Kaisa Collin (born 16 April 1997) is a Finnish

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who plays as a forward for Eskilstuna United and the Finland national team. She previously played for HJK and PK-35 of the Naisten Liiga.

Club career

HJK

Collin scored on her league debut on 21 September 2014, scoring against Kokkola F10 in the 44th and 84th minute.

PK-35

Collin scored on her league debut against Pallokissat on 18 March 2017, scoring in the 57th minute. On 17 November 2017, she signed a contract extension with PK-35 for the 2018 season. She was also chosen as the Female Player of the Year.

First spell at Eskilstuna United

In January 2019 Collin agreed a

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from PK-35 to

Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna United DFF is a Association football, football club from Eskilstuna, in Södermanland County, Sweden. The club was established in 2002 and was promoted into the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2014. The ...

of the Swedish

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. She made her league debut against Växjö DFF on 28 April 2019. Collin scored her first league goal against Limhamn Bunkeflo on 5 May 2019, scoring in the 60th minute.

AIK

On 2 August 2021, Collin was announced at AIK. She made her league debut against

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on 14 August 2021. Collin scored her first league goal against

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 ...

on 30 October 2021, scoring in the 9th minute.

Second spell at Eskilstuna United

In 2023, Collin was announced at Eskilstuna United. She made her league debut against

Alingsås Alingsås () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Geographically the city is situated by the outlet of the small rivulet Säv ...

on 3 June 2023. Collin scored her first league goal against

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on 12 November 2023, scoring in the 22nd minute.

International career

Collin made her debut for the Finland women's national team on 7 April 2017, in a 1–0 defeat by

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. She scored her first international goal against

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in September 2017. Collin scored her second international goal against

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on 26 November 2017, scoring in the 40th minute. Collin was called up to the 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup squad. She scored her third international goal against

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on 5 March 2020, scoring in the 68th minute. Collin scored in the final game of the Cyprus Cup against

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on 11 March 2020, scoring in the 84th minute. Collin was part of the team that went through the 2021 Euro qualifying matches without defeat, for the first time in Finland's history. She also scored in the final match of the qualifiers, scoring in the 31st minute against

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. On 19 February 2023, Collin scored against

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in the 21st minute. Collin was part of the Finland squad that won the 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup for the first time.

International goals

References

External links

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(SPL) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Collin, Kaisa 1997 births Finnish women's footballers Finnish expatriate women's footballers Living people Finland women's international footballers Kansallinen Liiga players Eskilstuna United DFF players Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players PK-35 Vantaa (women) players Women's association football forwards 21st-century Finnish sportswomen IF Gnistan players AIK Fotboll (women) players