Annika Kukkonen

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Annika Kukkonen
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Playing for Sunnanå in May 2013
Personal information
Full name Annika Kukkonen
Date of birth (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 HJK 43 (18)
2011 Malmö 14 (1)
2012 Djurgården 22 (0)
2013 Sunnanå 20 (1)
2014 Örebro 21 (0)
2015 Sunnanå 15 (3)
2016–2017 Djurgården 35 (0)
International career
2010–2016 Finland 54 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Annika Kukkonen (born 12 April 1990) is a Finnish former football midfielder.

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Career

Kukkonen previously played for HJK.

Kukkonen was announced at LdB FC Malmö. [1]

On 28 March 2012, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården. [2]

Kukkonen was announced at Sunnanå SK. [3]

Kukkonen left Sunnanå after their 2013 Damallsvenskan campaign ended in relegation. She joined Örebro in February 2014. [4] During her time at Örebro, she was playing on painkillers for a long while due to an ankle injury. [5]

On 10 February 2016, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården. [6]

On 30 November 2018, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården's futsal team. [7]

International career

She has been a member of the Finnish national team since February 2010. [8]

In June 2013 Kukkonen was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [9]

In September 2016, Kukkonen was called up to European qualifying matches against Slovenia and Scotland. [10]

Kukkonen played in over 70 international matches. [11]

Coaching career

On 12 January 2018, Kukkonen was announced as a coach at Sunnanå. [12]

On 17 November 2023, Kukkonen joined the Swedish Football Association as a national football trainer. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Malmö plockar in Annika Kukkonen Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine Expressen
  2. ↑ "Kukkonen lämnar LDB". www.sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 28 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Annika Kukkonen signs for Sunnana. spelare12.com, 25 November 2012
  4. ↑ Långkvist, Carl-Magnus (4 February 2014). "Annika Kukkonen till KIF Örebro" (in Swedish). Yle . Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Annika Kukkonen selätti vammat – "Maajoukkueen osalta odotukseni ovat kovat"". yle.fi (in Finnish). March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kukkonen tillbaka i Djurgården". www.hn.se (in Swedish). 10 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Annika Kukkonen klar för Djurgården!". www.laget.se (in Swedish).
  8. ↑ Profile Archived April 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Football Association of Finland's web
  9. ↑ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Fem damspelare på landslagsuppdrag". www.dif.se (in Swedish).
  11. ↑ "Fotbollsprofilens uppdrag: Utveckla framtidens stjärnor". norran.se(subscription required) (in Swedish). 30 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Annika Kukkonen tillbaka i Sunnanå". www.laget.se (in Swedish).
  13. ↑ "Kukkonen anställs av SvFF: "Det ska bli spännande"". norran.se(subscription required) (in Swedish). 17 November 2023.
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