Nora Abolins


Nora Silvija Āboliņa, known as Nora Abolins, is a Canadian-born Latvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. She has been a member of the Latvia women's national team.

Early life

Abolins was raised in Demorestville, Ontario.

Career

Abolins attended the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan and the Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, both of them in the United States.
In 2015, she joined Durham United FC of League1 Ontario. She helped lead the team to win the league title, playing all 18 league matches, while only conceding eight goals against. Her performance resulted in her being named the League1 Ontario Goalkeeper of the Year and league Most Valuable Player honours.
Her performance with Durham attracted the attention of European teams and she joined QIBK Karlstad in the Elitettan, the Swedish second division in 2016. In 2017, she joined another Swedish side, Östersunds DFF. She later joined KIF Örebro of the top tier Damallsvenskan.
Her performance led to her being called up to the Latvian national team in the Baltic Cup and the Turkish women's national team tournament.
Afterwards, she joined Ryerson University as an assistant coach.