Lara Marti

Lara Katinka Marti (born 21 September 1999) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for RB Leipzig in Germanys Frauen Bundesliga and the Switzerland national team.

Lara Marti

Marti in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Lara Katinka Marti[1]
Date of birth	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	30
Youth career
	Basel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	Basel	61	(13)
2020–2024	Bayer Leverkusen	47	(1)
2024-	RB Leipzig	8	(0)
International career‡
2016	Switzerland U17	3	(1)
2018	Switzerland U19	3	(0)
2019–	Switzerland	13	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 July 2023

Career

Club

Marti started playing football in 2008 at FC Lausen 72 and switched to the youth department of FC Basel via FC Liestal in 2014.^{[citation needed]} After initially being part of the U19 squad there, she made her debut in the Nationalliga in February 2016 at the age of 16.^{[citation needed]} In the following four seasons, she made a total of 62 league appearances for her team, scoring nine goals.

For the 2020/21 season, Marti moved to German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, where she signed a two-year contract.^[2] She made her Bundesliga debut on 4 October 2020 against VfL Wolfsburg.

National team

Marti went through all the junior selections of the Swiss Football Association and was, among other things, part of the U19 national team at the home European Championship in 2018, where she made three appearances and was eliminated with the team after the group stage. She made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 14 June 2019 against Serbia, starting the match.^[3][4]