Luana Bühler
Swiss football player (born 1996)
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Luana Chiara Bühler (Swiss Standard German: [luˈaːna ˈki̯aːra ˈbyːlər]; born 28 April 1996) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Switzerland national team.
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Bühler in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luana Chiara Bühler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Lucerne, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | FC Zürich | 22 | (3) |
| 2018–2023 | Hoffenheim | 82 | (5) |
| 2023–2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Switzerland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Switzerland U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018– | Switzerland | 61 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:20, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 June 2025 | |||
Club career
Bühler played as a junior at FC Schötz, where she played on boys' teams. In July 2012 she moved to SC Kriens in the Nationalliga A, where she played her first game with the first team in the Swiss Cup in November of the same year. In 2014 her team was integrated into FC Luzern.[2] In 2016 she had to pause for almost a year because of her second cruciate ligament tear after 2011. In 2017 she moved to FC Zürich, for whom she also played in the Champions League. In 2018 she won the double with the club. In the summer of 2018, she switched to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.
For the 2023/24 season, she was signed by Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and given a contract that runs until 30 June 2025.[3] On 24 July 2025, it was announced that Spurs had made use of their option to extend her contract with the club for a further season.[4] After missing the 2025–26 season due to injury, Bühler departed from Tottenham in the summer of 2026 upon the expiry of her contract.[5]
International career
Bühler made her senior debut against Italy on 28 February 2018 at the Cyprus Cup. She appeared for the team during the 2019 World Cup qualifying cycle.[6] She took part in the Euro 2022 and was in two of three group games in the starting lineup. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round. She was named to the Swiss squad for the 2023 World Cup.
Personal life
Bühler grew up in Altishofen with five siblings. She completed her schooling at the Kantonsschule Willisau in 2015 with her high school diploma. In 2019 she completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Zurich. Since then she has been pursuing a master's degree in the same subject.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 May 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Zurich | 2016–17 | Nationalliga A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Nationalliga A | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 82 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 100 | 6 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 161 | 9 | ||
- Includes Swiss Women's Cup, DFB-Pokal, Women's FA Cup
- Includes FA Women's League Cup
- Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
International
- As of match played 26 June 2025[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Switzerland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bühler goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 September 2022 | Stade de la Tuilière, Lausanne, Switzerland |  Moldova | 3–0 | 15–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 5 April 2024 | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland |  Turkey | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 3. | 9 April 2024 | Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
Honours
FC Zurich
- Nationalliga A: 2018
- Swiss Women's Cup : 2018