Rachel Rinast

Rachel Miriam Marcia Free Rinast (born 2 June 1991) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for German club St. Pauli. Born in Germany, she represented the Switzerland national team internationally.

Club career Rinast began her senior career at FFC Oldesloe 2000 before moving to TSV Nahe in 2008. She then played for Holstein Kiel, 1. FC Köln and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

In 2013, she returned to 1. FC Köln, winning her first title in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga. In 2016, she joined Bayer Leverkusen, and later moved to Swiss club FC Basel.

Her career continued with SC Freiburg, and Israeli side ASA Tel Aviv in 2019, where she won the domestic double. That same year, she returned to 1. FC Köln, in which she achieved another 2. Bundesliga title in 2020–21, before joining Swiss club Grasshoppers in 2022. In 2023, she signed with Regionalliga side St. Pauli.

International career Since her debut at the 2015 Algarve Cup, she has been a member of the Swiss national team. She was playing in the German second division for Köln, when Swiss selectors discovered her mother was from St. Gallen and called her up. Rinast is also a singer and in 2014 provided guest vocals on Grau by German rapper DANGA.

Honours Köln 2. Frauen-Bundesliga (2): 2014–15, 2020–21

Basel Swiss Super League; runner-up: 2017–18

Tel Aviv Ligat Nashim (1): 2018–19 Israeli Cup (1): 2018–19