Sanni Franssi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sanni Maija Franssi[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 March 1995||
Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
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) |
2018–2020 | Fortuna Hjørring | 41 | (19) |
2020– | Real Sociedad | 46 | (16) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Finland | 52 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:01, 1 January 2022 (UTC) |
Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Finland women's 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.[3] 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.[4] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[5]
In December 2021 Franssi was playing for Real Sociedad of Spain's Primera División but was reported to be attracting transfer interest from multiple clubs in England's FA Women's Super League.[6]
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.[7]
She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[7]
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 September 2016 | Estádio do CD Trofense, Trofa, Portugal | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
2. | 8 October 2019 | Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa, Finland | ![]() |
3–0 | 8–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
3. | 21 October 2021 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Honours
- PK-35 Vantaa
- Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
- Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
- Juventus FC
- Serie A: Winner 2017-18
- Fortuna Hjørring
- Danish Women's Cup: Winner 2018-2019
- Elitedivisionen: Winner 2019-2020
References
- ^ a b "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Sanni Franssi Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sanders, Emma (30 December 2021). "Women's Super League: What to expect in January transfer window". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
Finland international and Real Sociedad forward Sanni Maija Franssi is a target for a few WSL clubs
- ^ 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
- CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
- CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi)
- Articles with Finnish-language sources (fi)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- EngvarB from July 2022
- Use dmy dates from July 2022
- Articles without Wikidata item
- FIFA player ID not in Wikidata
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- Pages using national squad without sport or team link
- 1995 births
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finland women's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Living people
- Kansallinen 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
- Swiss Women's Super League players
- FC Zürich Frauen players
- Fortuna Hjørring players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Primera División (women) players
- Real Sociedad (women) players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Elitedivisionen players
- Sportspeople from Vaasa
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
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- Finnish football midfielder stubs