Sarah Akanji

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Sarah Akanji (* 1993 ) is a Swiss football player and politician from the Social Democrats .

Akanji studied politics and history and works as an election campaign employee at the SP party secretariat. In 2019 she was elected to the Zurich Cantonal Council and achieved by far the best result in Winterthur this year . There she belongs to the Commission for Education and Culture.

Akanji co-founded the first women's team at FC Winterthur in July 2016. At the end of May 2019, Akanji demanded an apology from football fans of the Swiss football club FC Schaffhausen , who had openly called for violence against women with a banner.

Akanji's mother did an apprenticeship at the Swiss Post , her father studied economics in Boston . Her brother Manuel Akanji plays for Borussia Dortmund and is a member of the Swiss national team . Sarah Akanji lives in Winterthur.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Winteler: Defender in all situations . In: Tages-Anzeiger . February 2, 2019, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 27, 2019]).
  2. ↑ She is only 25 years old - and caused a big surprise in Winterthur. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ From the lawn to the council chamber: soccer player Sarah Akanji elected Cantonal Councilor with a brilliant result. Retrieved on May 27, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  4. ↑ www 20minuten ch, 20 minutes, 20 min. Www.20min.ch: “As a child they called me racist stuff”. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Sexism in the fan curve - Now the police and football league are investigating FC Schaffhausen. May 27, 2019, accessed May 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Schaffhausen fans call for violence against women . In: Tages-Anzeiger . May 27, 2019, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 28, 2019]).
  7. ^ Republic: Sarah fights. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Akanji, Sarah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player and politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH 1993