SERVETTE WOMEN’S FOOTBALL CLUB

02/07/2024

TINJA-RIIKKA KORPELA NEW GARNET DOOR!

It’s time to leave for the Garnets. 7 players are leaving the club at the end of the 2023-2024 season.

Inês Pereira

Arriving in the summer of 2021, Inês Pereira will have experienced three intense and rich seasons within Servette FCCF. With two Swiss Cup titles and a Swiss Champion title in 2024, the Portuguese goalkeeper will have left her mark on the history of the club with her talent, her class and her seriousness.

Nathalia Spälti

Servettian since 2019, Nathalia Spälti has not only been a pillar of the garnet defense but above all a pillar of the club for 5 seasons. Swiss champion and winner of the Swiss Cup twice, Nathalia Spälti had the best years in the club’s young history.

Malena Ortiz Cruz

Malena Ortiz Cruz arrived in Geneva from Real Madrid in the winter of 2022. The very talented No. 10 splashed the championship of her class and her talent. After a ligament rupture which will keep her away from the field for a few months, it is with unwavering determination that “Male” will return to the field to win three titles in the space of two and a half seasons.

Michele Schnider

The right side twirler, arriving from Lucerne in the winter of 2022, will also have experienced an eventful passage in garnet but forever engraved in history.

Gabriela Cutura

At the club since 2021, Gabriela Cutura probably could not have hoped for a better start to her career. Crowned with three titles over the last two seasons, the Croatian U19 international will also have made her debut in Axa Women’s Super League by replacing Inês Pereira on March 18, 2023 against FC Basel.

Onyinyechi Zogg and Shania van Nuland

Arriving at the start of 2024 to strengthen the Servetti squad, this garnet half-season will remain unforgettable for the two players with the achievement of a historic double!

The entire Servette FC Chênois Féminin thanks the players for their seriousness, their dedication and their involvement throughout their time in garnet. Geneva will forever be your home and Servette your family!The Servette FCCF summer transfer window continues with the arrival of a new goalkeeper in the person of Tinja-Riikka Korpela until 2025!

After the arrival of Manon Revelli, the Garnets continue to strengthen with the arrival of Korpela, international goalkeeper with the 122 Finnish selections from AS Rome.

At 38 years old, Korpela arrives in Geneva with a full CV and considerable experience. A career that began in Finland with FC Honka. Since then, Tinja-Riikka has traveled a lot. After a few years between Norway and Finland, the Finnish goalkeeper had her first major European experience at Bayern Münich from 2014 to 2018. After a one-year stint in Norway, the doors of England, more precisely those of Everton , open up to her. She will then sign for Tottenham in the summer of 2021, at the same time as a certain Maéva Clémaron and before visiting Italy and AS Rome in the summer of 2023.

Sandy Maendly, Sports Director: “We are very proud to welcome an experienced player like Korpela to Servette FCCF! She has been playing at the highest level for years now, and her qualities as a goalkeeper are indisputable. We thank her for her trust and hope to be able to achieve the objectives for the coming season together. »

Korpela signed a one-year contract with one option and will wear number 1.

The entire club welcomes “Tinni” in his new colors and wishes him a successful 2024-2025 season!

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