Victoria Pelova

Victoria Pelova (born 3 June 1999 in Delft) is a Dutch football midfielder who plays for Ajax in the Eredivisie, and for the Dutch national team.[2]

Victoria Pelova
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999
Place of birth Delft, Netherlands
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ajax
Number 23
Youth career
2006–2016 DSV Concordia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 ADO Den Haag[1] 67 (27)
2019– Ajax 42 (5)
National team‡
2017-2018 Netherlands U19 15 (8)
2018 Netherlands U20 6 (2)
2018– Netherlands 20 (2)
Honours
Women's football
Representing the  Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
2019 FranceTeam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 29, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 29, 2021

Pelova represented Netherlands U20,[3] in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She was selected for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup,[4][5][6] as well as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the Olympics she scored her first international goal in the Netherlands opening match against Zambia.[7]

Pelova is studying Applied Mathematics at Delft University of Technology.[8]

In her youth Pelova excelled in several different sports, including chess, snowboarding, and tennis.[9][10]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 July 2021Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan Zambia10–110–32020 Summer Olympics
2.27 July 2021Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan China PR7–28–2

References
  1. ADO Den Haag Vrouwen twitter.com
  2. uefa.com. "Women's World Cup - Victoria Pelova". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019.
  4. "Sarina Wiegman names Netherlands Women's World Cup squad | KNVB". www.knvb.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. "FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019.
  6. "Pelova wil meer dan alleen ervaring opdoen" (in Dutch). 2019-06-14.
  7. "Zambia - Nederland".
  8. "Highlight: Victoria Pelova". TU Delft.
  9. "Delftse Post: Victoria Pelova".
  10. "De Telegraaf: Duizendpoot op noppen". 21 February 2021.
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