Sanna Reetta Talonen (born 15 June 1984) is a retired Finnish football forward. She last played in the Swedish

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for KIF Örebro, a club she represented for seven seasons, scoring 54 league goals. She previously played for

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and

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in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Florida Seminoles and

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in United States'

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and W-League respectively.

International career

Talonen made her senior

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debut in March 2004 at a 4–0 defeat to

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in the

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. Her goalscoring exploits with FC Honka earned Talonen a place in the national squad for

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. She played in two matches as the Finns reached the semi-final. At

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in Finland, Talonen featured in the hosts' attack. She was involved in a clash of heads with

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during Finland's 3–2 quarter-final defeat. In June 2013 Talonen was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for

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. At the tournament Talonen played as a centre forward, although she had been playing on the

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for her club team.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Finnish women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Finnish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players KIF Örebro DFF players Bälinge IF players Damallsvenskan players Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players Kansallinen Liiga players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players FC Honka (women) players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Women's association football forwards FIFA Women's Century Club Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-footy-forward-stub