Tuija Hyyrynen

Tuija Hyyrynen
Playing for Umeå in April 2013
Personal information
Full name Tuija Annika Hyyrynen[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988
Place of birth Finland
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Juventus
Number 2
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Florida State Seminoles 0 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 HJK Helsinki
2010 Pali Blues 0 (0)
2010 Åland United 4 (4)
2011–2015 Umeå IK 89 (2)
2016–2017 Fortuna Hjørring
2017– Juventus 20 (0)
National team
2007– Finland 87 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 AUgust 2017

Tuija Annika Hyyrynen (born 10 March 1988) is a Finnish football defender who plays for Juventus in Italy's Serie A.[2] She previously played for Umeå IK in Sweden's Damallsvenskan; HJK Helsinki and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga. In 2010 Hyyrynen played in America, with Florida State Seminoles and Pali Blues.

Since her senior debut against Scotland in September 2007 she has been a member of the Finland women's national football team. She took part in UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[3]

In June 2013 Hyyrynen was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]

She signed for Juventus in 2017.[5]

Honours

HJK
  • Naisten Liiga: Winner 2005
  • Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2006, 2007, 2008
Juventus FC

References

  1. "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. "Profile". soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. "Tuija Hyyrynen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/08/02/juventus-varvar-finlandskt-tuija-hyyrynen-forstarker-liganykomlingen
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