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Anna Westerlund
Personal information
Full name Anna Ǻsa Olivia Westerlund[1]
Date of birth (1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 35)
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 18
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- Åland United 22 (2)
International career
2008– Finland 126 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2020

Anna Ǻsa Olivia Westerlund (born 9 April 1989) is a Finnish footballer, who plays at club level for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien. 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

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]

References

  1. ^ "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  2. ^ Profile Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine in Umeå's web
  3. ^ Anna Westerlund till Umeå IK YLE
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Piteå lure two top players from Umeå Wsoccernews.com
  6. ^ "Anna Westerlund". Uefa.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Anna Westerlund" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.