Sanni_Franssi
Sanni Franssi
Finnish footballer (born 1995)
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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sanni Maija Franssi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)[2] | ||
| 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 | 105 | (31) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Finland | 60 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
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In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35.[3] 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.[4] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[7]
- PK-35 Vantaa
- Naisten Liiga: Winner 2012, 2014, 2015
- Naisten Suomen Cup: Winner 2012, 2013
- Juventus FC
- Serie A: Winner 2017-18
- Fortuna Hjørring
- Danish Women's Cup: Winner 2018-2019
- Elitedivisionen: Winner 2019-2020
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- "Sanni Franssi Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- Von Hertzen, Jesper (6 September 2017). "Juventus och Turin kallar för Damligans målskyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- "Fotbollsligans måldrottning tillbaka i Finland" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- "Lisää suomalaisväriä Juventukseen - Sanni Franssi Vantaalta Torinoon" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- Sanders, Emma (30 December 2021). "Women's Super League: What to expect in January transfer window". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
Finland international and Real Sociedad forward Sanni Maija Franssi is a target for a few WSL clubs
- Sanni Franssi Archived 15 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)
- Sanni Franssi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Sanni Franssi Archived 15 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)
- Sanni Franssi at Soccerway
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