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1987 births Living people Russian women's footballers Russia women's international footballers SKA Rostov-on-Don (women) players Ryazan-VDV players FC Energy Voronezh players WFC Rossiyanka players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders {{Russia-women-footy-bio-stub