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Alayah Pilgrim (* April 23, 2003 in Muri, Canton Aargau) is a Swiss soccer player that has played for the Swiss club FC Zürich Frauen since June 2022. Since 2022, she has played for Switzerland women's national football team.

Clubs
Pilgrim began her soccer career with FC Muri. In 2017, at the age of 14, the striker moved to FC Aarau. There she played for the FC Aarau U17 team and a year later for FC Aarau’s first team. Two years later, she moved to FC Basel, where she made 33 game appearances and scored nine goals. In June 2022, she moved to Swiss champions FC Zürich Frauen, who also play in the Champions League. Pilgrim signed a three-year contract with FC Zürich Frauen. Pilgrim said she did not yet want to move abroad, despite offers from the German Bundesliga. On September 28, Pilgrim scored her first goal for FC Zurich Women in the match against Sarajevo. Pilgrim played with FC Zürich Frauen for the first time in the Champions League against Italian club Juventus on October 19, 2022.

National team
In 2019, Pilgrim played for the U17 National Team. In October, she tore a ligament in her foot. Six months later, she scored four goals in a U17 international match against Denmark.

On November 11, 2022 Pilgrim will play for the senior National Team for the first time in an international match against Denmark.