Anna Kristīne Gornela
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Kristīne Gornela | ||
| Birth name | Anna Gornell | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Riga FC | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | 71 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Sundsvalls DFF | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | FC Dornbirn | ||
| 2022–2023 | PAOK | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | Mura | 9 | (2) |
| 2024– | Riga FC | (4) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Latvia | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 | |||
Anna Kristīne Gornela (born Anna Gornell, 9 September 1997) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Riga FC. Born in the United States, she plays for the Latvia national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]In the 2022/23 season Gornela won the Panelinio Protathlima trophy with PAOK[3], the Pan-Hellenic Women's Football Championship. This is also Women's Alpha Ethniki is the highest professional women's football league in Greece.[4] Gornela helped PAOK place second in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualify stage.
In the 2023/24 season Gornela contributed to the league title and the Zenska Liga trophy[5] with ŽNK Mura Gornela helped ŽNK Mura place third in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualify stage.
International career
[edit]Gornela made her debut for Latvia in a 20–0 defeat against England on 30 November 2021.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Anna Kristīne Gornela at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Anna Gornela". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "2023–24 Greek A Division (women's football)", Wikipedia, 25 September 2024, retrieved 14 October 2024
- ^ OMNISPORT. "Latvia - A. Gornela - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Slovenian Women's League", Wikipedia, 3 September 2024, retrieved 14 October 2024
- ^ "Anna Kristīne Gornela". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "England vs Latvia". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska
- Women's association football midfielders
- Latvian women's footballers
- Latvia women's international footballers
- Latvian expatriate women's footballers
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate women's footballers in Austria
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate women's footballers in Greece
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Slovenia
- Elitettan players
- American people of Latvian descent
- American women's soccer players
- Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's soccer players
- Sundsvalls DFF players
- PAOK FC (women) players
- ŽNK Mura players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Latvian women's football biography stubs