Natasha Shirazi ( fa, نتاشا شیرازی; born 8 February 1996) is a Ugandan

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of Iranian descent with Danish citizenship, who plays as a

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for Greek club

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in the Greek A Division and for the Uganda national team.

Club career

Shirazi has played for BSF, B.93, and

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in Denmark, for Rayo Vallecano and La Solana in Spain and for Maccabi Kishronot Hadera in Israel. In August 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined

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in Istanbul to play in the 2022-23 Super League.

International career

Shirazi played for Uganda at senior level on 3 July 2016 in a 0–4 friendly away loss to Kenya.

Personal life

Shirazi also holds Danish citizenship.

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