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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sanni Maija Franssi [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 March 1995||
Place of birth | Vaasa, Finland | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | PK-35 | 87 | (50) |
2016–2017 | → FC Zürich (loan) | ? | (18) |
2017 | PK-35 | 4 | (3) |
2017–2018 | Juventus | 21 | (10) |
2018–2020 | Fortuna Hjørring | 41 | (19) |
2020– | Real Sociedad | 120 | (32) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Finland | 60 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 April 2023 (UTC) |
Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Finland women's national team.
Franssi made her league debut against Åland United on 15 April 2012. [3] She scored her first league goal against GBK on 23 March 2016, scoring in the 9th minute. [4] In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35. [5]
Franssi spent the 2016–17 season with FC Zürich Frauen, scoring 18 goals and finishing as runner-up to FC Neunkirch in both the Nationalliga A and Swiss Women's Cup. [6]
Franssi returned to PK-35 in July 2017. [7] She made her league debut against JyPK on 8 July 2017. [8] Franssi scored her first league goal against TPS on 15 July 2017, scoring in the 32nd minute. [9]
Franssi signed for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September 2017. [10] She made her league debut against Atalanta on 30 September 2017. [11] Franssi scored her first league goal against Empoli on 28 October 2017, scoring in the 10th minute. [12]
Franssi made her league debut against Odense Boldklub Q on 8 September 2018. [13] She scored her first league goal against B 93 on 16 September 2018, scoring in the 67th minute. [14] On 27 April 2019, Franssi extended her contract by one year. [15]
On 17 July 2020, Franssi was announced at Real Sociedad. [16] She made her league debut against Deportivo de La Coruña on 11 October 2020. [17] Franssi scored her first league goal against Dux Logroño on 11 November 2020, scoring in the 70th and 79th minute. [18]
In December 2021 Franssi was playing for Real Sociedad of Spain's Primera División but was reported to be attracting transfer interest from multiple clubs in England's FA Women's Super League. [19]
On 6 April 2022, Franssi's contract was extended for two years. [20]
Franssi played her first senior international for Finland women's national team in February 2015 against Sweden. She had already represented her country at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [21]
She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016. [21]
Franssi was called up to the 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup. [22] She was also called up to the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup. [23]
Franssi was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup. [24]
Franssi was called up to the Finland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [25]
Franssi was part of the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time. [26]
Her brother is ice hockey player Santeri Hatakka. [27]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 September 2016 | Estádio do CD Trofense, Trofa, Portugal | Portugal | 2–0 | 2–3 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
2. | 8 October 2019 | Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa, Finland | Albania | 3–0 | 8–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
3. | 21 October 2021 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
4. | 22 February 2023 | AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus | Romania | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup |
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