Livia Peng

Livia Maïté Peng (born 14 March 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and the Switzerland women's national team.

Livia Peng
Personal information
Full name Livia Maïté Peng[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002
Place of birth Chur, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Werder Bremen
Number 1
Youth career
2009–2014 FC Ems
2014–2019 Team South East Switzerland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 FC Zürich 67 (0)
2022–2023 BK Häcken 3 (0)
2023 → Levante (loan) 5 (0)
2023– Werder Bremen 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Switzerland U17 3 (0)
2019 Switzerland U19 2 (0)
2023– Switzerland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:05, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023

Club career

From July 2017 Peng was employed by FC Zürich. In August 2019 she was nominated as first-choice goalkeeper. As an FCZ player, Peng made six appearances in the UEFA Champions League.

After a 2021–22 season with two titles, she signed a professional contract with Gothenburg club BK Häcken in Sweden's Damallsvenskan league.[2]

In January 2023, Peng was loaned to Spanish Liga F club Levante.[3]

Peng joined Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen in summer 2023.[4]

International career

At age 15, Peng got into the junior national team. Until 2021 she played in various youth national teams. She was called up to the senior national team for the first time in November 2020, behind Gaëlle Thalmann and Seraina Friedli. She was in the squad for the European Championship finals in England in the summer of 2022. On 11 November 2022, she was in goal during the first half of a friendly against Denmark, but that game was only counted as an unofficial friendly as more than six substitutions were made.[5]

Honours

FC Zürich

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. "Livia Peng (BK Häcken FF) - Player profile | Forza Football". forzafootball.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. "Aminata Diallo and Livia Peng join Levante". Footbalada. 2 January 2023.
  4. "Werder verpflichtet WM-Teilnehmerin Peng" [Werder signs World Cup participant Peng]. kicker (in German). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. Dubach, Matthias (25 December 2022). "Wie kams bei der Frauen-Nati zum Lapsus?". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 8 January 2023.


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