Nicole Kozlova
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicole Dmitrievna Kozlova | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Glasgow City | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| USC Academy | |||
| Ontario REX | |||
| 2015 | Toronto Skillz FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | Scarborough GS United | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 40 | (14) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Aurora United FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Woodbridge Strikers | 11 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | DeRo United FC | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | HB Køge | 18 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | FC Vorskla Poltava | 16 | (20) |
| 2024– | Glasgow City | 32 | (21) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Ukraine U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017 | Ukraine U18 | 3 | (4) |
| 2017–2019 | Ukraine U19 | 9 | (5) |
| 2019– | Ukraine | 46 | (7) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025 | |||
Nicole Dmitrievna Kozlova (Ukrainian: Ніколь Дмитрівна Козлова; born 8 July 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City. Born in Canada, she plays for the Ukraine national team.
Kozlova was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Ukrainian parents.[1][2] She began playing soccer at age five with USC Academy.[1]
In 2014 and 2015, she was part of the Ontario REX program,[3] and also played with Toronto Skillz FC in 2015.[4] In 2015 and 2016, she won back-to-back Ontario Cups with Scarborough GS United,[5][3] also earning back-to-back bronze medals at the national championships.[3] She represented Team Ontario at the 2017 Canada Games.[6]
College career
In 2018, she began attending Virginia Tech, where she played for the women's soccer team.[7] She redshirted her first year, after tearing her ACL, forcing her to miss the entire season.[8] In September 2019, she earned Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Offensive Player of the Week honours, after scoring back-to-back game winning goals.[9] In 2021, she earned All-ACC Academic Team honours.[10]
Club career
In 2016, she appeared in one match for Aurora United FC in League1 Ontario.[11] In 2017, Kozlova played for the Woodbridge Strikers in that league where she scored 11 goals[12] and was named a league First-Team All Star.[13] In 2018 and 2019, she played for DeRo United FC in the same league.[14][15]
In 2022, she joined HB Køge in Denmark.[16][17][18]
In July 2023, Kozlova signed a one-year contract with Ukrainian Women's League club FC Vorskla Poltava.[19][20] She won the league and cup double, scoring 16 goals in 20 league matches.[21]
In July 2024, she signed with Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City.[22][23] She made her debut on 11 August, scoring two goals in a 7-0 victory over Montrose.[24]
International career
In 2016, she made her debut with the Ukraine U17.[25]
In March 2017, she attended a camp with the Canada U20 team.[1][26]
In May 2017, she scored four goals and added five assists in three matches with Ukraine at the UEFA U18 Development Tournament.[7][27]
In June 2019, she earned her first callup to the Ukraine national team. She made her debut on 5 October 2019 against Germany.[7] In 2022, they won the 2022 Turkish Women's Cup.[28] She scored her first senior goal on 7 March 2020 at the 2020 Pinatar Cup against Northern Ireland.[29][30]
