Nadine Riesen grew up in
Niederteufen. She started playing football at FC Bühler at the age of 9 and won two junior cups (2014 and 2015). In 2015 she moved to
FC St. Gallen and made it straight into the first team. She made her debut in the top Swiss league on 15 August 2015, in a game against
Yverdon-Sport. Riesen was in the starting lineup and was substituted in the 69th minute. The team was relegated to Nationalliga B at the end of the season. In 2017, FC St. Gallen merged with FC Staad to form FC St. Gallen-Staad. In 2019, Riesen moved to Bern for two seasons to join the
BSC Young Boys and thus back into the
Super League. In 2021, she was voted into
Team of the Season (the so-called
Golden Eleven). In 2021 she moved to
FC Zürich, with whom she won the double in her first season. She also played in
Champions League qualifiers for the first time that season. == International career ==