Karlīna Miksone

Karlīna Miksone (born 21 March 2000) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraliga club Czarni Sosnowiec and the Latvia national team. During her career abroad, she has played in Iceland, Lithuania, and Poland. Miksone was named the 2024 Latvian Women's Footballer of the Year.

Club career In 2020 Miksone played in Iceland's Besta deild kvenna for ÍBV. In January 2021, she signed with Lithuanian FC Gintra. In the end of August 2021, she was one of two Latvians to leave the club alongside defender Anastasija Ročāne. She subsequently joined Polish Ekstraliga side Medyk Konin, scoring her first league goal for the club in a 4–1 September 2021 win against Rekord Bielsko-Biała.

In January 2025, Miksone was recognised as the 2024 Latvian Women's Footballer of the Year, winning the award for the first time.

International career Miksone was only 14 years and 322 days old when she made her debut for the Latvia national team on 6 February 2015. She replaced long-time team captain Olga Matīsa in the 66th minute of a friendly match, which resulted in a 0–2 loss to Estonia.

She continued to play for her national team at age groups, scoring twice for the Latvia under-19 team in the 2017 Baltic Cup.

Miksone appeared for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. In September 2023 Miksone scored a hat trick in a 4–0 UEFA Nations League win, away against Andorra. She scored five goals in nine games for the national team in 2024, going past 20 international goals in the process.

International Scores and results list Latvia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miksone goal. + List of international goals scored by Karlina Miksone No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 11 April 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 1–1 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2 6 August 2017 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai, Lithuania 1–1 1–1 Women's Baltic Cup 2017 3 1 September 2018 TNTK Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 4–0 Women's Baltic Cup 2018 4 2 September 2018 TNTK Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 2–0 2–0 Women's Baltic Cup 2018 5 8 April 2019 FK Jelgava Sporta bāze, Jelgava, Latvia 1–3 1–3 Friendly 6 14 June 2019 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–0 3–0 Women's Baltic Cup 2019 7 16 June 2019 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–0 2–0 Women's Baltic Cup 2019 8 4 October 2019 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying 9 14 July 2023 Jānis Skredelis' stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–1 1–1 Friendly 10 17 July 2023 LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia 1–1 1–1 Friendly 11 26 September 2023 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 1–0 4–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League 12 2–0 13 4–0 14 31 October 2023 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău, Moldova 1–1 3–3 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League 15 2–3 16 5 December 2023 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 1–0 1–2 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League 17 5 April 2024 LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia 1–0 3–4 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying 18 3–4 19 16 July 2024 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia 2–1 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying 20 24 October 2024 LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia 1–0 2–1 2024 Women's Baltic Cup 21 2–1 22 4 April 2025 Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia 1–0 2–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C 23 2–1 24 3 June 2025 LNK Sporta Parks, Riga, Latvia 2–2 2–2 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League C 25 24 October 2025 Raudondvaris Stadium, Raudondvaris, Lithuania 1–0 1–0 2025 Women's Baltic Cup 26 27 October 2025 Raudondvaris Stadium, Raudondvaris, Lithuania 1–0 3–0 2025 Women's Baltic Cup 27 9 June 2026 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia 1–0 1–2 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours Rīgas FS Latvian League: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Dinamo Riga Latvian League: 2019

Czarni Sosnowiec Ekstraliga: 2025–26 Polish Cup: 2024–25

Individual Latvian Footballer of the Year: 2024