Sanna Valkonen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sanna Margit Valkonen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 December 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyvinkää, Finland[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Kontu | ||
| 1995–1996 | PuiU | ||
| 1997 | MPS | ||
| 1998–2002 | HJK | ||
| 2002 | Boston Renegades | ||
| 2002–2005 | Umeå | ||
| 2006–2007 | AIK | ||
| 2008–2010 | Örebro | 62 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2010 | Finland | 120 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sanna Margit Valkonen (born 12 December 1977) is a Finnish former football defender. She played for KontU, PuiU, MPS Malmin and HJK Helsinki in the Naisten Liiga, Boston Renegades in the W-League,[3] and Umeå IK, AIK Fotboll and KIF Örebro[4] in the Damallsvenskan. She was named Finnish Footballer of the Year in 2001 and 2002.[5]
She was a member of the Finnish national team for fifteen years,[6] and played the 2005 and 2009 European Championships, serving as the team's captain.[7] She was as of 2014 the second most capped Finnish player with 120 games, behind only Laura Österberg Kalmari with 130.[8]
Titles[edit]
- 2 UEFA Women's Cups (2003, 2004)
- 5 Finnish Leagues (1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
- 6 Finnish Cups (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002)
- 2 Swedish Leagues (2002, 2005)
- 3 Swedish Cups (2002, 2003, 2010)
References[edit]
- ^ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ "Valkonen Sanna" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 2003. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Finnish-ing touch for Renegades: Kalmari and Valkonen lead Boston into Final Four tonight. The Daily News Transcript
- ^ Statistics in the Swedish Football Association's website
- ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
- ^ Statistics Archived 2003-04-27 at the Wayback Machine in the Finnish Football Association's website
- ^ Captain calls for classy display. UEFA
- ^ Pietarinen, Heikki (24 April 2014). "Finland - Women International Player Records". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sanna Valkonen.
- Sanna Valkonen – FIFA competition record (archived)
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