Maria Ficzay (born 8 November 1991) is a

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n women's football defender, currently playing for

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in the Danish

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. She is also a member of the

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Personal life

Ficzay was born in

Ocna Șugatag Ocna Șugatag ( hu, Aknasugatag; uk, Окна-Шугатаг) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Breb (''Bréb''), Hoteni (''Hotinka''), Ocna Șugatag, and Sat-Șugatag (''Falusugatag''). A he ...

on 8 November 1991 and has graduated in

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Club career

She started playing against local boys in her hometown of

when at the age of 15 her uncle, who was a football

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, recommended her to Clujana of the Romanian Championship. She then progressed to

Olimpia Cluj Fotbal Club U Olimpia Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as FCU Olimpia Cluj, or simply as U Olimpia Cluj, is a women's football team from Cluj-Napoca in Romania. It is Romania's top women's football club, having won all league titles since its incep ...

, with which she has also played the

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and served as the team's captain.Current squad
in the club's website She joined

Medyk Konin KKPK Medyk Konin is a Polish women's football club from Konin. Medyk Konin was founded in 1985. Since its promotion to the top league, the team has always finished near the top. Their best result was 2nd place in 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06 ...

during the second half of the 2014–15 season.

International goals

References

1991 births Living people Footballers from Maramureș County Romanian women's footballers Romania women's international footballers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Expatriate women's footballers in Poland KKPK Medyk Konin players Women's association football defenders FCU Olimpia Cluj players CFF Clujana players {{Romania-women-footy-bio-stub