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Alayah Pilgrim
Alayah Pilgrim (Arabic: عالية بيلكريم; born 29 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Roma and the Switzerland women's national team. Club careerPilgrim is a youth product of her local club FC Muri. She wasn't allowed to play football as a youngster, and so secretly started playing with Muri until a coach intervened and convinced her family. She played with the boys until the maximum allowable age, as the club did not have a women's section.[1] In 2017 she began her senior career with Aarau in the Ligue Nationale B at the age of 15.[2] In 2020 at the age of 17, she moved to Basel on a 2-year contract.[3] On 10 October 2022, Pilgrim moved to Zürich, where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time.[4] She helped Zürich win the 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League, scoring in the final - a 3–0 win over Servette FC Chênois Féminin on 2 June 2023.[5] On 26 January 2024, AS Roma announced the signing of Pilgrim.[6] International careerPilgrim was born in Switzerland to a Moroccan father and Swiss mother.[7] She was a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland U19s. In August 2022, she was called up to the Morocco women's national team for the first time.[8] She declined the invitation, as she received it last minute and didn't have time to decide.[7] A couple of months later in October 2022, she was called up to the Switzerland women's national team for the first time, but did not make an appearance.[9] Just before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, she opted to formally represent Switzerland internationally. She debuted with them as a substitute in a UEFA Women's Nations League loss to Italy in September 2023.[10] Honours
Personal lifePilgrim studied as a health professional and had an internship at the Muri Hospital in the summer of 2021.[11] Outside of football, she also works as an influencer.[11] International goals
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