Tiina Sofia Salmén (born 3 August 1984) is a Finnish former football midfielder, who last played for Klepp IL in Norway's Toppserien.[2] She previously played for HJK Helsinki in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Amazon Grimstad in the Toppserien.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiina Sofia Salmén[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| HJK Helsinki | |||
| 2006–2010 | Amazon Grimstad | ||
| 2011 | Klepp IL | 19 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Finland | 77 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a member of the Finnish national team, she took part in the 2005 and 2009 European Championships.[3] In 2007, she was named Finnish Women's Player of the Year.[4]
After the 2011 Toppserien season, Salmén and compatriot Miia Niemi both left Klepp and retired from football.[5]
References
edit- ^ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ Profile in Klepp's web
- ^ Statistics Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine in the Football Association of Finland's web
- ^ Finland - Women Player of the Year Awards Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- ^ Primstad, Espen (13 November 2011). "Niemi og Salmén legger opp" (in Norwegian). Klepp IL. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
External links
edit- Tiina Salmén – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Football Association of Finland (in Finnish)
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