Sanni Franssi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sanni Maija Franssi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1995 | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 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– | Fortuna Hjørring | 36 | (18) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Finland | 38 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2020 | |||
Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish club Fortuna Hjørring and the Finland 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.[2] 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.[3] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[4]
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.[5]
She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[5]
Honours
- PK-35 Vantaa
- Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
- Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
- Juventus FC
- Serie A: Winner 2017-18
References
- ^ a b "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ 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
- Naisten 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
- Nationalliga A (women's football) players
- FC Zürich Frauen players
- Fortuna Hjørring players
- Finnish women's football biography stubs