Sanni Franssi

Sanni Franssi
Personal information
Full name Sanni Maija Franssi[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 PK-35 87 (50)
2016–2017 FC Zürich (18)
2017 PK-35 4 (3)
2017–2018 Juventus 20 (10)
National team‡
2015– Finland 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:43, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:43, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and the Finland national team.

Club career

In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35.[2] 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.[3] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[4]

International career

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.[5]

She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[5]

Honours

PK-35 Vantaa
  • Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
  • Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
Juventus FC

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Von Hertzen, Jesper (6 September 2017). "Juventus och Turin kallar för Damligans målskyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Fotbollsligans måldrottning tillbaka i Finland" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lisää suomalaisväriä Juventukseen - Sanni Franssi Vantaalta Torinoon" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 Sanni Franssi profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)


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