Lotta Lindström
_(cropped).jpg) Lindström with London City Lionesses in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyvinkää, Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | London City Lionesses | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2020 | HyPS | ||
| 2021–2022 | HFA-Märsky | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | HyPS | 20 | (23) |
| 2023 | HJK | 23 | (17) |
| 2024– | London City Lionesses | 7 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Finland U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2021–23 | Finland U19 | 10 | (4) |
| 2023 | Finland U23 | 3 | (2) |
| 2023– | Finland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024 | |||
Lotta Lindström (born 10 September 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for London City Lionesses in Women's Championship, and the Finland national team
Club career
[edit]HyPS
[edit]Lindström started playing football in youth teams of HyPS in Hyvinkää, and made her senior debut with the club's first team in 2018 in fifth-tier Naisten Nelonen at the age 14.[1] She studied and played in Helsinki Football Academy during 2021–2022, but missed the last year due to knee injury.
HJK
[edit]Lindström signed with Kansallinen Liiga side HJK for the 2023 season.[2] In her first season in the league, she scored 17 goals in 23 league appearances, making her the Kansallinen Liiga Top Goalscorer.[3] She was named the Player of the Year by HJK supporters Forza HJK.[4] The club eventually finished in 2nd place in the league, and in the Finnish Women's Cup in 2023.
London City Lionesses
[edit]On 1 February 2024, Lindström signed with English club London City Lionesses in Women's Championship on a three-and-a-half-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[3][5] She scored a goal in her Championship debut with her new team on 18 February 2024, in a 2–2 draw against Durham.[6] On 19 September, it was announced that Lindström would be out of the line-up for the rest of the 2024–25 season due to ACL injury.[7]
International career
[edit]Lindström has represented Finland at various youth international levels.[8] She received her first call-up to Finland senior national team in October 2023 for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B matches,[9] and eventually made her debut on 5 December 2023 against Slovakia.[10][11]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 11 September 2024.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| HyPS | 2018 | Naisten Nelonen | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | Naisten Kolmonen | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 2020 | Naisten Kolmonen | 11 | 14 | – | – | – | 11 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | ||
| HJK | 2023 | Kansallinen Liiga | 23 | 17 | 4 | 4 | – | 6[b] | 8 | 33 | 29 | |
| London City Lionesses | 2023–24 | Women's Championship | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Women's Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 55 | ||
- ^ Includes Finnish Women's Cup and Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes Kansallinen Cup
Honours
[edit]HJK
- Kansallinen Liiga: 2023 Runners-up
- Finnish Women's Cup: 2023 Runners-up
Finland
Individual
- Kansallinen Liiga Top Goalscorer: 2023
- Kansallinen Liiga Forward of the Year: 2023
- Kansallinen Liiga Rookie of the Year: 2023[12]
- Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Month: May 2023[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Lotta Lindström, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
- ^ HYPS KASVATTI SOPIMUKSEEN HJK NAISTEN KANSSA, hyps.fi
- ^ a b Lotta Lindström siirtyy Englantiin, hjk.fi, 1 February 2024
- ^ Huikean debyyttikauden tehnyt Lotta Lindström valittiin vuoden pelaajaksi, forzahjk.fi, 15 October 2023
- ^ HJK myi 19-vuotiaan maalitykkinsä Englantiin, Helsingin Sanomat, 1 February 2024
- ^ Lotta Lindström osui heti debyytissään, Finnish FA, 19 February 2024
- ^ London City Lionesses forward Lindström sustains ACL injury, yahoo.com, 19 September 2024
- ^ Lotta Lindström on yksi neljästä – Kansallisen Liigan hyvinkääläinen maalitykki nimettiin U23-maajoukkueeseen, Aamuposti, 14 September 2023
- ^ Lotta Lindström nauttii ensimmäisestä A-maajoukkueleiristään: ”Minulle se suuri unelma”, Finnish FA, 30 October 2023
- ^ Lotta Lindström, 19, pelasi yli odotustensa ja nyt hänet valittiin ensimmäistä kertaa Helmareihin: ”En ehkä ihan tätä ajatellut”, Yle, 27 October 2023
- ^ Hyvinkääläisen jalkapallosensaation maajoukkueunelma toteutui, ja seuraava tavoitekin on jo tiedossa: "Olen valmis tekemään kaiken mahdollisen", Aamuposti, 9 April 2024
- ^ Captain's Ball 2023 – Palkitut osa 3, Finnish FA, 1 December 2023
- ^ Lotta Lindström Kansallisen Liigan kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 2 June 2023
External links
[edit]- Lotta Lindström at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finnish expatriate women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- Women's Championship (England) players
- Hyvinkään Palloseura players
- London City Lionesses players
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players
- Finland women's youth international footballers
- Finland women's international footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Footballers from Uusimaa