Emmi Alanen (born 30 April 1991) is a Finnish

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and former

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who plays for Swedish

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club

Kristianstads DFF Kristianstads DFF () is a women's association football club from Kristianstad, Sweden. The club is affiliated to the Scania Football Association. History Wä IF was founded in 1935 and their women team played from 1990 to 1994 and again in 199 ...

. Before moving to Sweden in 2013, she played for Kokkola F10, Sport-39 Vaasa, FC United Pietarsaari and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

of the Naistenliiga.

Career

FC United Pietarsaari

Alanen made her league debut against PuiU on 12 September 2009. She scored her first league goal against

NiceFutis NiceFutis was a women's association football club from Pori, Finland. It was established in 1989 as the women's section of PPT Pori was disbanded. NiceFutis played in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallainen Liiga from 2008 to 2016. ...

on 11 October 2009, scoring in the 79th minute.

HJK

Alanen made her league debut against

Åland United Åland United is a Finnish women's football club based in Lemland, Åland. They compete in the Kansallinen Liiga, the premier women's football league in Finland. In 2004 Åland's clubs Lemlands IF and IF Finströms Kamraterna decided to st ...

on 10 April 2011. She scored her first league goal against

Turun Palloseura Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional association football, football club based in Turku, Finland. Since 2024, the men's team competes in Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier. Nicknamed "''Tepsi''", the club was founded i ...

on 16 April 2011, scoring in the 61st minute. On 3 September 2011, Alanen assisted Sini Vehviläinen in a 4-0 victory over Kokkola F10.

Kokkola F10

Alanen made her league debut against HJK on 14 April 2012. She scored her first league goal against

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

on 6 October 2012, scoring in the 1st minute.

Umeå IK

In 2013, Alanen joined Umeå IK. She made her league debut against

Mallbackens IF Mallbackens IF is a football club from Mallbacken, 15 kilometres north of Sunne in Värmland, Sweden. The club was established in 1942 and played in the Women's premier division (Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reaso ...

on 31 July 2013. Alanen scored her first league goal against Göteborg FC on 6 October 2013, scoring in the 88th minute.

Vittsjö GIK

On 27 November 2015, Alanen was announced at

Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a association football, football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's football leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan. Vittsjö GIK play their home games at Vittsjö IP in Vi ...

. She made her league debut against

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on 17 April 2016. Alanen scored her first league goal against Göteborg FC on 10 July 2016, scoring in the 6th minute.

Växjö DFF

Alanen joined

Växjö DFF Växjö DFF () is a football club from Växjö, in Kronoberg County, Sweden. The club was established in 2014 and was promoted into the women's premier division Damallsvenskan for the first time in 2017. The club play their home games at Visma ...

from

in December 2018. She made her league debut against

Linköping FC Linköping Football Club () is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköping HC under the new name ...

on 17 April 2019. Alanen scored her first league goal against Eskilstuna United on 28 April 2019, scoring in the 5th minute.

Kristianstads DFF

On 29 November 2021, Alanen was announced at Kristianstads DFF. She made her league debut against

IFK Kalmar IFK Kalmar is a association football, football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's top-division women's league, Damallsvenskan. IFK Kalmar play their home games at Gröndals IP in Kalmar. Current squad . ...

on 27 March 2022. Alanen scored her first league goal against

Hammarby Fotboll Hammarby Fotboll, more commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish professional association football, football club from Stockholm founded in 1915. The club is based at 3Arena (Stockholm), 3 Are ...

on 16 May 2022, scoring in the 32nd minute.

International career

Alanen made her senior debut for the

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on 19 June 2010, as a substitute in a 4–1 World Cup qualifying win over

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. In June 2013 Alanen was named in national

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's Finland squad for

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. Although Finland were eliminated in the group stage, Alanen's midfield performances attracted the attention of

club

Umeå IK Umeå IK () is a women's professional association football club based in the city of Umeå, in northern Sweden, and currently playing Damallsvenskan, the first tier of women's football in Sweden. They were one of the most successful football cl ...

who invited her to train with them. She was called up to the Finland squad for the

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. Alanen was called up for the Finland squad for Euro qualifying matches in July 2024. Alanen was part of the Finland squad that won the

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for the first time.

Wrestling career

In addition to football,

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-born Alanen was also an international standard

. After a period of injury she decided to focus on football.

International goals

References

External links

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(SvFF) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alanen, Emmi 1991 births Living people Finnish women's footballers Finnish female sport wrestlers Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Kansallinen Liiga players Kokkola Futis 10 players FC United (Jakobstad) players Finland women's international footballers Finnish expatriate women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Växjö DFF players Vittsjö GIK players People from Lappajärvi Sport wrestlers from South Ostrobothnia Footballers from South Ostrobothnia UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players 21st-century Finnish sportswomen FIFA Women's Century Club