Natalia Barbashina


Natalia Leontievna Barbashina is a Russian football coach and former player. Her last team was Zvezda Perm, with whom she reached the 2008-09 UEFA Women's Cup Final. Throughout her career she won nine Russian women's football championships and nine national Cups with Energiya Voronezh, Ryazan VDV, Lada Togliatti, Rossiyanka and Zvezda.

International career

Barbashina joined the Russia women's national football team in 1995.
As of 2011, Barbashina was the fifth most capped Russian international player. She played at the 1999 and 2003 World Cups, scoring one goal in each; against Japan and Ghana, respectively. UEFA Women's Euro 2009 marked her last appearance in an international tournament. She had scored an important goal in the qualification play-off against Scotland.