Leonarda Balog

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 U17 8 (1)
2009–2011 Croatia U19 10 (2)
2009– Croatia 72 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024

Leonarda Balog (born 5 February 1993) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian ÖFB-Frauenliga.

Career

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

Honours

Unia Racibórz

References

  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
  6. ^ "Unia Racibórz zdobyła mistrzostwo Polski, Chinasa królową strzelczyń!". sport.nowiny.pl (in Polish). 3 June 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Puchar Polski kobiet 2011/2012". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 November 2024.


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