Karlīna Miksone (born 21 March 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraliga club Czarni Sosnowiec and the Latvia national team. During her career abroad, she has played in Iceland, Lithuania, and Poland. Miksone was named the 2024 Latvian Women's Footballer of the Year.
 Miksone playing for Latvia in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Nīca, Latvia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Czarni Sosnowiec | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | FK Nīca | ||
| 2013–2014 | Liepāja | ||
| 2014–2018 | FK Dinamo Rīga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015-2018 | Rigas FS | 36 | (65) |
| 2019 | Dinamo Riga | 15 | (19) |
| 2020 | ÍBV | 15 | (5) |
| 2021 | Gintra | 10 | (7) |
| 2021–2023 | Medyk Konin | 38 | (14) |
| 2023– | Czarni Sosnowiec | 61 | (29) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | Latvia U17 | 21 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Latvia U19 | 16 | (10) |
| 2015– | Latvia | 81 | (26) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:08, 2 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 May 2026 | |||
Club career
editIn 2020 Miksone played in Iceland's Besta deild kvenna for ÍBV.[1] In January 2021, she signed with Lithuanian FC Gintra.[2][3] In the end of August 2021, she was one of two Latvians to leave the club alongside defender Anastasija Ročāne.[4] She subsequently joined Polish Ekstraliga side Medyk Konin, scoring her first league goal for the club in a 4–1 September 2021 win against Rekord Bielsko-Biała.[5]
In January 2025, Miksone was recognised as the 2024 Latvian Women's Footballer of the Year, winning the award for the first time.[6]
International career
editMiksone was only 14 years and 322 days old when she made her debut for the Latvia national team on 6 February 2015. She replaced long-time team captain Olga Matīsa in the 66th minute of a friendly match, which resulted in a 0–2 loss to Estonia.[7]
She continued to play for her national team at age groups, scoring twice for the Latvia under-19 team in the 2017 Baltic Cup.[8]
Miksone appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[9] In September 2023 Miksone scored a hat trick in a 4–0 UEFA Nations League win, away against Andorra.[10] She scored five goals in nine games for the national team in 2024, going past 20 international goals in the process.[6]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 30 May 2026[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rigas FS | 2015 | Latvian League | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2016 | Latvian League | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| 2017 | Latvian League | 12 | 21 | 12 | 21 | |||||
| 2018 | Latvian League | 12 | 32 | 12 | 32 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 65 | 36 | 65 | ||||||
| Dinamo Riga | 2019 | Latvian League | 15 | 19 | 15 | 19 | ||||
| ÍBV | 2020 | Besta deild kvenna | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Gintra | 2021 | Moterų A Lyga | 10 | 7 | 2[b] | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Medyk Konin | 2021–22 | Ekstraliga | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 22 | 7 | |
| 2022–23 | Ekstraliga | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | — | 23 | 13 | ||
| Total | 38 | 14 | 7 | 6 | — | 45 | 20 | |||
| Czarni Sosnowiec | 2023–24 | Ekstraliga | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 10 | |
| 2024–25 | Ekstraliga | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | — | 26 | 13 | ||
| 2025–26 | Ekstraliga | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | — | 24 | 11 | ||
| Total | 61 | 28 | 13 | 6 | — | 74 | 34 | |||
| Career total | 175 | 138 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 150 | ||
- ↑ Includes Polish Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
edit- Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miksone goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 April 2017 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia |  Georgia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 6 August 2017 | Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania |  Lithuania | 1–1 | 1–1 | Women's Baltic Cup 2017 |
| 3 | 1 September 2018 | TNTK Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia | Lithuania | 1–0 | 4–0 | Women's Baltic Cup 2018 |
| 4 | 2 September 2018 | TNTK Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia |  Estonia | 2–0 | 2–0 | Women's Baltic Cup 2018 |
| 5 | 8 April 2019 | FK Jelgava Sporta bāze, Jelgava, Latvia |  Belarus | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 6 | 14 June 2019 | Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia | Estonia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Women's Baltic Cup 2019 |
| 7 | 16 June 2019 | Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia | Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | Women's Baltic Cup 2019 |
| 8 | 4 October 2019 | Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia |  Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 9 | 14 July 2023 | Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia |  Azerbaijan | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 17 July 2023 | LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia | Azerbaijan | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 11 | 26 September 2023 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| 13 | 4–0 | |||||
| 14 | 31 October 2023 | Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova |  Moldova | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 15 | 2–3 | |||||
| 16 | 5 December 2023 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta |  Malta | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 17 | 5 April 2024 | LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia |  North Macedonia | 1–0 | 3–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 18 | 3–4 | |||||
| 19 | 16 July 2024 | Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia | Moldova | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 20 | 24 October 2024 | LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia |  Faroe Islands | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2024 Women's Baltic Cup |
| 21 | 2–1 | |||||
| 22 | 4 April 2025 | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C |
| 23 | 2–1 | |||||
| 24 | 3 June 2025 | LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia |  Kosovo | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C |
| 25 | 24 October 2025 | Raudondvaris Stadium, Raudondvaris, Lithuania | Estonia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 Women's Baltic Cup |
| 26 | 27 October 2025 | Raudondvaris Stadium, Raudondvaris, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2025 Women's Baltic Cup |
Honours
editRīgas FS
- Latvian League: 2015,[13] 2016,[14] 2017,[15] 2018
Dinamo Riga
Czarni Sosnowiec
- Ekstraliga: 2025–26[18]
- Polish Cup: 2024–25[19]
Individual
References
edit- ↑ Polsinelli, Denis (16 June 2021). "Iceland (Women) 2020". RSSSF.org. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Respublika - Naujienų ir žinių portalas". respublika.lt (in Lithuanian). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Baltijas spēcīgākajam dāmu klubam pievienojas Latvijas izlases spēlētāja Miksone". liepajniekiem.lv (in Lithuanian). 6 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ ""Gintra" atsisveikino su dvejomis latvėmis". sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Łatwo nie było, ale Medyk i tak wygrał wysoko". przegladkoninski.pl (in Polish). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Jānis Ikaunieks un Karlīna Miksone atzīti par Latvijas gada labākajiem futbolistiem". Diena (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Igaunija - Latvija, 2015". LFF.lv. LFF. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ↑ "Latvijas U-19 izlases futbolistes izcīna Baltijas kausu". Diena (in Latvian). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Latvia)". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ↑ "Miksones hat-trick palīdz Latvijai tikt pie uzvaras UEFA Nāciju līgā". Diena (in Latvian). 27 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Zawodnik: Karlina Miksone". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Karlīna Miksone - LFF". LFF.lv. LFF/UEFA. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ↑ "Rīgas FS sieviešu komanda 3. Gadu pēc kārtas izcīna čempionu titulu |". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rīgas Futbola skola ceturto gadu pēc kārtas uzvar Sieviešu Futbola līgas čempionātā (fourth title in a row)" (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rīgas Futbola skola priekšlaicīgi nodrošina piekto SFL čempionu titulu pēc kārtas". Latvian Football Federation. 1 September 2017.
- ↑ ""Dinamo" triumfē Sieviešu Futbola līgā, pārtraucot "Rīgas Futbola skolas" dominanci". 28 September 2019.
- ↑ "Dinamo Rīga grauj konkurentu un triumfē Latvijas čempionātā" (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ↑ Pietraszko, Justyna (23 May 2026). "Czarni Sosnowiec z 14. mistrzostwem Polski na kolejkę przed końcem sezonu Orlen Ekstraligi kobiet". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ Pietraszko, Justyna (17 May 2025). "Puchar Polski kobiet. KKS Czarni Antrans Sosnowiec z 14. tytułem w historii". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
External links
edit- Karlīna Miksone – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Karlīna Miksone at WorldFootball.net
- Karlīna Miksone at Soccerway