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Tia Hälinen

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Tia Hälinen
Personal information
Full name Tia Jasmin Hälinen[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kirkkonummi, Finland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
KirkU
AC Kirkkonummi
HooGee
VJS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 PK-35 44 (11)
2013 Kokkola F10 22 (2)
2014–2015 FC Honka 40 (5)
2016–2017 HJK 28 (11)
2017 Santa Teresa CD
2017–2018 Sparta Prague
2018–2019 Eskilstuna United 17 (1)
2019–2020 HJK 6 (1)
2021 TiPS 19 (11)
International career
2015–2021 Finland 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:33, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:37, 21 July 2019 (UTC)

Tia Jasmin Hälinen (born 18 February 1994) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

She previously played for PK-35, Kokkola F10, FC Honka and HJK of the Naisten Liiga. She also played in Spain for Santa Teresa CD, and in the Czech Republic for Sparta Prague.

Club career

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She left her home country in February 2017, signing for Spanish Primera División club Santa Teresa CD.[2]

In July 2018 Hälinen agreed a transfer from Sparta Prague to Eskilstuna United DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[3] She won the league with Sparta Prague.[4]

On 12 August 2019, Hälinen was announced at HJK.[5]

On 15 January 2021, Hälinen signed for TiPS.[6] In her only season at TiPS, she managed 11 goals and 7 assists.[7] At the end of the 2021 season, Hälinen retired to become a runner.[8]

Coaching career

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On 13 September 2023, Hälinen was appointed the communications manager and junior manager of FC Kirkkonummi.[9] She left the club on 15 March 2024.[10]

On 14 February 2024, Hälinen was appointed assistant coach of NJS.[11]

International career

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Hälinen was called up to the Finland national team in January 2015.[12]

Hälinen made her debut for the Finland women's national team on 29 May 2015, in a 2–0 defeat by Norway in Drammen.[13] She was a part of Finland's 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship team, which reached the semi-finals.[14] She was also a member of the Finland squad at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada.

Hälinen was initially called up to the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, but was replaced by Heidi Kollanen due to injury.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "List of Players – Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ "El Santa Teresa ya cuenta con Tia Hälinen, delantera finlandesa" (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ Andersson, Viktor (27 July 2018). "Finsk landslagsspelare förstärker Eskilstuna" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Helmareiden Tia Hälinen: "Ammattimaisuus on minulle todella tärkeää"". uutisarkisto.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  5. ^ "Tia Hälinen palaa Klubiin". www.hjk.fi (in Finnish). 12 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Tia Hälinen Vahvistamaan Tikkurilaa/". www.tikkurilanpalloseura.fi (in Finnish). 15 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Kansallisen Liigan Hopeamitalit Tikkurilaan/". www.tikkurilanpalloseura.fi (in Finnish). 13 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Tia Hälinen, 27, saavutti unelmansa ja huomasi olevansa onneton – hän päätti muuttaa elämänsä suunnan ja tavoittelee hurjaa temppua yleisurheilussa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Tia Hälinen on FC Kirkkonummen uusi seuratyöntekijä!". fckirkkonummi.fi (in Finnish).
  10. ^ "Kiitos Tia!". fckirkkonummi.fi (in Finnish).
  11. ^ "Tia Hälinen naisten apuvalmentajaksi". www.njs.fi (in Finnish).
  12. ^ "Viisi ensikertalaista Helmareissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 27 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Suomelle tappio Norjan vieraana" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-15.
  14. ^ "Pelaajaesittely: Tia Hälinen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Naisten maajoukkue Cyprus cupiin nimetty" [Women's national team named in the Cyprus Cup]. Football Association of Finland. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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