Anna Valeryevna Cholovyaga (russian: Анна Валерьевна Чоловяга) is a former Russian
football
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midfielder, who played for
WFC Rossiyanka
WFC Rossiyanka was a Russian women's soccer, women's football club from Khimki.
History
The team was founded in 1990 as Nadezhda Krasnoarmeysk, being initially a futsal club. Futsal was played until 1998, when the club left it to concentrate in ...
in the
Russian Championship and the
Russian national team.
She started her career in
Zvezda Zvenigorod
Zvezda Zvenigorod (russian: Звезда Звенигород, lit. ''Star Zvenigorod'') is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. ...
. In 2010, she moved to WFC Rossiyanka, with which she made her
UEFA Champions League
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debut in the
2010–11 season. She has won two leagues and one
cup
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with Rossiyanka.
A former under-19 international, in 2012 she made her debut for the senior Russian national team in the
2013 UEFA Euro's qualifying, where she made three appearances. She wasn't called up for the final tournament.
Personal life
Her husband
Kirill Zaika is a professional football player.
References
1992 births
Living people
People from Murmansk Oblast
Russian women's footballers
Russia women's international footballers
WFC Rossiyanka players
Women's association football midfielders
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Universiade medalists in football
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Murmansk Oblast
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
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