Lyudmyla Pekur ( uk, Людмила Михайлівна Пекур) (born 6 January 1981 in

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

) is a former

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who last played for

Ryazan VDV Ryazan-VDV (Рязань-ВДВ) is a Russian women's football team from Ryazan. History Founded in 1996, it won two league titles and one cup in the last years of the twentieth century. Ryazan-VDV was the first team to represent Russia in the U ...

in the Russian Championship. She previously played for

Lehenda Chernihiv Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv ( uk, "Легенда-ШВСМ" Чернігів) is a former Ukrainian professional women's football club from Chernihiv, Ukraine. In 2018, it merged with Yednist Plysky as Yednist-ShVSM Plysky. ShVSM abbreviation stands ...

and Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv in the Ukrainian league and Kubanochka,

Nadezhda Noginsk Nadezhda Noginsk was a Russian women's football from Noginsk, founded in 2001. It competed for seven years in the top division before it was disbanded following the end of the 2008 season. Nadezhda was third in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and reached t ...

, Rossiyanka,

Energiya Voronezh FC Energy Voronezh (Russian: «Энергия» Воронеж) was a women's football club from Voronezh, Russia. The club holds the most championships in Russian, having 5 championships to its name. In 1994 the team won the vice championship be ...

and Zvezda Perm in the Russian Championship. She first played the

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in 2004 with Zhytlobud-1, and later with Rossiyanka and Zvezda. She was a member of the Ukrainian national team. In the 2009 European Championship she scored the winner in Ukraine's victory over the host

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, sealing Ukraine's first win in an official women's football international tournament. She is the first Ukrainian player to have made 100 or more appearances for her national teams.

Official international goals

* 2003 World Cup qualification ** 1 in Ukraine 4–1

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* 2005 European Championship qualification ** 1 in

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1–2 Ukraine * 2007 World Cup qualification ** 1 in Ukraine 2–1

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** 1 in Ukraine 6–0

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* 2009 European Championship qualification ** 1 in

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0–4 Ukraine ** 1 in Ukraine 5–0 Slovakia * 2009 European Championship ** 1 in Ukraine 1–0

* 2011 World Cup qualification ** 1 in

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4–1 Ukraine ** 2 in Ukraine 7–0

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References

1981 births Living people Footballers from Chernihiv Ukrainian women's footballers Ukraine women's international footballers Ukrainian expatriate women's footballers WFC Donchanka Donetsk players WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv players WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv players Expatriate women's footballers in Russia Kubanochka Krasnodar players Nadezhda Noginsk players WFC Rossiyanka players Zvezda 2005 Perm players Ryazan-VDV players Women's association football midfielders Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FIFA Century Club {{Ukraine-women-footy-bio-stub