Danka Podovac

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Danka Podovac
Personal information
Full name Danka Podovac
Date of birth (1982-07-02) 2 July 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Assistant Coach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Masinac Nis 83 (83)
2006–2008 Keflavík 44 (17)
2009 Fylkir 17 (13)
2010 Þór/KA 13 (9)
2011–2012 ÍBV 36 (25)
2013–2014 Stjarnan 24 (16)
2015 Östersunds 3 (1)
2015– Pomurje
International career
Serbia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Danka Podovac (born 2 July 1982) is a Serbian-Icelandic football midfielder currently playing for ZNK Pomurje.

She began her career in Serbian powerhouse Masinac Nis, with whom she also played the European Cup [1] and later moved to Iceland's Úrvalsdeild in 2006, playing three seasons for Keflavík [2] and one for Fylkir and Þór/KA before signing for ÍBV in 2011. [3] She is a member of the Serbian national team. [4] She signed for Stjarnan in 2013. [5] In 2014, she received an Icelandic citizenship. [6]

After nearly a decade in Iceland, in 2015 she moved to Östersunds DFF in the Swedish 2nd tier before signing that same year for Slovenian champion ZNK Pomurje. [7] [8]

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References

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  3. Profile in soccerway.com
  4. Serbia reaping rewards of Stanojevic's system. UEFA
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