Kylla Sjoman
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kylla Liisa Sjoman | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1987 | ||
Place of birth |
New Westminster, Canada | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sunderland | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
Burnaby Jazz | |||
2005–2008 | Arizona State Sun Devils | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Ottawa Fury | 11 | (1) |
2009 | Boston Renegades | 5 | (0) |
2010 | Phoenix del Sol | ||
2010 | Burnaby Canadians | ||
2011 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 13 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Herforder SV | 30 | (3) |
2013–2015 | Celtic | ||
2014 | → Herforder SV (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2016– | Sunderland | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013– | Canada | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2014 |
Kylla Liisa Sjoman (born 18 August 1987) is a Canadian footballer from Burnaby, British Columbia. She plays for FA WSL club Sunderland and previously played for Celtic L.F.C. of the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has also represented the Canada women's national soccer team at senior international level, making her debut against England in April 2013.
Club career
A versatile left-sided player with joint Canadian–Finnish citizenship, in 2010 Sjoman signed a deal to play for Doncaster Rovers Belles while living at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Doncaster with Áine O'Gorman and Maria Karlsson.[1]
After a spell in Germany, Sjoman signed for Celtic in August 2013.[2] She returned to Herforder SV in February 2014.[3]
In January 2016, Sjoman left Celtic for Sunderland and was happy to be back in the FA WSL: "The set up here at Sunderland is the most professional environment I have experienced since coming overseas and the players and staff have made it an easy transition for me."[4]
International career
Sjoman returned to South Yorkshire in April 2013 with the Canadian national team, making her senior national team debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat to England at New York Stadium in Rotherham.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Interview: John Buckley / Manager / Doncaster Rovers Belles". She Kicks. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Celtic sign Kylla Sjoman". SWF News. Scottish Women's Football Association. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "2. FBL: Ligaprimus Potsdam II erwartet starke Bremerinnen" (in German). DFB.de. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Ladies capture Staniforth and Sjoman". Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "England's late winner edges Canada in friendly". Sportsnet.ca. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
External links
- Sjoman[dead link] at Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC
- Sjoman at Ottawa Fury
- Sjoman at Arizona Sun Devils
- Sjoman at Canada Soccer
- Use dmy dates from March 2012
- Living people
- Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players
- Celtic L.F.C. players
- 1987 births
- Canadian people of Finnish descent
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriates in England
- Canadian expatriates in Germany
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canada women's international soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- FA WSL players
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Sunderland W.F.C. players
- Canadian women's soccer biography stubs