Noelle Maritz

Noelle Maritz
	Maritz with Wolfsburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	23 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Newport Beach, California, United States
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Arsenal
Number	16
Youth career
1999–2001	Hillsborough FC
2001–2005	PDA SC
2006–2007	FC Amriswil
2007–2008	FC Staad
2008–2011	FC Wil 1900
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2013	FC Zürich
2013–2020	VfL Wolfsburg
2020–	Arsenal
National team‡
2010–2012	Switzerland U17
2012	Switzerland U19
2012	Switzerland U20
2013–	Switzerland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2022

Noelle Maritz (born 23 December 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal of the FA WSL. She previously played for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga and FC Zürich in Switzerland's Nationalliga A. Born in the United States, she represents Switzerland at international level.

Club career

Wolfsburg coach Ralf Kellermann signed Maritz in 2013 on the strength of her national team performances in Cyprus.^[2]

Maritz signed for FA WSL club Arsenal in 2020.^[3] She made her Arsenal debut in their opening game against Reading on 6 September 2020, playing the whole 90 minutes.

International career

Since her debut at the 2013 Cyprus Cup, Maritz has been a member of the Switzerland women's national football team.^[1]

Personal life

Maritz was born in the United States and moved to Switzerland when she was ten. Therefore, she has dual citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

Because she was born in the state of California, her name is officially spelled without accents as "Noelle", instead of the usual "Noëlle", according to the state's naming laws where names should only consist of letters in the English alphabet.

Honours

FC Zürich

Nationalliga A (2): 2012, 2013
Swiss Women's Cup (2): 2012, 2013

VfL Wolfsburg

Bundesliga (5): 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
DFB-Pokal (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
UEFA Women's Champions League (1): 2014

References

^ ^a ^b "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team". www.football.ch.
^ "VfL Wolfsburg verpflichtet Noelle Maritz" (in German). Framba.de. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Arsenal Women sign Wolfsburg's Maritz". BBC Sport.

External links

Noelle Maritz – FIFA competition record (archived)

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[auto-1] "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Team". www.football.ch.

[2] "VfL Wolfsburg verpflichtet Noelle Maritz" (in German). Framba.de. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

[3] "Arsenal Women sign Wolfsburg's Maritz". BBC Sport.

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