Marina Georgieva

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Marina Georgieva
Georgieva with Austria U19 in 2015
Personal information
Full name Marina Georgieva
Date of birth (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Melk, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
ACF Fiorentina
Number 23
Youth career
2004–2010 FK Hainburg
2010–2012 ASK-BSC Bruck/Leitha
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 SKN St. Pölten II 33 (8)
2012–2017 SKN St. Pölten 37 (5)
2017–2018 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II 26 (4)
2018 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 0 (0)
2018–2022 SC Sand 55 (3)
2022–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 4 (0)
International career
2013 Austria U17 9 (4)
2014–2016 Austria U19 24 (1)
2017– Austria 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Marina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Марина Георгиева; born 13 April 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for ACF Fiorentina and the Austria national team.

Club career[edit]

Georgieva began her career at FK Hainburg. In 2012 she moved to SKN St. Pölten, that were just promoted to the ÖFB-Frauenliga. In St. Pölten, she won the championship in 2015[1] and 2016[2] and also won the Austrian Cup three times.

In January 2017, Georgieva joined German club Turbine Potsdam.[3] In June 2018, she moved to SC Sand.[4]

On 11 August 2022, French club Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Georgieva on a two-year deal until June 2024.[5]

In 28 July 2023, Georgieva left PSG by mutual consent and signed for Fiorentina.[6][7]

On 22 October, Georgieva was sent off after a second yellow card for Fiorentina in a 2-1 loss against Juventus.[8]

International career[edit]

Georgieva was part of the Austrian U-17 national team that competed at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in England. She was also part of the Austrian U-19 national team that represented Austria at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Slovakia. In 2017, Georgieva was part of the 23-woman squad that represented Austria and reached the semi-finals at the UEFA Women's Euro.[9]

Personal life[edit]

Born in Austria, Georgieva is of Bulgarian descent.[10]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played 11 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Austria 2017 1 0
2018 2 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 6 0
2022 13 0
2023 4 0
Total 26 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "St. Pölten-Spratzern ist erstmals Meister". Der Standart (in German). 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ Scherner, Matthias (9 May 2021). "Den Abwehrriegel erst nach Seitenwechsel geknackt". SKN St. Pölten Frauen. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "ÖFB-Spielerin Georgieva zu Turbine Potsdam" (in German). 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Marina Georgieva verlässt Turbine Potsdam in Richtung SC Sand" (in German). 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Marina Georgieva joins Paris Saint-Germain through to 2024". Paris Saint-Germain. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Marina Georgieva joins ACF Fiorentina". EN.PSG.FR. 28 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. ^ "OFFICIAL: Marina Georgieva has left PSG". PSG Post. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. ^ Diamond, Drew (22 October 2023). "Serie A: Juventus overcome a defiant 10-player Fiorentina". Her Football Hub. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  9. ^ "ÖSTERREICH SIEGT ZUM EURO-AUFTAKT!". Austrian Football Association (ÖFB). Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  10. ^ Wintner, 14 07 2022 um 06:09 von Senta (14 July 2022). "Das Talente-Reservoir, das Österreich noch nicht ausschöpft". Die Presse. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Marina Georgieva - ÖFB" (in German). Austrian Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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