Victoria Pelova (; born 3 June 1999) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Women's Super League
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club
Arsenal
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and the
Netherlands national team.
Career
Pelova represented Netherlands at the
2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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. She was selected for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, as well as the
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. At the Olympics she scored her first international goal in the Netherlands opening match against
Zambia
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. Pelova was named to the squad for
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
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.
Personal life
Pelova pursues Applied Mathematics at
Delft University of Technology
Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...
. During her childhood, she excelled in several different sports including chess, snowboarding, and tennis.
Career statistics
International
:''Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pelova goal.''
References
External links
Senior national team profileat Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Under-20 national team profileat Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
Under-19 national team profileat Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
1999 births
Living people
Footballers from Delft
Dutch women's footballers
Dutch people of Bulgarian descent
ADO Den Haag (women) players
Eredivisie (women) players
Netherlands women's international footballers
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of the Netherlands
AFC Ajax (women) players
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
Arsenal W.F.C. players
Women's Super League players
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate women's footballers in England
Dutch expatriate women's footballers
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