Katri Mattsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Katri Susanna Mattsson | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Kauhajoki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 39 | (14) |
2004–2005 | Florida Atlantic Owls | 37 | (16) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | United Pietarsaari | ||
2005–2006 | United Pietarsaari | ||
2007–2008 | Bälinge | ||
2009–2011 | Wolfsburg | 9 | (0) |
2012 | Jitex | 18 | (1) |
2013 | LSK Kvinner FK | 20 | (0) |
2014 | PK-35 Vantaa | 23 | (3) |
2015 | FC Ilves | 23 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
1999–2015 | Finland | 100 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 21 January 2016 (UTC) |
Katri Susanna Mattsson (née Nokso-Koivisto; born 22 November 1982) is a Finnish former football midfielder, who most recently played for PK-35 Vantaa. She previously played for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien. Before moving to Norway she played the 2012 season with Jitex BK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[1] Mattsson previously played for United Pietarsaari in the Naisten Liiga, Florida Atlantic Owls in the NCAA,[2] Bälinge IF in the Damallsvenskan,[3] and VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
A member of the Finnish national team since 1999,[4] she played in the 2009 European Championship.[5] In June 2013, Mattsson was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6] In January 2016, Mattsson announced her retirement from football. She had recently collected her hundredth cap for the national team, but had been plagued by pain in her knees.[7]
References
- ^ Jitex sign yet another Finnish player, this time from Wolfsburg Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. W Soccer News
- ^ Profile Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Owls' website
- ^ Statistics in the Swedish Football Association's website
- ^ Statistics in the Football Association of Finland's website
- ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
- ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Katri Mattsson päättää upean uransa" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
External links
- Katri Mattsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Katri Mattsson on X
- Katri Mattsson at Soccerway
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finland women's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Finnish footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Jitex BK players
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Florida Atlantic Owls women's soccer players
- FC United (Jakobstad) players
- PK-35 Vantaa (women) players
- Naisten Liiga players
- Bälinge IF players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Toppserien players
- FIFA Century Club
- Fresno State Bulldogs women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Finnish women's football biography stubs