Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sanna Margit Valkonen | ||
Date of birth | 12 December 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Hyvinkää, Finland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Kontu | ||
1995–1996 | PuiU | ||
1997 | MPS | ||
1998–2002 | HJK | ||
2002 | Boston Renegades | ||
2002–2005 | Umeå | ||
2006–2007 | AIK | ||
2008–2010 | Örebro | 62 | (0) |
National team | |||
1995–2010 | Finland | 120 | (7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Sanna Margit Valkonen (born 12 December 1977) is a Finnish former football defender. She played for KontU, PuiU, MPS Malmin and HJK Helsinki in the Naisten Liiga, Boston Renegades in the W-League, and Umeå IK, AIK Fotboll and KIF Örebro in the Damallsvenskan. She was named Finnish Footballer of the Year in 2001 and 2002.
She was a member of the Finnish national team for fifteen years, and played the 2005 and 2009 European Championships, serving as the team's captain. She was as of 2014 the second most capped Finnish player with 120 games, behind only Laura Österberg Kalmari with 130.