Nadezhda Bosikova

Nadezhda Timofeevna Bosikova (Russian: Надежда Тимофеевна Босикова; born 17 June 1972) is a Russian football coach and former player. As a forward, she played for Energiya Voronezh since the Russian Championship's inaugural edition in 1992[1] and was affectionately nicknamed "Barefoot" (Russian: Босик) at the club.[2] She was the championship's top scorer in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000 with 31, 37, 39, 21, 19 and 30 goals respectively.[3] Bosikova's playing career was interrupted by the birth of her son Matthew (Russian: Матвей). She remained loyal to Energiya in 2004 when a player exodus left her as the only name on the club's roster.[4]

Nadezhda Bosikova
Надежда Босикова
Personal information
Full name Nadezhda Timofeevna Bosikova
Date of birth (1972-06-17) 17 June 1972
Place of birth Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Yunost Poltava
1992–2012 Energiya Voronezh
National team
Russia 28 (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Timofeevna and the family name is Bosikova.

Bosikova represented the Russia women's national football team, scoring 18 goals in her 28 caps.[5] She scored in Russia's play-off victory over Finland in qualifying for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, but was not included in the squad for the final tournament.[6] She also participated in qualifying for the 2003 edition,[7] but missed the final tournament again.

Titles
  • 5 Russian Leagues (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003)
  • 7 Russian Cups (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001)
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References
  1. Profile in Energiya's website
  2. Kroychik, Sergei (28 August 2004). Надежда Босикова: «Хочу помочь команде» (in Russian). Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. Tables and statistics in Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  4. Sergunina, Alexei (3 February 2005). Надежда БОСИКОВА: «Для тренерской работы я еще не созрела» (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. Надежда Босикова. Womenfootball.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. "Russia (RUS)". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 March 2000. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  7. Russia too strong for rivals UEFA
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