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Marina Georgieva
	Georgieva with Austria U19 in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Marina Georgieva
Date of birth	13 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Melk, Austria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Fiorentina
Number	23
Youth career
2004–2010	FK Hainburg
2010–2012	ASK-BSC Bruck/Leitha
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2017	SKN St. Pölten II
2012–2017	SKN St. Pölten
2017–2018	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II
2018	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
2018–2022	SC Sand
2022–2023	Paris Saint-Germain
2023-	Fiorentina
International career‡
2013	Austria U17
2014–2016	Austria U19
2017–	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Marina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Марина Георгиева; born 13 April 1997) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for ACF Fiorentina and the Austria national team.

Club career

Georgieva began her career at FK Hainburg. In 2012 she moved to SKN St. Pölten, that were just promoted to the ÖFB-Frauenliga. In St. Pölten, she won the championship in 2015^[1] and 2016^[2] and also won the Austrian Cup three times.

In January 2017, Georgieva joined German club Turbine Potsdam.^[3] In June 2018, she moved to SC Sand.^[4]

On 11 August 2022, French club Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Georgieva on a two-year deal until June 2024.^[5]

In 28 July 2023, Georgieva left PSG by mutual consent and signed for Fiorentina.^[6]^[7]

On 22 October, Georgieva was sent off after a second yellow card for Fiorentina in a 2-1 loss against Juventus.^[8]

International career

Georgieva was part of the Austrian U-17 national team that competed at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in England. She was also part of the Austrian U-19 national team that represented Austria at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Slovakia.

In 2017, Georgieva was part of the 23-woman squad that represented Austria and reached the semi-finals at the UEFA Women's Euro.^[9]

Georgieva was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[10]

Personal life

Born in Austria, Georgieva is of Bulgarian descent.^[11]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 11 April 2023^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Austria	2017	1
	2018	2
	2019	0
	2020	0
	2021	6
	2022	13
	2023	4
Total		26

References

^ "St. Pölten-Spratzern ist erstmals Meister". Der Standart (in German). 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ Scherner, Matthias (9 May 2021). "Den Abwehrriegel erst nach Seitenwechsel geknackt". SKN St. Pölten Frauen. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "ÖFB-Spielerin Georgieva zu Turbine Potsdam" (in German). 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Marina Georgieva verlässt Turbine Potsdam in Richtung SC Sand" (in German). 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Marina Georgieva joins Paris Saint-Germain through to 2024". Paris Saint-Germain. 11 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Marina Georgieva joins ACF Fiorentina". EN.PSG.FR. 28 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "OFFICIAL: Marina Georgieva has left PSG". PSG Post. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ Diamond, Drew (22 October 2023). "Serie A: Juventus overcome a defiant 10-player Fiorentina". Her Football Hub. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "ÖSTERREICH SIEGT ZUM EURO-AUFTAKT!". Austrian Football Association (ÖFB). Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "Der EURO-Kader steht". oefb.at (in German).
^ Wintner, 14 07 2022 um 06:09 von Senta (14 July 2022). "Das Talente-Reservoir, das Österreich noch nicht ausschöpft". Die Presse. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Marina Georgieva - ÖFB" (in German). Austrian Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.