Elvira Herzog

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.

Club career 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. She made her Zürich debut against Yverdon Féminin on 2 December 2017 and kept a clean sheet. On 9 July 2019, Herzog moved to Germany to join 1. FC Köln. 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. For the following season, Leipzig signed new goalkeeping coach Michael Gurski to further develop Herzog and teammates Gina Schüller and Eve Boettcher. 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.

International career After eleven games for the U-17 and 16 games for the U-19 of Switzerland, she was called up to the senior national team for the first time on 4 June 2019. She made her debut for the Switzerland national team on 14 June 2019 against Serbia, coming on as a substitute for Nadja Furrer. Her first competitive fixture came in a Euro qualifying fixture versus Belgium, where she made errors that led to two goals after crosses, in a game Switzerland lost 4–0. Herzog missed out on the 2022 Euros and was only placed on the reserve list for the 2023 World Cup. Having developed positively in previous seasons and proven her worth during appearances in 2024 — including saving a penalty against Sweden — Herzog became the Swiss starting goalkeeper in 2024. However, following a strong season by Livia Peng, it was announced days before the 2025 Euros in Switzerland that Herzog would be relegated to second choice by manager Pia Sundhage.

On 23 June 2025, Herzog was called up to the Switzerland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

Honours Swiss Championship: 2018, 2019 Swiss Cup: 2018, 2019