Christiana Solomou

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Christiana Solomou (Solo)
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Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Paphos, Cyprus
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2008 Pafia
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Central Connecticut Blue Devils
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Early life

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.

Club career

International career

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]

Honors and awards

Club

Apollon Ladies

Barcelona FA

Individual

Personal life

Solomou married football player Pambos Kairinos on 10 June 2018. They met in Limassol where they both played football.

Education

She went to the primary school named B' Primary school of Geroskipou. She continued her education at Agias Paraskeuis gymnasium. Then, she went to the high school named Giannakis Taliwtis in Geroskipou and took her degree in 2011. She moved for a year in United States (2013-2014) and studied exercise science at Central Connecticut State University. She came back to Cyprus and studied social work at Frederick University in Limassol and took her bachelor's degree in 2017.


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References

  1. ↑ Profile Archived 2020-02-07 at the Wayback Machine at Sparta website
  2. ↑ https://cypruswomens.football/christiana-solomou/ Cypruswomens
  3. ↑ https://cfa.com.cy/Gr/news/13479 CFA
  4. ↑ http://www.ccsubluedevils.com/sports/wsoc/2012-13/releases/201302134fuwpa CCS
  5. ↑ https://www.sigmalive.com/sports/football/cyprus/a-league/320097/elampsan-apollon-ladies-othellos-kai-karmiotissa-fotos Sigmalive
  6. ↑ https://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/player/55/226017 CFA
  7. ↑ AC Sparta Praha - Ženy (2019-08-18). "New player Christiana Solomou" (in Czech). Facebook.
  8. ↑ Profile at UEFA website
  9. ↑ Result at UEFA website
  10. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/players/christiana-solomou/140267/matches/ Soccerway


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