Kaisa Collin

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Kaisa Collin
Personal information
Full name Kaisa Astrid Collin
Date of birth (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Helsinki [1] , Finland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
AIK
Number 8
Youth career
IF Gnistan
HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 HJK 48 (36)
2017–2018 PK-35 41 (27)
2019–2021 Eskilstuna United 48 (5)
2021–2022 AIK 27 (3)
2023– Eskilstuna United 17 (3)
International career
2017– Finland 21 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:57, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 September 2023

Kaisa Collin (born 16 April 1997) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward for Eskilstuna United and the Finland national team.

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She previously played for HJK and PK-35 of the Naisten Liiga.

Club career

HJK

Collin scored on her league debut on 21 September 2014, scoring against Kokkola F10 in the 44th and 84th minute. [2]

PK-35

Collin scored on her league debut against Pallokissat on 18 March 2017, scoring in the 57th minute. [3] On 17 November 2017, she signed a contract extension with PK-35 for the 2018 season. She was also chosen as the Female Player of the Year. [4]

First spell at Eskilstuna United

In January 2019 Collin agreed a transfer from PK-35 to Eskilstuna United DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. [5] She made her league debut against Växjö DFF on 28 April 2019. [6] Collin scored her first league goal against Limhamn Bunkeflo on 5 May 2019, scoring in the 60th minute. [7]

AIK

On 2 August 2021, Collin was announced at AIK. [8] She made her league debut against Kristianstad on 14 August 2021. [9] Collin scored her first league goal against Vittsjö GIK on 30 October 2021, scoring in the 9th minute. [10]

Second spell at Eskilstuna United

In 2023, Collin was announced at Eskilstuna United. [11] She made her league debut against Alingsås on 3 June 2023. [12] Collin scored her first league goal against Uddevalla on 12 November 2023, scoring in the 22nd minute. [13]

International career

Collin made her debut for the Finland women's national team on 7 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat by Poland in Pruszków. [14] She scored her first international goal against Portugal in September 2017. [15] Collin scored her second international goal against Israel on 26 November 2017, scoring in the 40th minute. [16]

Collin was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup squad. [17] She scored her third international goal against Czech Republic on 5 March 2020, scoring in the 68th minute. [18] Collin scored in the final game of the Cyprus Cup against Slovakia on 11 March 2020, scoring in the 84th minute. [19]

Collin was part of the team that went through the 2021 Euro qualifying matches without defeat, for the first time in Finland's history. She also scored in the final match of the qualifiers, scoring in the 31st minute against Cyprus. [20]

On 19 February 2023, Collin scored against Hungary in the 21st minute. [21]

Collin was part of the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time. [22]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 November 2017 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–04–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.5 March 2020 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–11–1 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup
3.11 March 2020 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, CyprusFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4–14–2
4.19 February 2023AEK Arena, Larnaca, CyprusFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1–08–0 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup

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