Livia Peng

Livia Maïté Peng (born March 14, 2002, in Chur) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Levante on loan from Häcken and the Switzerland national team.

Livia Peng
Personal information
Full name Livia Maïté Peng
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
 Levante
(on loan from Häcken)
Number 25
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– Häcken 3 (0)
2023– → Levante (loan) 4 (0)
International career
Switzerland U-17
Switzerland U-19
2020– Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

When she was given goalie gloves for Christmas at the age of eight, Livia Peng discovered her passion for the goalkeeping position in football. After starting at FC Ems, she was accepted into the South East Switzerland team with young men and was supported there by coach Romano Cabalzar from 2014 to 2019.

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

After a successful 2021/22 season with two titles, she signed a professional contract with Gothenburg club BK Häcken in Sweden's Damallsvenskan league.[1]

In January 2023, Peng was loaned to Spanish Liga F club Levante.[2]

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.[3]

Achievements

References
  1. "Livia Peng (BK Häcken FF) - Player profile | Forza Football". forzafootball.com. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. "Aminata Diallo and Livia Peng join Levante". Footbalada. 2 January 2023.
  3. Dubach, Matthias (2022-12-25). "Wie kams bei der Frauen-Nati zum Lapsus?". Blick (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-01-08.
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