan | 5–0 | 8–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 21 August 2010 | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | Kazakhstan | 7–0 | 8–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 21 August 2010 | Stade Universitaire Saint-Léonard, Fribourg, Switzerland | Kazakhstan | 8–0 | 8–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 3 October 2010 | Vejle Stadion, Vejle, Denmark | Denmark | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs |
| 8 | 21 September 2011 | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland | Romania | 1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 9 | 21 September 2011 | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland | Romania | 4–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 10 | 4 March 2012 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | Finland | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 11 | 6 March 2012 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 12 | 6 March 2012 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Northern Ireland | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 13 | 31 March 2012 | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland | Turkey | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 14 | 16 June 2012 | Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland | Spain | 2–2 | 4–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 15 | 21 June 2012 | Stadionul CNAF, Buftea, Romania | Romania | 1–0 | 2–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 16 | 13 March 2013 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | New Zealand | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 17 | 6 April 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Norway | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 18 | 6 April 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Norway | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 19 | 21 September 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Serbia | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 21 September 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Serbia | 5–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 21 | 21 September 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Serbia | 7–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 22 | 21 September 2013 | Centre sportif de Colovray Nyon, Nyon, Switzerland | Serbia | 9–0 | 9–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 23 | 14 January 2014 | Estádio do Marítimo, Funchal, Portugal | Portugal | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 24 | 16 January 2014 | Estádio Municipal de Machico, Machico, Portugal | Portugal | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 25 | 12 February 2014 | HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, Israel | Israel | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 26 | 12 March 2014 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Netherlands | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 27 | 19 June 2014 | Inđija Stadium, Inđija, Serbia | Serbia | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 28 | 20 August 2014 | WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States | United States | 1–2 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 29 | 17 September 2014 | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta | Malta | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 30 | 17 September 2014 | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta | Malta | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 31 | 17 September 2014 | Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun, Malta | Malta | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 32 | 27 May 2015 | Esp Stadium, Baden, Switzerland | Germany | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 33 | 16 June 2015 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 34 | 22 September 2015 | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Denmark | 1–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 35 | 22 September 2015 | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Denmark | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 36 | 24 October 2015 | Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy | Italy | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 37 | 27 October 2015 | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Georgia | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 38 | 27 November 2015 | Mourneview Park, Lurgan, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 6–1 | 8–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 39 | 1 December 2015 | Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Czech Republic | 4–0 | 5–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 40 | 4 June 2016 | Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 41 | 4 June 2016 | Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 42 | 15 September 2016 | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia | Georgia | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 43 | 6 March 2017 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Italy | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 44 | 6 March 2017 | Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Italy | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 45 | 26 July 2017 | Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands | France | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 |
| 46 | 15 September 2017 | Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania | Albania | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 47 | 2 March 2018 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Finland | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 48 | 12 June 2018 | FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 49 | 27 February 2019 | Estádio Algarve, Algarve, Portugal | Sweden | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2019 Algarve Cup |
| 50 | 4 March 2019 | VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | Portugal | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2019 Algarve Cup |
| 51 | 3 September 2019 | LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Lithuania | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 52 | 4 October 2019 | Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 53 | 8 October 2019 | Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland | Croatia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 54 | 12 November 2019 | LIPO Park Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Romania | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 55 | 10 March 2020 | Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain | Austria | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 56 | 10 March 2020 | Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain | Austria | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 57 | 27 October 2020 | Football Centre FRF, Mogoșoaia, Romania | Romania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 58 | 9 April 2021 | Letní stadion, Chomutov, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs |
| 59 | 21 September 2021 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova | Moldova | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 60 | 22 October 2021 | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland | Romania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 61 | 22 October 2021 | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland | Romania | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 62 | 26 October 2021 | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland | Croatia | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 63 | 26 November 2021 | Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy | Italy | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 64 | 30 November 2021 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 65 | 6 September 2022 | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland | Moldova | 10–0 | 15–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 66 | 6 September 2022 | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland | Moldova | 13–0 | 15–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 67 | 30 June 2023 | Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Zambia | 1–0 | 3–3 | Friendly |
| 68 | 1 December 2023 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 69 | 12 July 2024 | Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit, Turkey | Turkey | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 70 | 16 July 2024 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland | Azerbaijan | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |

## 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