Five new players sign for Zenit Women

Anastasia Fetisova, Ekaterina Pantyukhina, Veronika Kuropatkina, Elizaveta Lazareva and Ksenia Tsybutovich have all signed for the blue-white-sky blues ladies’ side.

Anastasia Fetisova was born on 5 February 2002 in Ryazan and began her football career in her hometown for Olympian. She’s a Russian title winner and has represented Russia at U17 and U21 levels.

Ekaterina Pantyukhina was born on 9 April 1993 in Vyatskiye Polyany in the Kirov Region.  In 2009 she joined Perm Olympic Reserve after initially players boys’ football. She later made her debut for Zvezda-2005 in 2011. She made her debut the full Russian side in September 2013.

Veronika Kuropatkina was born on 3 September 1999 in Stavropol and began her pro career at Kubanochka Krasnodar in 2016, before moved to Azov Donchanka and Lokomotiv Moscow. She made her debut in the Russian Premier League in April 2018 and her debut at international level for Russian in March 2019.

Elizaveta Lazareva was born on 3 September 2002 in Ryazan and started her career at Ryazan-VDV making her debut in 2018. In September of the same year, she made her debut in the Champions League. She is a Russian U21 international having made her debut against Hungary in August 2019.

Ksenia Tsybutovich was born on 26 June 1987 in Moscow and made her professional debut in 2002 for Chertanovo. She went on to have spells for Gyomryukchi in Azerbaijan, Spartak Moscow, Rossiyanka, Zvezda-2005, Ryazan-VDV (twice) and CSKA Moscow.

She is an experienced international with 79 caps and seven goals to her name, having made her debut in the Russian national team in 2006.

The players have already started training at the Gazprom Academy and will soon choose their squad numbers. Welcome to Zenit!