Veronika Klechová (born 5 May 1989) is a Slovak football midfielder who played for Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak First League,SWNT call-up vs. Finland in the Slovak Football Association's website and Champions League.Profile in UEFA's website She was a member of the Slovak national team after debuting at the age of 17 in 2006.Statistics in FIFA's website Klechová scored numerous goals for her country, including the only goal, a penalty, in a 1–0 win against Croatia in March 2012. She scored three goals in six appearances in 2015. Among these goals was a header in a 2–1 friendly victory against Wales in April, which was the winning goal. She finished her international career in 2015, having scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for Slovakia.
Awards Klechová was named the best women's player of 2008 at the SFZ Women's Footballer of the Year awards. She finished third in the same award in 2011.
Personal life Klechová has two brothers. In a relationship with Filip Kiss, when he was loaned from Cardiff City to Ross County in January 2014, Klechová made a similar move from Cardiff City Ladies to Inverness City. She married Kiss in December 2015; together they have a son called Ben.
Writing career Klechová has written three books, which she christened in December 2016. The first book, titled Futbalistka Lucka, was written about teammate Lucia Haršányová. The second one, Mini Paťka, is also about a teammate, this time Patrícia Hmírová. The third book, Mužíček a pes, relates to her home life.
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