Maýa Begenjowna Musaskaýa (born 6 January 2000) is a Turkmen professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lithuanian Moterų A lyga club MFA Žalgiris and the Turkmenistan national team.

Club career

Dudullu Spor

Musaskaýa began her senior career in 2022 by signing with Dudullu Spor in the

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, becoming the first Turkmen woman to play professionally and abroad. On 30 October 2022, she debuted for the team in a 1–1 draw to

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MFA Žalgiris

Musaskaýa moved to MFA Žalgiris in the

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for the 2023 season. On 27 February she made her debut for the club in a 2–1 against FK Vilnius. On 15 May 2023, she scored her first goal for the club; scoring in the 41st minute against

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. In March 2024, it was announced by the club that the contract was renewed for another season.

International career

In 2018, Musaskaýa was included in the inaugural campaign of the Turkmenistan women's national futsal team in the

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. In February 2019, Musaskaýa was called up to the Turkmen national football team for their first-ever international match against

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and was included in the final squad for the

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. She made her official debut against

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, where she started in the country biggest lost to date. Musaskaýa was called up to represent Turkmenistan at the

2022 CAFA Women's Championship The 2022 CAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the CAFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship organised by the Central Asian Football Association for the women's senior national teams of C ...

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

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Maya Musaskaya
at Soccerdonna.de
Maya Musaskaya
at lietuvosfutbolas.lt
Maya Musaskaya
at the Turkish Football Federation website {{DEFAULTSORT:Musaskaýa, Maýa 2000 births Living people Turkmen women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Turkmenistan women's international footballers Turkmen expatriate women's footballers Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania