Sanni Franssi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sanni Maija Franssi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | PK-35 | 87 | (50) |
| 2016–2017 | FC Zürich | (18) | |
| 2017 | PK-35 | 4 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Juventus | 21 | (10) |
| 2018–2020 | Fortuna Hjørring | 41 | (19) |
| 2020– | Real Sociedad | 36 | (13) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Finland | 38 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:42, 5 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2020 | |||
Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995)[2] is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Finland women's national team.
Club career[]
In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35.[3] Franssi spent the 2016–17 season with FC Zürich Frauen, scoring 18 goals and finishing as runner-up to FC Neunkirch in both the Nationalliga A and Swiss Women's Cup.[4] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[5]
International career[]
Franssi played her first senior international for Finland women's national team in February 2015 against Sweden. She had already represented her country at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[6]
She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[6]
Honours[]
- PK-35 Vantaa
- Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
- Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
- Juventus FC
- Serie A: Winner 2017-18
- Fortuna Hjørring
- Danish Women's Cup: Winner 2018-2019
- Elitedivisionen: Winner 2019-2020
References[]
- ^ a b "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Sanni Franssi Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
- ^ Von Hertzen, Jesper (6 September 2017). "Juventus och Turin kallar för Damligans målskyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Fotbollsligans måldrottning tillbaka i Finland" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Lisää suomalaisväriä Juventukseen - Sanni Franssi Vantaalta Torinoon" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ a b Sanni Franssi profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)
External links[]
- Sanni Franssi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sanni Franssi profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)
- Sanni Franssi at Soccerway
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- 1995 births
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finland women's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Living people
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- PK-35 Vantaa (women) players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Juventus F.C. (women) players
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Nationalliga A (women's football) players
- FC Zürich Frauen players
- Fortuna Hjørring players
- Finnish women's football biography stubs
- Finnish football midfielder stubs