Olga Ševcova
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Olga Ivanova | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1992 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | ÍBV | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JFC Skonto | |||
| 2004–2006 | Šitika FS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | FC Skonto/Cerība-46.vsk. | ||
| 2009 | Gintra Universitetas | ||
| 2010–2014 | Pärnu JK | ||
| 2016–2018 | Rīgas FS | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2020– | ÍBV | 31 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Latvia U17 | 6 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | 9 | (0) | |
| 2011– | Latvia | 40 | (7) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:39, 6 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:39, 6 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Olga Ševcova (née Ivanova;[1][2] born 26 November 1992) is a Latvian footballer who plays as a forward for ÍBV of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Latvia women's national team. She has been named the Latvian Footballer of the Year on five occasions. Ševcova has played for clubs based in Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland, as well as in her native Latvia.
Club career[]
Ševcova's first club was JFC Skonto, where she played in the boys' youth teams under veteran coach Vladimirs Beļajevs.[3] She joined Šitika Futbola Skolas in 2004, then moved on to FC Skonto/Cerība-46.vsk. where she played from 2007 until 2009.[3]
Moving abroad, Ševcova then joined Lithuanian Women's A League champions Gintra Universitetas Šiauliai and participated in the club's 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round campaign.[4] From 2010 until 2014 Ševcova spent five seasons playing for Pärnu JK of the Estonian Naiste Meistriliiga.[5]
In 2011 Ševcova was named Latvian Footballer of the Year for the first time, after five goals in 18 league games for Meistriliiga champions Pärnu and one against Peamount United in a 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round defeat.[6] She won the Latvian Footballer of the Year award for a second time in 2013.[7]
Ševcova did not play in the 2015 season, as she was pregnant.[8] Following the birth of her child, she returned to Latvian Women's League football with Rīgas FS in 2016.[3] After helping Rīgas FS to a "double" in 2017, Ševcova was named Latvian Footballer of the Year for a third time.[1] Continued good form saw her retain the award in 2018 and 2019.[9] In 2019 she was one of several players to depart the dominant Rīgas FS club for newly-formed ,[10] who then captured the Latvian Women's League title.[11]
In January 2020 Ševcova transferred to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna club ÍBV, along with her compatriots Elīza Spruntule and Karlīna Miksone.[12] After a promising 2020 season in which she scored three goals in 16 appearances, Ševcova agreed a new one-year contract with ÍBV.[13] In 2021 Ševcova was voted ÍBV's Player of the Year after she scored six goals in 16 appearances. She extended her contract again in December 2021.[14]
International career[]
Ševcova has been capped for the Latvia women's national football team. She made her debut on 3 March 2011, in a 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying preliminary round defeat by Luxembourg in Strumica.[note 1] She appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[15]
Ševcova became historic as the first ever Latvia women's national team player to score against Sweden or any top 10 ranked national team in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying match played on 3 September 2019.[note 2][16] Latvia was ranked 93 by FIFA and 43 by UEFA (fifth last of all who entered) at the time, in contrast to Sweden's sixth place.
Occasionally Ševcova has been unavailable for national team fixtures due to what the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) has described as: "ģimenes apstākļu" (English: family circumstances), including in the return fixture with Sweden.[17] For the same reason,[18] she was one of several regular national team players who were unable to participate in the November 2021 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against England, in which a depleted Latvia team suffered a record 20–0 defeat.[19]
Statistics[]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | |||
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | — | ||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014 | — | ||
| 2015 | — | ||
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 7 | |
- As of match played 26 October 2021[3]
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ševcova goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 March 2017 | Tsirio Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus |  Malta |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 Aphrodite Women Cup |
| 2 | 6 April 2017 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Estonia |
4–0 | 4–0 | 2019 FIFA World Cup qual. |
| 3 | 8 May 2017 | Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania | Estonia |
3–0 | 3–0 | 2017 Women's Baltic Cup |
| 4 | 1 September 2018 | TNTK Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia |  Lithuania |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2018 Women's Baltic Cup |
| 5 | 16 June 2019 | Jāņa Skredeļa Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Lithuania |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Women's Baltic Cup |
| 6 | 3 September 2019 | Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia |  Sweden |
1–0 | 1–4 | 2022 UEFA Women's Championship qual. |
| 7 | 21 October 2021 | Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia |  North Macedonia |
1–2 | 1–4 | 2023 FIFA World Cup qual. |
Style of play[]
An adaptable attacking player, Ševcova is capable of playing in most forward positions on the pitch.[13]
Honours[]
Club[]
Skonto/Cerība
- Latvian Women's League: 2008, 2009
Gintra-Universitetas Šiauliai
- Lithuanian Women's A League: 2009
- Lithuanian Women's Cup: 2009
Pärnu JK
- Naiste Meistriliiga: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- Estonian Women's Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Rīgas FS
- Latvian Women's League: 2016, 2017, 2018
- Latvian Women's Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018
Dinamo Rīga
- Latvian Women's League: 2019
International[]
Latvia
- Baltic Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Aphrodite Women Cup: 2017
Individual[]
- Latvian Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019[3][9]
Notes[]
- ^ This is the first match listed of Ševcova's appearances at the Latvian Football Federation website. But the 'Biogrāfija' page on the same profile says her debut came in a 3–1 Women's Baltic Cup defeat by Estonia on 25 April 2009.
- ^ Euro 2022 qualifying dispensed with the preliminary round, in which Latvia had been eliminated since their return to international play for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. This meant that Latvia faced some much higher ranked opponents than before.
References[]
- ^ a b "Andris Vaņins trešo gadu pēc kārtas atzīts par Latvijas labāko Futbolistu" (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "For the third time in a row and overall for the fifth time in his career, Ольга Иванова (Olga Ivanova) has been named Latvian Footballer of the Year, playing daily in the FK Dinamo Rīga and in the Latvian national team.