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Martina Franko 
Personal information Full name Martina Marie Franko Date of birth 13 January 1976 Place of birth Los Altos, California, United States Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Playing position Defender Club information Current club Vancouver Whitecaps Youth career 1994–1997 Colorado College Tigers Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002 California Storm 14 (15) 2003–2006 Surrey United 28 (40) 2001–2006 Vancouver Whitecaps 2009 Los Angeles Sol 10 (0) 2010– Vancouver Whitecaps 0 (0) National team‡ 2005– 
Canada55 (5) Teams managed 2008– Quest University Canada * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:33, 30 September 2009 (UTC)Martina Franko (born Martina Holan on 13 January 1976, in Los Altos, California) is a Canadian football defender who played for Vancouver Whitecaps.
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Career
Franko performs a versatile role, and can play as either a midfielder or forward. She has been a regular on Surrey United women's premier division team playing in the British Columbia based Metro Women's Soccer League for the past two years. The MWSL plays in the winter so no major conflict with summer leagues such as W-League.[1]
In her club career, Franko has won two W-League titles with the Vancouver Whitecaps, in 2004 and 2006.[2] After one year for Los Angeles Sol in the Women's Professional Soccer League turned on 1 April 2010 back to her former club Vancouver Whitecaps.[3]
International career
Franko won her first cap for Canada in 2005, aged 29. She scored her first goal on her second cap, against Germany, in a 4–3 loss.[2] At the 2007 Pan American Games, she helped the team achieve a bronze medal in the football competition;[2] later that year, she played in her first major, FIFA affiliated tournament with the Canada team, the 2007 World Cup, where she played all three group stage matches, scoring one goal, before the team was knocked out.[4] She also competed for the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
She moved to Squamish, British Columbia, home of her husband John, in 2003.[5]
Her parents, Dana Holanova and Jaromir Hola, were the Czechoslavakian national figure-skating champions in pairs ice dancing in the 1960s.[6]
Coaching career
In January 2008, Franko joined Quest University Canada as head coach of the varsity women's soccer team.[7]
Franko, also a Canadian National B licensed coach, served as an assistant coach for the Tigers during the 1998 season after receiving her bachelor’s degree in psychology.
References
- ^ Beijing Games
- ^ a b c "Martina Franko profile". Canada Soccer. http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationals/_profile.asp?playerid=419&sub=3. Retrieved 2008-08-07.[dead link]
- ^ Whitecaps women sign defensive trio
- ^ "Martina Franko profile". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=256000/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ Soccer Profile
- ^ Former Tiger competes in Olympics: Holan playing for Canada in Beijing
- ^ Quest Profile
External links
- Martina Franko – FIFA competition record
- Official Site
- Canada Soccer player profile
- Los Angeles Sol player profile
- Quest University coaching profile
Canada squad – 2007 Pan American Games 
Canada squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Colorado College alumni
- College women's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards
- Vancouver Whitecaps (W-League) players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic soccer players of Canada
- Los Angeles Sol players
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
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