Anna Kristīne Gornela
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Kristīne Gornela | ||
| Birth name | Anna Gornell | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Omaha, Nebraska, United States | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Riga FC | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | 71 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Sundsvalls DFF | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | FC Dornbirn | ||
| 2022–2023 | PAOK | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | Mura | 9 | (2) |
| 2024– | Riga FC | (4) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Latvia | 23 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024 | |||
Anna Kristīne Gornela (born Anna Gornell, 9 September 1997) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Riga FC. Born in the United States, she plays for the Latvia national team.[2]
Club career
[edit]In the 2022/23 season Gornela won the Panelinio Protathlima trophy with PAOK[3], the Pan-Hellenic Women's Football Championship. This is also Women's Alpha Ethniki is the highest professional women's football league in Greece.[4] Gornela helped PAOK place second in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualify stage.
In the 2023 season Gornela playing for ŽNK Mura, she contributed to the Slovenian league title and the Zenska Liga trophy[5] with ŽNK Mura Gornela helped ŽNK Mura place third in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualify stage.
In the 2024 season Gornela playing for Riga F.C. won to the Latvian league title and the Champions Cup in the Women's Football League (SFL).[6] The team finished the season with 17 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Winning the league title has qualified them to play in the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2025.
International career
[edit]Gornela made her debut for Latvia in a 20–0 defeat against England on 30 November 2021.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Anna Kristīne Gornela at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Anna Gornela". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "2023–24 Greek A Division (women's football)", Wikipedia, 25 September 2024, retrieved 14 October 2024
- ^ OMNISPORT. "Latvia - A. Gornela - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Slovenian Women's League", Wikipedia, 3 September 2024, retrieved 14 October 2024
- ^ ""Riga FC Women" kronē par Latvijas čempionēm". LFF.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Anna Kristīne Gornela". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "England vs Latvia". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Omaha, Nebraska
- Women's association football midfielders
- Latvian women's footballers
- Latvia women's international footballers
- Latvian expatriate women's footballers
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate women's footballers in Austria
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate women's footballers in Greece
- Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Slovenia
- Elitettan players
- American people of Latvian descent
- American women's soccer players
- Oral Roberts Golden Eagles women's soccer players
- Sundsvalls DFF players
- PAOK FC (women) players
- ŽNK Mura players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Latvian women's football biography stubs