Katri Mattsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Katri Susanna Mattsson[1] | ||
Birth name | Katri Susanna Nokso-Koivisto[2] | ||
Date of birth | (1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Kauhajoki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Fresno State Bulldogs | 39 | (14) |
2004–2005 | Florida Atlantic Owls | 37 | (16) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | United Pietarsaari | ||
2005–2006 | United Pietarsaari | ||
2007–2008 | Bälinge | ||
2009–2011 | Wolfsburg | 9 | (0) |
2012 | Jitex | 18 | (1) |
2013 | LSK Kvinner FK | 20 | (0) |
2014 | PK-35 Vantaa | 23 | (3) |
2015 | FC Ilves | 23 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
1999–2015 | Finland | 100 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 21 January 2016 (UTC) |
Katri Susanna Mattsson (née Nokso-Koivisto; born 22 November 1982) is a Finnish former football midfielder, who most recently played for PK-35 Vantaa. She is currently the vice-president of Football Association of Finland.
She previously played for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien. Before moving to Norway she played the 2012 season with Jitex BK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[3] Mattsson previously played for United Pietarsaari in the Naisten Liiga, Florida Atlantic Owls in the NCAA,[4] Bälinge IF in the Damallsvenskan,[5] and VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
A member of the Finnish national team since 1999,[6] she played in the 2009 European Championship.[7] In June 2013, Mattsson was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8] In January 2016, Mattsson announced her retirement from football. She had recently collected her hundredth cap for the national team, but had been plagued by pain in her knees.[9]
References
- ^ "Football Association of Finland". FIFA. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Katri Mattsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Jitex sign yet another Finnish player, this time from Wolfsburg Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. W Soccer News
- ^ Profile Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Owls' website
- ^ Statistics in the Swedish Football Association's website
- ^ Statistics in the Football Association of Finland's website
- ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
- ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Katri Mattsson päättää upean uransa" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
External links
- Katri Mattsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Katri Mattsson on X
- Katri Mattsson at Soccerway
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