Minna Heponiemi

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Minna Heponiemi
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-10) 10 August 1977 (age 47)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Hammarby IF 76 (65)
International career
Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Minna Heponiemi (born 10 August 1977) is a Swedish former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the Sweden women's national football team and took part in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. [1]

Early life

Heponiemi was born to Finnish parents and grew up in Vagnhärad, Sweden. [2] A Finnish citizen by birth, she changed to Swedish citizenship when she was 15 years old. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Sweden". FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999. FIFA. 1999. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
  2. ↑ Karlsson, Johan (20 June 2023). "Minna vet hur det är att stå på den största fotbollsscenen av alla". Östra Sörmlands Posten  [ sv ] (in Swedish). Minna Heponiemi växte upp i Vagnhärad på 80-talet. Föräldrarna pratade enbart finska hemma.
  3. ↑ Lindblad, Anders (21 December 2002). "Hon bytte boll och blev skyttedrottning". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 October 2023. Jag var faktiskt finsk medborgare tills jag var 15 år. Men då blev jag uttagen till flicklandslaget i fotboll och bytte till svensk medborgare. Det är ju här jag bott hela mitt liv så det känns helt rätt.


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