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Nicole Dmitrievna Kozlova (Ukrainian: Ніколь Дмитрівна Козлова; born 8 July 2000) is a footballer who plays as a forward for HB Køge. Born in Canada, she represents the Ukraine women's national team.

Nicole Kozlova

Personal information
Full name	Nicole Dmitrievna Kozlova
Date of birth	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	HB Køge
Number	9
Youth career
	USC Academy
	Ontario REX
2015	Toronto Skillz FC
2015–2016	Scarborough GS United
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Virginia Tech Hokies	40	(14)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Aurora United FC	1	(0)
2017	Woodbridge Strikers	11	(11)
2018–2019	DeRo United FC	8	(0)
2022–	HB Køge	12	(4)
National team‡
2016	Ukraine U17	3	(1)
2017	Ukraine U18	3	(4)
2017–2019	Ukraine U19	9	(5)
2019–	Ukraine	18	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 October 2021

Early life

Kozlova was born in Toronto, Ontario to Ukrainian parents.[1][2] She began playing football at age five with USC Academy.[1]

In 2014 and 2015, she was part of the Ontario REX program,[3] and also played with Toronto Skillz FC in 2015.[4] In 2015 and 2016, she won back-to-back Ontario Cups with Scarborough GS United,[5][3] also earning back-to-back bronze medals at the national championships.[3] She represented Team Ontario at the 2017 Canada Games.[6]

College career

In 2018, she began attending Virginia Tech, where she played for the women's soccer team.[7] She redshirted her first year, after tearing her ACL, forcing her to miss the entire season.[8] In September 2019, she earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week honours, after scoring back-to-back game winning goals.[9] In 2021, she earned All-ACC Academic Team honours.[10]

Club career

In 2016, she appeared in one match for Aurora United FC in League1 Ontario.[11] In 2017, Kozlova played for the Woodbridge Strikers in League1 Ontario, where she scored 11 goals[12] and was named a league First-Team All Star.[13] In 2018 and 2019, she played for DeRo United FC in League1 Ontario.[14][15]

In 2022, she joined HB Køge in Denmark.[16]

International career

In 2016, she made her debut with the Ukraine U17.[17]

In March 2017, she attended a camp with the Canada U20 team.[1][18]

In May 2017, she scored four goals and added five assists in three matches with Ukraine at the UEFA U18 Development Tournament.[7][19]

In June 2019, she earned her first callup to the Ukraine national team. She made her debut on October 5, 2019 against Germany.[7] In 2022, they won the 2022 Turkish Women's Cup.[20] She scored her first senior goal on 7 March 2020 at the 2020 Pinatar Cup against Northern Ireland.[21][22]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 March 2020	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain	Northern Ireland	1–0	4–0	2020 Pinatar Cup
2.	22 September 2020	Obolon Arena, Kyiv, Ukraine	Greece	1–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3.				2–0
4.	23 February 2021	Gold City Sports Complex, Kargıcak, Turkey	India	1–2	3–2	2021 Turkish Women's Cup
5.	21 October 2021	Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Ukraine	Faroe Islands	1–0	4–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

References

External links

• Nicole Kozlova at Soccerway

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Nicole Dmitrievna Kozlova (Toronto, 8 luglio 2000) è una calciatrice ucraina, attaccante dell'HB Køge e della nazionale ucraina.

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