Anna Auvinen

Finnish footballer (born 1987)

Anna Auvinen
Personal information
Full name Anna Emilia Auvinen[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)
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)
*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

Anna Emilia Auvinen (born 2 March 1987) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a defender.

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

Second spell at KMF

She scored on her league debut against Ilves on 10 April 2011, scoring in the 49th minute.[4]

FC Honka

Auvinen made her league debut against Nice Futis on 14 April 2012.[5]

HJK

Auvinen 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

In 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

Auvinen made her league debut against Lazio on 29 August 2021.[13]

International career

Auvinen 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

Auvinen retired in 2022, going on to become a psychological coach and setting up MakeMind with former footballer Laura Hyvönen.[21]

References

  1. ^ @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.
  2. ^ "23 Auvinen". Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Anna Auvinen - Palloliitto". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  4. ^ "Ilves vs KMF - 10 April 2011". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Honka vs Nice Futis - 14 April 2012". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "Anna Auvinen: "Nyt on aika katsoa, mihin minun paukkuni riittävät"". uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  7. ^ "Anna Auvinen on periksiantamaton savolainen" (in www.hjk.fi).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ "ONS vs HJK - 23 March 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "HJK vs TiPS - 30 March 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  10. ^ "HJK on Suomen Cup -mestari 2019!". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish).
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Internazionale vs Hellas Verona - 14 September 2019". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ^ "Lazio vs Sampdoria - 29 August 2021". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Anna Auvinen ja Anna Koivunen maajoukkueiden mukaan". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish).
  16. ^ "Helmarit nimetty Cyprus Cupiin 2020" [Helmarit named to the Cyprus Cup 2020] (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 25 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Nazionali, Anna Auvinen convocata dalla Finlandia". www.inter.it (in Finnish).
  18. ^ "Six Samp Women players called up for international duty". sampdoria.it.
  19. ^ "Helmareiden EM-kisajoukkue valittu". web.archive.org (in Finnish).
  20. ^ "Anna Auvinen päättää maajoukkueuransa". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  21. ^ "Anna Auvinen". www.makemind.fi.
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