Anna Emilia Auvinen (born 2 March 1987) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Emilia Auvinen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Pieksämäki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SaPa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | KMF | ||
| 2008–2010 | NiceFutis | 44+ | (27+) |
| 2011 | KMF | 27 | (17) |
| 2012–2018 | FC Honka | 163 | (23) |
| 2019 | HJK | 14 | (5) |
| 2019–2021 | Inter Milan | 32 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Sampdoria | 19 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2022 | Finland | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:41, 15 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2022 | |||
She previously played for NiceFutis, FC Honka, HJK of the Naisten Liiga, and the Finland national team. Auvinen also holds a UEFA B coaching badge.[3]
Club career
editSecond spell at KMF
editShe scored on her league debut against Ilves on 10 April 2011, scoring in the 49th minute.[4]
FC Honka
editAuvinen made her league debut against Nice Futis on 14 April 2012.[5]
HJK
editAuvinen joined HJK in January 2019.[6] In February 2019, it was revealed that Auvinen had only missed one match during her career in Finland.[7] She made her league debut against ONS Oulu on 23 March 2019.[8] Auvinen scored her first league goal against TiPS on 30 March 2019, scoring in the 40th minute.[9]
She was part of the team that won the 2019 Finnish Cup.[10]
Inter Milan
editIn August 2019 Auvinen agreed on a transfer from HJK to Inter Milan of the Italian Serie A.[11] She made her league debut against Hellas Verona on 14 September 2019.[12]
Sampdoria
editAuvinen made her league debut against Lazio on 29 August 2021.[13]
International career
editAuvinen made her debut for the Finland women's national team on 7 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat by Poland in Pruszków.[14] On 10 June 2019, it was announced that Auvinen had been called up to the Finland squad for two matches against Iceland.[15]
Auvinen was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup squad.[16] On 31 March 2021, Auvinen was called up for a training camp that took place between 5 and 12 April.[17] Auvinen was called up in April 2022 for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.[18]
She played for Finland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[19]
Auvinen retired from the Finland national team on 22 August 2022.[20]
Make Mind
editAuvinen retired in 2022, going on to become a psychological coach and setting up MakeMind with former footballer Laura Hyvönen.[21]
References
edit- ^ @Inter (1 August 2019). "#INTERWOMEN Benvenute nella famiglia nerazzurra 🇫🇷 Julie Martine Debever 🇫🇮 Anna Emilia Auvinen 🇨🇿 Eva Bartoňová 🇵🇹 Andreia Alexandra Norton 🇧🇪 Ella Van Kerkhoven 👉 (link: http://bit.ly/2yvdUlk) bit.ly/2yvdUlk #ForzaInter #FCIM ⚫️🔵" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "23 Auvinen". Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Anna Auvinen - Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
- ^ "Ilves vs KMF - 10 April 2011". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Honka vs Nice Futis - 14 April 2012". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Anna Auvinen: "Nyt on aika katsoa, mihin minun paukkuni riittävät"". uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
- ^ "Anna Auvinen on periksiantamaton savolainen" (in Finnish). 25 February 2019.
- ^ "ONS vs HJK - 23 March 2019". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "HJK vs TiPS - 30 March 2019". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "HJK on Suomen Cup -mestari 2019!". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish). 7 June 2019.
- ^ Grönholm, Felicia (1 August 2019). ""Arrivederci e buona fortuna Anis!" – Landsslagsspelaren Anna Auvinen tar nytt kliv på karriärsstegen: klar för Inter och Serie A" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Internazionale vs Hellas Verona - 14 September 2019". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Lazio vs Sampdoria - 29 August 2021". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Suomi kärsi niukan tappion Puolalle" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Anna Auvinen ja Anna Koivunen maajoukkueiden mukaan". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish). 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Helmarit nimetty Cyprus Cupiin 2020" [Helmarit named to the Cyprus Cup 2020] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Nazionali, Anna Auvinen convocata dalla Finlandia". www.inter.it (in Finnish).
- ^ "Six Samp Women players called up for international duty". sampdoria.it. 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Helmareiden EM-kisajoukkue valittu" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Anna Auvinen päättää maajoukkueuransa". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
- ^ "Anna Auvinen". www.makemind.fi. 9 September 2023.
External links
edit- Anna Auvinen at Soccerway
- Anna Auvinen at SoccerDonna (in German)
- Anna Auvinen Archived 29 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)