Ana Cheminava

Ana Cheminava
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 30)
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 MFA Žalgiris 97 (43)
2021–2022 Fomget G.S. 11 (5)
2022 FC Sogdiana
2022–2023 Eastern Flames
2023–2024 MFA Žalgiris
2024–2026 Hapoel Tel Aviv 25 (7)
International career‡
2012–2013 Georgia U17 6 (2)
2014–2015 Georgia U19 5 (2)
2015– Georgia 13 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 November 2021

Ana Cheminava (Georgian: ანა ჩემინავა; born 1 February 1996) is a Georgian footballer, who last played as a forward for Ligat Nashim club Hapoel Tel Aviv, and the Georgia women's national team.

Club career

Between 2015 and 2021, Cheminava played for the Lithuanian Women's A League club MFA Žalgiris.

By December 2021, she moved to Turkey and joined the Ankara-based club Fomget G.S. to play in the 2021–22 Turkcell Women's Super League.

In August 2024, Cheminava joined Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv, signing a one-year contract with an extension option. She mentioned her excitement about the club wearing the same colours as her national team, Georgia. In her first season with the club, she played 11 matches before suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Following the club's support of her through the rehabilitation, she signed a new one-year contract with an extension option in July 2025. In July 2026, she departed the club after making 30 appearances in all competitions.

International career

Cheminava was a member of the Georgia girls' U17 (2012–2013= and the Georgia women's U19 (2014–2015) teams.

She has been capped for the Georgia national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 August 2019Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–71–7UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.26 September 2023Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–01–12023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
3.25 February 2024Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia North Macedonia2–03–0Friendly
4.3–0

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile Ana Cheminava". Lietuvos Futbolas. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Bozkurt, Ali (20 December 2021). "Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde Gol Kraliçeleri listesi belli oldu". Ajans Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "אנה צ׳מינבה חתמה בקבוצת הבוגרות" [Ana Cheminava has signed with the senior team]. Hapoel Tel Aviv (in Hebrew). 21 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ana Cheminava Continues with the Senior Team". Hapoel Tel Aviv. 22 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Hapoel Tel Aviv [@hapoeltawomen] (18 June 2026). "תודה אנה!" [Thanks Ana!] (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  6. ↑ "Ana Cheminava" (in Turkish). Mackolik. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Georgia)". WorldFootball.net. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.