Let's start! We're ready to celebrate the first category winner of the UMBRO Futsal Awards 2009 - 10th Edition by Futsalplanet.com. And cause we're (or at least we pretend to be!) gentlemen... ladies first!

So, who's the Best Woman Player of the World in the year 2009? After contacting our experts all around the world, the choice has fallen on the ukrainian Alina Gorobets!

Effective
When talking about the Belichanka-93's star a word usually comes out: effective. Her incidence on a match and the way she leads the team to the ukrainian dominance are major qualities and significant reasons for a shining career.
Extremely fast, Alina Gorobets count also on sublime technical skills (see the video below, 1-0, 7-0 and 13-0 goals, to check her level!). Last but not least, her qualities in giving a pass makes her a priceless "tool" for team mates glory.

Ukraine experience
Women futsal is not as developed as we would like it to be, so that a call for a national team could definitely be a great achievement for a player. That's surely the case of Alina Gorobets, who was lucky enough to be part of Ukraine (as the greatest part of her mates at Belichanka) in the iranian trip realized for a three games challenge against the local selection (some pictures below will better explain how special those matches were). Gorobets' experience and talent came out again, scoring the only yellow&blue goal in the first defeat, putting her sign again in the second game and finally getting a win in the third and final battle. The Alina Gorobets 2009 will be surely unforgettable for this reason as well!

Goals, goals, goals... and consequent titles!
Coach Vladimir Vasilyevich Kolok has a guarantee that never expires: the Alina Gorobets' goals. We're talking about the Belichanka-93's best goalscorer of all times, something gained not only in her native country but also in international events like the Tolna Cup 2008 (Thelena Kupa) in Hungary where she was crowned once again as absolute best striker. And goals often match with titles: the year 2009 was not an exception to the rule, as Gorobets and the Belichanka girls got league and cup title, and were also able to revalidate the Tolna Cup triumph. Many reasons to turn into the winner of the Best Woman Player of the World category of the UMBRO Futsal Awards 2009 - 10th Edition by Futsalplanet.com!!

Congratulations, Alina!


UMBRO Futsal Awards by Futsalplanet.com

Best Woman Player of the World - Winners
2009 -> Alina Gorobets (FK Belichanka-93 - Ukraine)
2008 -> Cilene (Osasco/Jaguaré/Palmeiras/UniSant'Anna - Brazil)
2007 -> Eva Manguan (Encofra Navalcarnero - Spain)