Janine Chamot (born 4 February 1983) is a retired Swiss footballer who played as a goalkeeper for YB Frauen in the Swiss National League A (NLA). She was also a member of the Switzerland national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Janine Nicole Chamot | ||
| Date of birth | February 4, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Morrens, Switzerland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | FC Köniz | ||
| 1997–1998 | FFC Bern | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | FFC Bern II | ||
| 2000–2009 | FFC Bern | ||
| 2009–2011 | Young Boys | 51 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Femina Kickers Worb | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2002 | Switzerland U19 | about 40 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Switzerland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2008, 24:00 (UTC) | |||
Personal life
editBorn in Morrens, Switzerland, Janine is the daughter of Astrid and Jean-Paul Chamot (who was also goalkeeper for FC Köniz). She has one sister. She served her apprenticeship as sales clerk and now works as purchasing manager.[1]
Club career
editChamot started her youth football in 1993 by FC Köniz. In 1997 she moved to the youth and young ladies team of FFC Bern and played in their reserve team in the 1. Liga. Within just two years she had advanced into their first team in the NLA. With FFC Bern she won the national Double twice, in the 1999/2000 and 2000/01 seasons.[2] Since 2009 the FFC Bern is integrated within the BSC Young Boys Betriebs AG, the holding of BSC Young Boys and since then the team plays in the NLA under the name YB Frauen. In 2010 Chamot won the women's title Goalkeeper of the year.[3] The team won the Swiss Championship at the end of the 2010/2011 season.
International career
editJanine Chamot played in the regional U-16 selection team between 1996 and 1999. She played for the Swiss U-19 national team at youth level making her debut for the team during the first round of the qualification to the UEFA U-18 European Championship in the 5–0 home win against the Faroe Islands U-19 national team on 10 July 2000.[4] Between 2002 and 2008 Chamot was in the Swiss National squad, she played four games, but was mainly reserve keeper behind first choice Marisa Brunner.
Honours
edit- Swiss National Champion: with FFC Bern 2000, 2001, with YB Frauen 2011
- Swiss Women's Cup Winner: with FFC Bern 2000, 2001
- Swiss Women's Cup finalist: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011
- Swiss Ladies Goalkeeper of the year: 2010
References
edit- ^ "Janine Chamot" (in German). BSC Young Boys. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Berz zitterte, obwohl Chamot die Partie der Saison spielte" (in German). bz online. 2001. Retrieved 2001-06-12.
- ^ "Die besten Spielerinnen des Jahres sind prämiert" (in German). frauenfussballmagazin.ch. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Janine Chamot Figures and facts" (in German). uefa.com. 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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