Leonarda Balog

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Leonarda Balog
Personal information
Full name Leonarda Balog
Date of birth (1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Križevci, Croatia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
SKN St. Pölten
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Plamen Križevci
2009–2011 ŽNK Osijek
2011–2012 Unia Racibórz
2013 1. FFC Recklinghausen 3 (0)
2013–2016 Zagłębie Lubin
2016–2017 FC Neunkirch
2018–2019 Osijek (19)
2019– SKN St. Pölten
International career
2008–2009 Croatia U-17 8 (1)
2009–2011 Croatia U-19 10 (2)
2009– Croatia 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2016

Leonarda Balog (born 5 February 1993) is a Croatian football defender currently playing for SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga.

Career[edit]

Balog played for Plamen Križevci and ŽNK Osijek of the Croatian 1. HNLŽ from 2005 to 2011. While at ŽNK Osijek in 2010, she played her first Champions League match.[1] In 2011, she then joined Unia Racibórz of the Polish Ekstraliga, had a brief spell at German 2. Bundesliga side 1. FFC Recklinghausen in 2013 before returning to Poland later that year to settle at Zagłębie Lubin.[2][3][4]

In 2016, she moved to Swiss Nationalliga A side FC Neunkirch[2]

She played for the Croatian national team in the 2011 World Cup qualifying.[5]

Goals scored for the Croatian WNT in official competitions
Competition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall
2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2014–05–08 Ptuj  Slovenia 1 3–0 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Profile in UEFA's website
  2. ^ a b "Player profile". FC Neunkirch (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Player profile". PZPN (in Polish). Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ Profile in UEFA's website

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