Nadezhda Timofeevna Bosikova ( rus, Надежда Тимофеевна Босикова; born 17 June 1972) is a Russian

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and former player. As a

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, she played for

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 ...

since the Russian Championship's inaugural edition in 1992 and was affectionately nicknamed " Barefoot" ( rus, Босик) at the club. She was the championship's top scorer in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000 with 31, 37, 39, 21, 19 and 30 goals respectively. Bosikova's playing career was interrupted by the birth of her son Matthew ( rus, Матвей). She remained loyal to Energiya in 2004 when a player exodus left her as the only name on the club's roster. Bosikova represented the

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, scoring 18 goals in her 28 caps. She scored in Russia's play-off victory over Finland in qualifying for the

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, but was not included in the squad for the final tournament. She also participated in qualifying for the

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edition,Russia too strong for rivals
UEFA but missed the final tournament again.

Titles

* 5 Russian Leagues (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003) * 7 Russian Cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001)

References

External links

* 1972 births Living people Russian women's footballers FC Energy Voronezh players Russian Women's Football Championship players Russia women's international footballers People from Pavlodar Women's association football forwards {{Russia-women-footy-bio-stub