Christiana Solomou "Solo" is a

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midfielder, who played for Sparta Prague in the Czech First Division.

Early life

Born to Nikolas and Meropi in Paphos, Cyprus. Solomou was raised with her two older brothers (Kostas and Kyriakos) and one older sister, Eleni. She began playing football at an early age with her mother and sister in a local football club, Pafia FC and her father was among her first coaches. At the age of 15 she was moved to Limassol, Cyprus and she started to play for Apollon Ladies.

Club career

*2009–2013

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*2013–2014 Central Connecticut State University *2014–2017

*2017–2019

Barcelona FA Barcelona Football Academy ( el, Σωματειο Μπαρτσελόνα Ποδοσφαίρου Ακαδημία; ''Somateio Barcelona Podosfaírou Akadimía''), is a women's football team from Germasogeia, Limassol, Cyprus, established in 2016 ...

*2019–2020 Sparta Prague

International career

She is a member of the Cyprus national team. Solomou made her debut for the national team U19 in a match against Ukraine U19 on 19 September 2009.https://int.soccerway.com/players/christiana-solomou/140267/matches/ Soccerway

FOOTBALL CAREER TRANSFERS AND STATISTICS

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Christiana Solomou has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Honors and awards

Club

Apollon Ladies * Cypriot First Division: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

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: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

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: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 Barcelona FA * Cypriot First Division: 2018 * Cypriot Women's Cup: 2019 * Cypriot Women's Super Cup: 2018

Individual

* Best Women Football Player in Cyprus: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015

Personal life

Solomou married football player Pambos Kairinos on 10 June 2018. They met in Limassol where they both played football.

Education

She went to the primary school named B' Primary school of

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. She continued her education at Agias Paraskeuis gymnasium. Then, she went to the high school named Giannakis Taliwtis in

and took her degree in 2011. She moved for a year in United States (2013-2014) and studied exercise science at Central Connecticut State University. She came back to Cyprus and studied social work at Frederick University in Limassol and took her bachelor's degree in 2017.

References

External links

Christiana's Solomou Interview
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