Karlīna Miksone
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karlīna Miksone | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Nīca, Latvia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Czarni Sosnowiec | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2020 | FK Nīca | ||
2013–2014 | Liepāja | ||
2014–2018 | FK Dinamo Rīga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020 | ÍBV | 15 | (5) |
2021 | Gintra | 10 | (7) |
2021–2023 | Medyk Konin | 38 | (14) |
2023– | Czarni Sosnowiec | 32 | (19) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2016 | Latvia U17 | 21 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Latvia U19 | 16 | (10) |
2015– | Latvia | 71 | (22) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:01 8 April 2025 (UTC) |
Karlīna Miksone (born 21 March 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraliga club Czarni Sosnowiec and the Latvia women's national team. During her career abroad, she has played in Iceland, Lithuania, and Poland. Miksone was named Women's Footballer of the Year in 2025.
Career
[edit]In 2020 Miksone played in Iceland's Besta deild kvenna for ÍBV.[1] In January 2021, she signed with Lithuanian FC Gintra.[2][3] In the end of August 2021, she was one of two Latvians to leave the club alongside defender Anastasija Ročāne.[4] She subsequently joined Polish Ekstraliga side Medyk Konin, scoring her first league goal for the club in a 4–1 September 2021 win against Rekord Bielsko-Biała.[5]
In January 2025, Miksone was recognised as the Latvian Footballer of the Year for 2024, winning the award for the first time.[6]
International career
[edit]Miksone was only 14 years and 322 days old when she made her debut for the Latvia national team on 6 February 2015. She replaced long-time team captain Olga Matīsa in the 66th minute of a friendly match, which resulted in a 0–2 loss to Estonia.[7]
She continued to play for her national team at age groups, scoring twice for the Latvia under-19 team in the 2017 Baltic Cup.[8]
Miksone appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[9] In September 2023 Miksone scored a hat trick in a 4–0 UEFA Nations League win, away against Andorra.[10] She scored five goals in nine games for the national team in 2024, going past 20 international goals in the process.[6]
International goals
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Polsinelli, Denis (16 June 2021). "Iceland (Women) 2020". RSSSF.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Respublika - Naujienų ir žinių portalas". respublika.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Baltijas spēcīgākajam dāmu klubam pievienojas Latvijas izlases spēlētāja Miksone". liepajniekiem.lv (in Lithuanian). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ ""Gintra" atsisveikino su dvejomis latvėmis". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Łatwo nie było, ale Medyk i tak wygrał wysoko". przegladkoninski.pl (in Polish). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Jānis Ikaunieks un Karlīna Miksone atzīti par Latvijas gada labākajiem futbolistiem". Diena (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Igaunija - Latvija, 2015". LFF.lv. LFF. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Latvijas U-19 izlases futbolistes izcīna Baltijas kausu". Diena (in Latvian). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Latvia)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Miksones hat-trick palīdz Latvijai tikt pie uzvaras UEFA Nāciju līgā". Diena (in Latvian). 27 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Karlīna Miksone - LFF". LFF.lv. LFF/UEFA. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Karlīna Miksone – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Karlīna Miksone at WorldFootball.net
- Karlīna Miksone at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Latvian women's footballers
- 21st-century Latvian sportswomen
- Women's association football defenders
- Latvia women's youth international footballers
- Latvia women's international footballers
- ÍBV women's football players
- Gintra Universitetas players
- KKPK Medyk Konin players
- Czarni Sosnowiec players
- Ekstraliga (women's football) players
- Latvian expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate women's footballers in Poland
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Poland