Nataša Andonova

Nataša Andonova
Наташа Андонова
	Andonova with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Nataša Andonova
Date of birth	4 December 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Negotino, North Macedonia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Levante UD
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Tikvešanka
2010–2011	Borec Veles
2011–2015	Turbine Potsdam
2011–2014	Turbine Potsdam II
2015–2017	Rosengård
2017	Paris Saint-Germain
2017–2019	Barcelona
2019–	Levante
National team‡
2008–2009	Macedonia WU-17
2010–2011	Macedonia WU-19
2008–	North Macedonia
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 November 2020

Nataša Andonova (Macedonian: Наташа Андонова; born 4 December 1993) is a Macedonian footballer who captains the Macedonian national team. She is the younger sister of Sijce Andonova, who is also a Macedonian footballer. She is the top scorer in the history of the Macedonian national team.

Career[]

Andonova began her career at ZFK Tikvešanka in Macedonia. She first came to international attention in the 2010 Under-19 Euro, hosted by the Republic of Macedonia. Despite playing in the weakest team in the competition Andonova was named the tournament's best player.^[1] By then she had already represented the senior Macedonia national team.

In the summer of 2010 Andonova was transferred to , playing the preliminary stage of the 2010–11 Champions League, and in the winter market she signed for Turbine Potsdam, the reigning European champions, along with her sister Sijce. She was promoted to the first team in February and played her first Bundesliga match that same month. She scored her first goal for Turbine in the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal against Bayern Munich.^[2]

She was the second top scorer of the 2011 Bundesliga Cup with 7 goals.^[3]

In May 2015 Andonova left Turbine for Swedish Damallsvenskan champions FC Rosengård, who were in the market for a forward after the departure of Anja Mittag to Paris Saint-Germain.^[4]

On 31 January 2017, Paris Saint-Germain announced that an agreement with Andonova was reached for a permanent deal until the end of the season in June 2017. In PSG, Andonova wore the number 15.^[5]

The player did not renew her contract with PSG and joined Barcelona in June 2017. Andonova wore the number 21 with Barcelona.

Goals for the Macedonian WNT in official competitions
Competition	Stage	Date	Location	Opponent	Goals	Result	Overall
2011 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2010–06–23	Prilep	Slovakia	1	1–6	1
2013 UEFA Euro	Qualifiers	2011–03–03	Strumica	Lithuania	1	1–1	4
		2011–03–05	Strumica	Luxembourg	2	5–1
		2011–10–26	Prilep	Greece	1	1–1
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2013–09–20	Strumica	Romania	1	1–9	4
		2014–06–15	Haapsalu	Estonia	1	1–1
		2014–06–18	Prague	Czech Republic	2	2–5