Emma Koivisto

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Emma Koivisto
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Koivisto playing for Florida State Seminoles in 2014
Personal information
Full name Emma Wilhelmina Koivisto [1]
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 2
Youth career
2000–2006 SAPA
2006–2010 HJK
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Florida State Seminoles 79 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 HJK 58 (7)
2013–2017 FC Honka 53 (4)
2018–2020 BK Häcken 61 (6)
2021–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 (3)
2022–2024 Liverpool 40 (4)
2024– AC Milan 15 (1)
International career‡
2010–2011 Finland U17 6 (0)
2011–2013 Finland U19 10 (4)
2014 Finland U20 3 (0)
2012– Finland 102 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:07, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Emma Wilhelmina Koivisto (born 25 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Finland national team.

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College career

Koivisto attended Florida State University, [2] playing for Florida State Seminoles; she played an average of 20 games per season and scoring 2 goals in her time at college. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Club career

She previously played for HJK and FC Honka of the Naisten Liiga, as well as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, with whom she won the 2020 Damallsvenskan. [2]

She signed for Liverpool in July 2022 after spending 18 months with Brighton & Hove Albion, taking the number 2 shirt. [2]

On 26 June 2024, Koivisto signed a three-year deal with AC Milan. [8] The transfer will be effective from 1 July 2024. She scored her first goal for Milan on 25 January 2025, in a 3–2 home win against AS Roma.

International career

She is a Finland women's national football team international, and was included in their squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [9] [2]

On 17 July 2024, Koivisto recorded her 100th cap for Finland in a 4–0 defeat to Italy. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League Cup [b] Europe [c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK 2010 Naisten Liiga 14200——142
2011Naisten Liiga17320——193
2012Naisten Liiga27210——282
Total58730——617
FC Honka 2013 Naisten Liiga11120——131
2014 Naisten Liiga14030——170
2015 Naisten Liiga11120——131
2016Naisten Liiga7110——81
2017Naisten Liiga10100——101
Total53480——614
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2018 Damallsvenskan 21030——240
2019 Damallsvenskan20263—20285
2020 Damallsvenskan20411—20235
Total616104—407510
Brighton & Hove Albion 2020–21 Women's Super League 903000—120
2021–22 Women's Super League2231130—264
Total3134130—384
Liverpool 2022–23 Women's Super League2121050—272
2023–24 Women's Super League1923020—242
Total4044070—514
AC Milan 2024–25 Serie A 15100––151
Career total258252951004030130

International

As of match played 29 October 2024 [11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201250
201330
201430
201571
201640
201780
2018110
2019131
202050
202191
2022130
2023111
2024102
Total1026
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Koivisto goal.
List of international goals scored by Emma Koivisto
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 September 2015 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–02–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
27 November 2019 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 4–04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
323 February 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–05–0
430 November 2023 Veritas Stadion, Turku, FinlandFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 4–06–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
512 July 2024Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–11–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
629 October 2024 Tammelan Stadion, Tampere, FinlandFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 3–05–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

Honours

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

FC Honka

HJK

Finland Women's National Team

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players – Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "LFC Women confirm Emma Koivisto signing". Liverpool F.C. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Emma Koivisto". 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ↑ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-Soccer-Stats.pdf Archived 23 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. ↑ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-Soccer-Stats.pdf Archived 21 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. ↑ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-Soccer-Stats.pdf Archived 20 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. ↑ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-Soccer-Stats.pdf Archived 23 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. ↑ EMMA KOIVISTO JOINS AC MILAN, acmilan.com, 26 June 2024
  9. ↑ Profile in UEFA.com
  10. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 "Finland - E. Koivisto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway" . Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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