Katri Mattsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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*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 Twitter
- Katri Mattsson at Soccerway
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- 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
- Kansallinen 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
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