Milla-Maj Majasaari

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Milla-Maj Majasaari
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Majasaari with Finland U17 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Pori, Finland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 NiceFutis 19 (0)
2016–2018 TPS 34 (0)
2019 Honka 16 (0)
2020–2022 AIK 60 (0)
2023 IK Uppsala 26 (0)
2024 Anderlecht 15 (0)
2024– Crystal Palace 2 (0)
International career‡
2020– Finland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 January 2024

Milla-Maj Majasaari (born 15 October 1999) is a Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for Crystal Palace in the Women's Super League and the Finland national team.

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She has previously played in the Kansallinen Liiga at NiceFutis, TPS and FC Honka. [1]

Club career

Majasaari started her career at NiceFutis in Pori. She played her first Naisten Liga match with NiceFutis at the age of 14 in the Autumn of 2014. From 2016 to 2018, Majasaari played in TPS, which won the 2016 Naisten Liga silver. [2] For the 2019 season, Majasaari moved to FC Honka, which placed second in the Naisten Liga during that season. [3]

In December 2019, Majasaari signed a contract with AIK, who played in the Sweden second tier division Elitettan. [4] In her first Swedish season, Majasaari played full minutes in all AIK matches and had 13 clean sheets. She was chosen as the best goalkeeper of the Elitettan season. [5] The season ended with a victory for AIK and a promotion to Damallsvenskan. [6] In November 2020, she signed a three-year extension with AIK. [7] She played her first league match in Damallsvenskan on 17 April 2021. [8]

On 5 January 2023, Majasaari was announced at IK Uppsala. [9] On 14 May 2023, she kept a clean sheet and saved a penalty against IFK Kalmar. [10]

After a one-year stint with fellow Damallsvenskan side IK Uppsala, Majasaari joined Belgian giants Anderlecht on 3 January 2024. [11] [12]

On 31 August 2024, Majasaari was announced at Crystal Palace in the Women's Super League. [13] She debuted in the WSL on 26 January, in a match against Tottenham Hotspur. [14]

International career

Majasaari has represented Finland in the U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 teams and in the women's U-23 national team. She played her first international match at the age of 14 on the U-16 national team against Iceland in the summer of 2014. [15] Majasaari participated in the Euro 2022 qualifier against Scotland for the first time in October 2020 with the Finnish national team, in which she was called to replace the injured Paula Myllyoja. [16]

Majasaari was part of the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time. [17]

Majasaari was part of the Finland squad that won the 2024 Pinatar Cup. [18]

Career statistics

As of 2 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NiceFutis 2014 Naisten Liiga 60––60
2015 Naisten Liiga130––130
Total1900000190
TPS 2016Naisten Liiga1010–20
2017Naisten Liiga16020–180
2018Naisten Liiga17000–170
Total3403000370
Honka 2019Naisten Liiga16040–200
AIK 2020 Elitettan 24010–250
2021 Damallsvenskan 21020–230
2022 Damallsvenskan15010–160
Total6004000640
IK Uppsala 2023 Damallsvenskan26030–290
Anderlecht 2023–24 Belgian Women's Super League 150–150
Crystal Palace 2024–25 Women's Super League 20003050
Career total1720140301890

Honours

TPS

Honka

AIK

Anderlecht

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References

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  2. ↑ "TPS:n naiset päättivät loistavan liigakautensa SM-hopeajuhliin!". FC TPS. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kausi päätökseen hopeamitalit kaulassa". FC Honka. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Milla-Maj Majasaari siirtyy AIK:n riveihin". Suomen Palloliitto. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Lund, Oskar (22 December 2020). "Spelarna som var bäst i Elitettan – hela listan" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Elitettan 2020" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Luotola, Juha (26 November 2020). "AIK:n maalilla loistanut Milla-Maj Majasaari solmi pitkän jatkosopimuksen". Satakunnan Kansa. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Lehtinen, Eetu (19 April 2021). "Porilaismaalivahti Milla-Maj Majasaari liikuttui, kun yksi hänen unelmistaan toteutui: "Hitsi, mikä viikonloppu"". Satakunnan Kansa. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Milla-Maj Majasaari siirtyy IK Uppsalaan". yle.fi (in Finnish). 18 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Milla-Maj Majasaari torjui Uppsalalle avausvoiton". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish).
  11. ↑ MILLA MAJASAARI JOINS THE RSCA WOMEN, women.rsca.be, 3 January 2024
  12. ↑ Lämnade Uppsala – klar för storklubben, unt.se, 3 January 2024
  13. ↑ "Palace Women sign Milla-Maj Majasaari". Crystal Palace. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Tottenham pilasi Milla-Maj Majasaaren debyytin Englannin Superliigassa, Yle, 26 January 2025
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  17. ↑ "Rumänien utklassat av fotbollsdamerna – Cyprus Cup blev en framgångssaga för Finland". svenska.yle.fi. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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