Annika Kukkonen
 Playing for Sunnanå in May 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Annika Kukkonen | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | HJK | 43 | (18) |
| 2011 | Malmö | 14 | (1) |
| 2012 | Djurgården | 22 | (0) |
| 2013 | Sunnanå | 20 | (1) |
| 2014 | Örebro | 21 | (0) |
| 2015 | Sunnanå | 15 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Djurgården | 35 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2016 | Finland | 54 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Annika Kukkonen (born 12 April 1990) is a Finnish former football midfielder.
Career
[edit]Kukkonen previously played for HJK.
Kukkonen was announced at LdB FC Malmö.[1]
On 28 March 2012, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården.[2]
Kukkonen was announced at Sunnanå SK.[3]
Kukkonen left Sunnanå after their 2013 Damallsvenskan campaign ended in relegation. She joined Örebro in February 2014.[4] During her time at Örebro, she was playing on painkillers for a long while due to an ankle injury.[5]
On 10 February 2016, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården.[6]
On 30 November 2018, Kukkonen was announced at Djurgården's futsal team.[7]
International career
[edit]She has been a member of the Finnish national team since February 2010.[8]
In June 2013 Kukkonen was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[9]
In September 2016, Kukkonen was called up to European qualifying matches against Slovenia and Scotland.[10]
Kukkonen played in over 70 international matches.[11]
Coaching career
[edit]On 12 January 2018, Kukkonen was announced as a coach at Sunnanå.[12]
On 17 November 2023, Kukkonen joined the Swedish Football Association as a national football trainer.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Malmö plockar in Annika Kukkonen Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine Expressen
- ^ "Kukkonen lämnar LDB". www.sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 28 March 2012.
- ^ Annika Kukkonen signs for Sunnana. spelare12.com, 25 November 2012
- ^ Långkvist, Carl-Magnus (4 February 2014). "Annika Kukkonen till KIF Örebro" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Annika Kukkonen selätti vammat – "Maajoukkueen osalta odotukseni ovat kovat"". yle.fi (in Finnish). March 2016.
- ^ "Kukkonen tillbaka i Djurgården". www.hn.se (in Swedish). 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Annika Kukkonen klar för Djurgården!". www.laget.se (in Swedish).
- ^ Profile Archived April 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at Football Association of Finland's web
- ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Fem damspelare på landslagsuppdrag". www.dif.se (in Swedish).
- ^ "Fotbollsprofilens uppdrag: Utveckla framtidens stjärnor". norran.se(subscription required) (in Swedish). 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Annika Kukkonen tillbaka i Sunnanå". www.laget.se (in Swedish).
- ^ "Kukkonen anställs av SvFF: "Det ska bli spännande"". norran.se(subscription required) (in Swedish). 17 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- Annika Kukkonen at Soccerway
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finnish expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Damallsvenskan players
- Finland women's international footballers
- FC Rosengård players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players
- KIF Örebro DFF players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- Sunnanå SK players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Helsinki
- 21st-century Finnish sportswomen