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Sofia Manner (born 11 september 1997) is a Finnish football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Honka of the Kansallinen Liiga. She has previously played for SAPA, Helsingin jalkapalloklubi, PK Keski-Uusimaa and the Finland national under-18, -17 and -16 football teams.

College career
Manner attended Stony Brook University where she played for the women’s soccer team. Manner helped her team win the America East Championship in 2017 and 2019. During her freshman season Manner earned undergraduate Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Athletics, was named America East Rookie of the Year and the Female Freshman of the year inside Stony Brook Athletics.

During her sophomore season Manner helped her team win the regular season title and she was named America East Goalkeeper of the Year, America East First Team All-Conference and Female Sophomore of the year inside Stony Brook Athletics.

In her junior year, she was the captain of the team. In addition to winning the America East Championship, Manner earned Undergraduate Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement in Athletics and was named for United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team, America East Goalkeeper of the Year  and for America First Team All-Conference. Manner recorded nine clean sheets during the season which was one off from the school’s record. She was named one of the most valuable players of Stony Brook University's soccer program.

Sofia Manner earned Stony Brook University bachelor's degree in December 2020 in multidisciplinary studies major with Senior Academic Achievement Award.

For her Master’s degree Manner attended Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where she played for the women’s soccer team. She was named first team all-conference and recorded a season-high of eight saves in three separate games against FGCU, No.1 Flagler, and Barry.

Sofia Manner graduated Lynn University on Spring 2022 with a Master of Science degree.

Club career
After graduating from Lynn University in 2022 Manner signed her first professional contract and played as a starting goalkeeper in Iceland for Fjolnir FC Iceland.

For the 2023 season Manner returned to Finland to play for FC Honka’s women’s team of the Kansallinen liiga. .

Manner was voted as the player of the month in April, goalkeeper for the Best Drive all-star team in April (/) and in August.

Manner played in all FC Honka’s games and helped FC Honka to allow the lowest number of goals in the league. During the season Manner earned 15 stars for being the most valuable player of the games, which was the biggest number for a goalkeeper. In the end of the season, Manner was named to the all-star team of the Kansallinen liiga by Yleisradio’s football experts.

International career
Manner played for the Finland national under-18 (), under-17  and under-16  teams from 2013 to 2016.