Irena Kuznetsov

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Irena Kuznetsov
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Kuznetsov playing for Israel in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Hadera, Israel
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Turbine Potsdam
Number 4
Youth career
2010–2012 Ironi Sport Hadera (boys)
2012–2016 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Girls Football Academy 45 (4)
2019–2020 Maccabi Emek Hefer 15 (3)
2020 AEL Limassol 9 (0)
2020–2021 Maccabi Kishronot Hadera 9 (0)
2021–2022 Ramat HaSharon 5 (0)
2022–2025 Turbine Potsdam 51 (3)
International career‡
2017–2018 Israel U19 7 (0)
2020– Israel 23 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 February 2025

Irena Kuznetsov (Hebrew: אירנה קוזנצוב, Russian: Ирена Кузнецов; born 24 April 2002) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as defender for German club 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and the Israel women's national team.

She also holds a Russian passport.[citation needed]

Early life

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Kuznetsov was born and raised in Hadera, Israel to parents who immigrated from Russia to Israel.[citation needed]

Club career

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After having played in the boys' sections of the professional men's Israeli Premier League club of Ironi Sport Hadera, Kuznetsov was scouted in 2012 by the professional women's club of the Israeli Ligat Nashim's club, Maccabi Kishronot Hadera.[1]

In 2012, she began her junior career in a club in the Israeli women's Premier League, where she played until 2016.

In 2016, she signed with the Ligat Nashim club of the Israeli National Women's Football Academy, and made her professional debut at the age of 14.

In 2019, she signed for the season and joined the Israeli club Maccabi Bnot Emek Hefer.

During the summer of 2020, at 18 years of age, she joined the Cypriot first division club AEL Limassol.[2][3]

In November 2020, following poor working conditions, she terminated her contract to engage with Israeli club Maccabi Kishronot Hadera.

In January 2022, Kuznetsov joined German Bundesliga Turbine Potsdam, signing a 3.5-year contract.[4] In May 2022, she played in the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal Final, which they lost 4–0 to VfL Wolfsburg.[5]

Career statistics

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 25 February 2025 Alcufer Stadion, Győr, Hungary File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 3–1 3–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C

Honours

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  • Best revelation[clarification needed] of the Israeli Women's Premier League 2016–2017
  • Best defender of Israeli Women's Premier League 2017–2018
  • Best defender of September/October Cyprus's Women's Premier League 2020-2011

References

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