Alina Miagkova

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

Photo by: Mackenna Kelly

Position:
Defender/Midfielder
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Popovicheva N.Z.
Hometown:
Lipetsk, Russia

2019: Played in 13 games, including making 11 starts … missed a portion of the season as a result of earning a call up to the Russian Senior National Team for international play … finished third on the team in goals (3) and points (7) … scored a goal in 4-0 Russian victory over Estonia in a Word Cup qualifying match the same week she netted her first two career collegiate goals, including the game winner against IUPUI (9/8) … also scored at Bowling Green (10/10), converting on a penalty kick opportunity … assisted on the game-winning goal at Miami (Ohio) (9/29) … totaled 17 shots (6 on goal).

High School/Club: Called up to the Russian National Team, appearing in three international friendlies in China in April 2019, as the team prepared for World Cup qualification ... played in the 2019 Russian Cup with Lokomotiv Moscow ... won the Kuban Spring Women's Tournament, an international festival of women's youth soccer teams supported by FIFA, in 2017 and 2018 with the Russian U19 National Team ... participated in the Elite Round of the 2018 European Championship with the U19 team ... won the Russian Championship with a team from the Moscow region in 2017.