Anna Westerlund
Anna Westerlund in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Åsa Olivia Westerlund[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 April 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Pargas, Finland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Åland United | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Pargas IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | SC Raisio | ||
2006–2009 | FC Honka | ||
2010–2011 | Umeå IK | 43 | (6) |
2012–2013 | Piteå IF | 40 | (2) |
2014–2018 | LSK Kvinner FK | 21 | (3) |
2019–2022 | Åland United | 84 | (14) |
International career‡ | |||
2008– | Finland | 137 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2022 |
Anna Åsa Olivia Westerlund (born 9 April 1989) is a Finnish footballer, who plays at club level for Åland United. She previously played for FC Honka in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Umeå IK.[2][3] Despite playing 90 minutes in all 22 of Umeå's league matches, her contract with the club was not extended at the end of the 2011 season.[4] The following season she remained in Sweden with Piteå IF.[5]
International career
[edit]Westerlund was part of the Finland squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship. Her senior Finland women's national football team debut came in January 2008, against China.[6]
By the time of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, hosted by Finland, Westerlund was established in the squad. She played in three matches, including the 3–2 quarter-final defeat by England.[7]
In June 2013 Westerlund was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8] Typically a defensive midfielder with her club team, Westerlund was used as a centre back by Finland.[9] She required a stitch in a head wound during Finland's opening match, a 0–0 draw with Italy.[10]
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 October 2019 | Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa, Finland | 1–0 | 8–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying | |
2. | 11 March 2020 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup |
References
[edit]- ^ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ Profile Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine in Umeå's web
- ^ Anna Westerlund till Umeå IK[permanent dead link] YLE
- ^ "Umeå IK förlänger inte med Anna Westerlund". ÅU Notis. abounderrattelser. 2011-10-07. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ Piteå lure two top players from Umeå Wsoccernews.com
- ^ "Anna Westerlund". Uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Anna Westerlund" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Nilsson, Eric (12 July 2013). "Westerlund: "Hade klarat några stygn till"" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Ahlberg, Ingela (10 July 2013). "Anna syddes i premiären" (in Swedish). Piteå-Tidningen. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
External links
[edit]- Anna Westerlund – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player's profile at Football Association of Finland Archived 2022-04-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's footballers
- Finnish expatriate women's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Toppserien players
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Damallsvenskan players
- Finland women's international footballers
- Umeå IK players
- Piteå IF (women) players
- FC Honka (women) players
- Kansallinen Liiga players
- LSK Kvinner FK players
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Women's association football central defenders
- Women's association football midfielders
- People from Pargas
- Sportspeople from Southwest Finland
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
- Finnish women's football biography stubs
- Finnish football midfielder stubs