Nataša Andonova ( mk, Наташа Андонова; born 4 December 1993) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays as a forward for Spanish

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club Levante UD and

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the North Macedonia women's national team. She is the younger sister of Sijce Andonova, who is also a Macedonian footballer. She is the top scorer in the history of the Macedonian national team.

Career

Andonova began her career at ZFK Tikvešanka in Macedonia. She first came to international attention in the 2010 Under-19 Euro, hosted by the Republic of Macedonia. Despite playing in the weakest team in the competition Andonova was named the tournament's best player. By then she had already represented the senior Macedonia national team. In the summer of 2010 Andonova was transferred to ZFK Borec, playing the preliminary stage of the 2010–11 Champions League, and in the winter market she signed for Turbine Potsdam, the reigning European champions, along with her sister Sijce. She was promoted to the first team in February and played her first

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match that same month. She scored her first goal for Turbine in the semi-finals of the

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against Bayern Munich. She was the second top scorer of the 2011 Bundesliga Cup with 7 goals. In May 2015 Andonova left Turbine for Swedish

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champions

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, who were in the market for a forward after the departure of

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. On 31 January 2017,

announced that an agreement with Andonova was reached for a permanent deal until the end of the season in June 2017. In PSG, Andonova wore the number 15. The player did not renew her contract with PSG and joined Barcelona in June 2017. Andonova wore the number 21 with Barcelona.

International goals

References

External links

Turbine Potsdam profile
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Player domestic stats
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Article on Barca signing
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1993 births Living people People from Negotino 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players Macedonian women's footballers North Macedonia women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Macedonian expatriates in Germany FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Macedonian expatriates in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in France Macedonian expatriates in France Division 1 Féminine players Macedonian expatriates in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Primera División (women) players FC Barcelona Femení players Women's association football forwards Levante UD Femenino players {{NorthMacedonia-women-footy-bio-stub