Elvira Herzog
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 Herzog with RB Leipzig in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elvira Johanna Herzog | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2019 | FC Zürich | 25 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | FC Köln | 18 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | SC Freiburg | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | FC Köln | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | RB Leipzig | 62 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Switzerland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Switzerland U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019– | Switzerland | 21 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 July 2025 | |||
Elvira Johanna Herzog (born 5 March 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Switzerland national team.
Herzog started her career in autumn 2009 at FC Unterstrass, and joined FC Zürich Letzikids in 2011 at the age of 11, before moving up to the first team in 2016.[3] She made her Zürich debut against Yverdon Féminin on 2 December 2017 and kept a clean sheet.[4] On 9 July 2019, Herzog moved to Germany to join 1. FC Köln.[5] After 1. FC Köln were relegated from the Bundesliga, she moved to SC Freiburg for the 2020–21 season. After the resurgence of 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga, she moved to 2021–22 season back to her old club, were played in one league game.
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Herzog switched to RB Leipzig in the 2. Bundesliga. In a title-winning year, the Swiss goalie played in 18 of the 26 matches, taking seven clean sheets.[citation needed] For the following season, Leipzig signed new goalkeeping coach Michael Gurski to further develop Herzog and teammates Gina Schüller and Eve Boettcher.[6] Despite a challenging first half of the 2023–24 Bundesliga campaign that included just one clean sheet against Nürnberg, Herzog signed a contract extension until 2027.[7]
