Milena Nikitina

A graduate of the academy of the Chertanovo Football Club (first coach - Roman Ezopov) began her journey in professional football in the youth team of the capital club, for which she played in the first division and twice became the bronze medalist of the tournament.

In the 2018 season, Milena made her debut in the elite of Russian women's football, playing 16 matches for Torpedo Izhevsk, in which she was not effective and received one yellow card.

Nikitina spent the next season outside of big football, playing for the Strogino women's mini-football club. However, already in July 2020, the defender returned to the Super League, signing a contract with Zvezda 2005 from Perm. For the Perm club, Milena played 48 matches in the Super League, Russian Cup and Youth League, scored one goal and made one assist, received 10 yellow and 2 red cards (both in the 2022 season). As part of Zvezda 2005, she became a bronze medalist at the 2020 Russian Championship. In the 2022 season, the team took 6th place in the Super League.

Dynamo player - since January 2023. She scored her first goal for Dynamo on June 17, 2023 - in the 1/16 finals of the Winline Russian Cup with the Strogino Football Club (11:1). In the same match she scored a double. This is Dynamo's first goal and first double in the national cup. You can view it at this link. On August 5, 2023, Milena scored her first goal in the Super League for Dynamo - in a match against WFC Ryazan-VDV (2:0).

Based on the results of a fan vote, she was recognized as the best Dynamo player in September 2023 (3 matches, 2 goals).

Milena Nikitina also has experience playing for the U-17 junior and Russian youth teams: 19 matches, 3 goals scored.