Anna-Kaisa Rantanen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna-Kaisa Rantanen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Turku, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Pyrkivä | ||
| 1997–1998 | HJK | ||
| 1999–2000 | Pyrkivä | ||
| 2001–2003 | HJK | ||
| 2004–2008 | Linköping | ||
| 2009 | Djurgården | 22 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Wolfsburg | 21 | (1) |
| 2011 | Jitex | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Klepp IL | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996–2011 | Finland | 105 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anna-Kaisa Rantanen (born 10 February 1978) is a Finnish former football midfielder, who most recently played for Klepp IL of the Norwegian Toppserien.[1]
Career
[edit]Rantanen previously played for HJK Helsinki in the Naisten Liiga, Linköping FC, Djurgårdens IF and Jitex BK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan,[2] and VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga.
She is a member of the Finnish national team since 1996,[3] taking part in the 2005 and 2009 European Championships. She scored Finland's first goal in a final tournament.[4] Rantanen announced her retirement from football in early 2014 after spending two seasons in Norway with Klepp.[5] She later agreed to play on an informal basis for local minnows Randaberg IL.[6]
Titles
[edit]- 3 Finnish Leagues (1997, 1998, 2001)
- 3 Finnish Cups (1994, 1998, 2002)
- 1 Svenska Cupen (2008)
References
[edit]- ^ Primstad, Espen (2 February 2012). "Finsk landslagskaptein til Klepp". Klepp IL. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ Anna-Kaisa Rantanen vahvistaa Jitexiä [Anna-Kaisa Rantanen fixes Jitex], Sveriges Radio, 28 August 2011
- ^ "Rantanen Anna-Kaisa". Finnish Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 June 2003.
- ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
- ^ Karlsen, Thomas (5 February 2014). "Rantanen: - Norsk fotball er bedre" (in Norwegian). Fotball Magasinet. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "Anna-Kaisa Rantanen klar for Randaberg!" (in Norwegian). Randaberg IL. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Finland women's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate women's footballers
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players
- Linköpings FC players
- Jitex BK players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Toppserien players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Turku
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Pyrkivä Turku players
- Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Finnish women's football biography stubs
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