Kylla Sjoman

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Kylla Sjoman
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Personal information
Full name Kylla Liisa Sjoman
Date of birth (1987-08-18) 18 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth New Westminster, Canada
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Burnaby Jazz
2005–2008 Arizona State Sun Devils
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Ottawa Fury 11 (1)
2009 Boston Renegades 5 (0)
2010 Phoenix del Sol
2010 Burnaby Canadians
2011 Doncaster Rovers Belles 13 (1)
2012–2013 Herforder SV 30 (3)
2013–2015 Celtic 7 (0)
2014 → Herforder SV (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2018 Sunderland 18 (0)
2018–2020 SK Slavia Prague
International career‡
2013–2020 Canada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2014

Kylla Liisa Sjoman (born 18 August 1987) is a former Canadian soccer player from Burnaby, British Columbia. [1] She played for SK Slavia Prague and Celtic L.F.C. of the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has also represented the Canada women's national soccer team at senior international level, making her debut against England in April 2013.

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Early life

Sjoman was born in New Westminster to Pentti and Julie Sjoman. Her father is a Finn from Kajaani, and she also has Finnish citizenship. [2] [3] [4]

Club career

A versatile left-sided player with joint Canadian–Finnish citizenship, in 2010 Sjoman signed a deal to play for Doncaster Rovers Belles while living at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Doncaster with Áine O'Gorman and Maria Karlsson. [5]

After a spell in Germany, Sjoman signed for Celtic in August 2013. [6] She returned to Herforder SV in February 2014. [7]

In January 2016, Sjoman left Celtic for Sunderland and was happy to be back in the FA WSL: "The set up here at Sunderland is the most professional environment I have experienced since coming overseas and the players and staff have made it an easy transition for me." [8]

International career

Sjoman returned to South Yorkshire in April 2013 with the Canadian national team, making her senior national team debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat to England at New York Stadium in Rotherham. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kylla Sjoman ukončila fotbalovou kariéru". slavia.cz. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kylla Sjoman". Goal Click. Retrieved 27 September 2020. born and raised in Canada but have dual nationality with Finland as my dad was born there
  3. ↑ "Player Bio: Kylla Sjoman". Arizona State Sun Devils. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2020. Parents are Pentti and Julie Sjoman ... born in August of 1987 in New Westminster
  4. ↑ Brookes, Chris (22 November 2017). "SK PLAYER INTERVIEW (Part One): Kylla Sjoman (Sunderland & Canada)". She Kicks . Retrieved 27 September 2020. father, Pentti, coming from Kajaani
  5. ↑ "Interview: John Buckley / Manager / Doncaster Rovers Belles". She Kicks. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  6. ↑ "Celtic sign Kylla Sjoman". SWF News. Scottish Women's Football Association. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "2. FBL: Ligaprimus Potsdam II erwartet starke Bremerinnen" (in German). DFB.de. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ladies capture Staniforth and Sjoman". Sunderland A.F.C. Ladies. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "England's late winner edges Canada in friendly". Sportsnet.ca. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.


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