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Alina Metkalov

Alina Metkalov is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder and played for the Israel women's national team from 2016 to 2018.

born 1998Israel women's national team midfielder2017/2018 title with Kiryat Gat

Born: 17 March 1998, Ukraine
Occupation: association football player

Alina Metkalov was born in 1998 in Ukraine

Alina Metkalov was born on 17 March 1998 in Ukraine. She grew up in Beersheba.

She began playing at Maccabi "Lee" Beersheba. Half a year later, at 14, she joined the girls' football academy at the Wingate Institute and stayed there until 19. During that time she played 11 matches for the under-17 team and 17 matches for the under-19 team.

She was called up to the women's national team in 2016 and first played against Ukraine on 21 January 2016. She appeared during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle, and her last match was against Austria on 12 June 2018.

In the 2017/2018 season she joined F.C. Kiryat Gat as a defensive midfielder and won the league title with the club that season. She also owns a private fitness studio in Ramla.