Nataša Andonova (; born 4 December 1993) is a Macedonian professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish

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club

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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

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, 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

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. Andonova was the second top scorer of the 2011 Bundesliga Cup with 7 goals. In May 201,5 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. After two seasons with the Catalan club, Andonova departed from Barcelona and moved to fellow Spanish club

. She soon became an important player for Levante's squad and signed a two-year extension with the club in 2022. After playing in 122 games and scoring 22 goals for Levante, Andonova transferred to Al-Shabab FC and became the first Macedonian player to participate in the Saudi Women's League.

International goals

:''Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first.

References

External links

Turbine Potsdam profile
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Player domestic stats
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