Irina Saratovtseva Explained

Irina Saratovtseva
Birth Date:1989 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
(now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Height:1.80 m
Currentclub:SDYUSSHOR №8
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2002–2006
Years2:2006–2009
Years3:2009–2010
Years4:2010
Years5:2011–2012
Years6:2012
Years7:2013–20??
Years8:20??–
Clubs1:Akku Astana
Clubs2:Alma KTZh
Clubs3:Zvezda Perm
Clubs4:Sporting Huelva
Clubs5:Energiya Voronezh
Clubs6:Alfa-09 Kaliningrad
Clubs7:Zvezda Perm
Clubs8:SDYUSSHOR №8
Caps3:5
Caps5:3
Caps7:19
Goals3:0
Goals5:0
Goals7:0
Nationalteam1:Kazakhstan

Irina Saratovtseva (Russian: Ирина Саратовцева; born 23 July 1989) is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SDYUSSHOR №8 and the Kazakhstan women's national team.[1]

Club career

Saratovtseva started her club career in 2002 in the Kazakhstani championship, playing for Akcu Astana and, since 2006, for Alma KTZh, with which she won four championships and made her UEFA Women's Cup debut in 2008.

In 2009, she signed for Zvezda Perm, with which she won the Russian championship and was the reserve goalkeeper in the 2009 UEFA Women's Cup Final.

In 2010, she moved to Spain to play for Sporting Huelva in the Superliga. She left the team in the winter break,[2] and signed for Energiya Voronezh back in Russia. After Energiya renounced its position in the top championship for financial reasons Saratovtseva signed for the second-tier team Alfa-09 Kaliningrad.

In 2013, she returned to Zvezda Perm, this time as a starter.[3]

International career

In 2006, Saratovtseva started playing for the Kazakhstani under-19 national team.[4] She was the first choice goalkeeper of Kazakhstan senior team in the 2011 World Cup qualifiers. She lost her position in the national team through the 2013 Euro qualifiers.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zvezda2005.ru/komanda/zvezda-2005/player/1/344 Profile
  2. http://www.huelvainformacion.es/article/deportes/861734/radoyska/y/saratovtseva/no/seguiran/cajasol.html
  3. http://es.women.soccerway.com/players/irina-saratovtseva/78940/ Profile
  4. http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=101521/profile/index.html Profile
  5. http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/team=565146/matches/index.html List of Kazakhstan matches