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Olha Basanska

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Olha Basanska
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Nikopol, Ukraine
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012-2018 Ryazan-VDV 103 (5)
International career
2011- Ukraine 45 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olha Basanska (Ukrainian: Ольга Олександрівна Басанська, born 6 January 1992) is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Ukraine women's national team.

Career

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Basanska has been capped for the Ukraine national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[1]

In 2019 director of the Russian club Ryazan-VDV claimed that she was forced to release Basanska due to "psychological pressure" from her homeland.[2] The Russian Airborne Troops are known also by their acronym VDV and were among the first who were used during the 2014 Russian aggression against Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Ukraine)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. ^ (Женский футбол. Украинские футболистки покинули «Рязань-ВДВ» из-за травли на родине). Allsoccer.ru. 2019
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