Natia Pantsulaia ( uk, Натія Панцулая , born 28 December 1991) is a Ukrainian

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descent who plays as

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for

Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ( uk, ФК «Во́рскла» Полта́ва ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top flight of Ukrainian football. History Kolos Poltava The club ...

in the

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and in the Ukraine national team.

Playing career

Club

Pantsulaia played in Ukraine for FC Rodyna Lyceum in

Kostopil Kostopil ( uk, Косто́піль, pl, Kostopol) is a small city, originally named Ostlec Wielki or Ostaltsi, on the Zamchysko river in Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine (historical Volhynia). It was the administrative center of the Kostop ...

and FC Ternopolianka in

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv ( uk, "Житлобуд-1" Харків) is a Ukrainian professional women's football club from Kharkiv, Ukraine. History In 2006 WFC Lehenda-ShVSM 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 ...

. She played in all three matches of the

2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 23, 25 and 28 August 2016. A total of 36 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide nine of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champion ...

with WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv. In 2018, she moved to Turkey, and joined newly promoted Turkish Women's First League team

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Gözcü. It is located in the İn ...

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. In July 2019, Pantsulaia joined Spanish

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team

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

. In December 2019, she rescinded her contract with

. In the second half of the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First League season, she returned to Turkey joining her previous club

. On 10 September 2020, she left Turkey to return home. She joined Zhytlobud-2.

International

Pantsulaia was a member of the Ukraine women's national U-19 team. She made her debut at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10 match against Cyprus women's U-19 team on 19 September 2009. She played in four of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – Group 4 matches with the Ukraine women's national team.

Career statistics

Honours

;Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv *

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::Runners-up 2017–18 ;Turkish Women's First League :; ALG Spor ::''Champion'' (1): 2019–20 ::''Runners-up'' (1): 2018–19

References

1991 births Living people Ukrainian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders WFC Rodyna Kostopil players WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv players WFC Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv players ALG Spor players Atlético Madrid Femenino players WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv players Ukraine women's international footballers Ukrainian expatriate women's footballers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate women's footballers in Romania Ukrainian women's futsal players Ukrainian people of Georgian descent Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ukraine-women-footy-bio-stub