Martina Franko

Martina Franko

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Personal information
Full name	Martina Marie Franko
Date of birth	(1976-01-13) January 13, 1976
Place of birth	Los Altos, California, United States
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	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)
2003–2006	Vancouver Whitecaps	44	(30)
2009	Los Angeles Sol	10	(0)
2010–	Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(1)
International career‡
2005–	Canada	55	(5)
Managerial career
2008–	Quest University Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, September 30, 2009 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:33, September 30, 2009 (UTC)

Martina Franko (born Martina Holan on January 13, 1976, in Los Altos, California) is a Canadian soccer defender who played for Vancouver Whitecaps.

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.

In her club career, Franko has won two W-League titles with the Vancouver Whitecaps, in 2004 and 2006. After one year for Los Angeles Sol in the Women's Professional Soccer League turned on April 1, 2010 back to her former club Vancouver Whitecaps.

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. At the 2007 Pan American Games, she helped the team achieve a bronze medal in the soccer competition; 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. 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.

Her parents, Dana Holanova and Jaromir Hola, were the Czechoslovakian national figure-skating champions in pairs ice dancing in the 1960s.

Coaching career

In January 2008, Franko joined Quest University Canada as head coach of the varsity women's soccer team.

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.

External links

• Martina Franko – FIFA competition record
• Official Site
• Canada Soccer player profile
• Los Angeles Sol player profile
• Quest University coaching profile