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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 June 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Paphos, Cyprus | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2008 | Pafia | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Central Connecticut Blue Devils | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Apollon Ladies | ||
2014–2017 | Apollon Ladies | ||
2017–2019 | Barcelona FA | ||
2019–2020 | Sparta Prague | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2009– | Cyprus | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 May 2020 |
Christiana Solomou "Solo" is a Cypriot football midfielder, who played for Sparta Prague in the Czech First Division. [1]
Born to Nikolas and Meropi in Paphos, Cyprus. Solomou was raised with her two older brothers (Kostas and Kyriakos) and one older sister, Eleni. She began playing football at an early age with her mother and sister in a local football club, Pafia FC and her father was among her first coaches. [2] At the age of 15 she was moved to Limassol, Cyprus and she started to play for Apollon Ladies.
She is a member of the Cyprus national team. [8] Solomou made her debut for the national team U19 in a match against Ukraine U19 on 19 September 2009. [9] [10]
Apollon Ladies
Barcelona FA
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