Sanna Margit Valkonen (born 12 December 1977) is a Finnish former

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defender. She played for KontU, PuiU, MPS 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 ...

in the

Naisten Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten L ...

Boston Renegades Boston Renegades was an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Northeast Divisio ...

in the W-League, and

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 ...

AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish professional football club from Stoc ...

and KIF Örebro in the

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

. She was named Finnish Footballer of the Year in 2001 and 2002. She was a member of the Finnish national team for fifteen years, and played the

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

and 2009 European Championships, serving as the team's

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. She was as of 2014 the second most capped Finnish player with 120 games, behind only

Laura Österberg Kalmari Laura Elina Österberg Kalmari (; born 27 May 1979) is a Finnish former professional footballer. Immediately prior to her retirement in early 2012, she had been playing as a forward for American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team Sky Blue F ...

with 130.

Titles

* 2

UEFA Women's Cup The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA. T ...

s (2003, 2004) * 5 Finnish Leagues (1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) * 6 Finnish Cups (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002) * 2 Swedish Leagues (2002, 2005) * 3 Swedish Cups (2002, 2003, 2010)

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* 1977 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 the United States FIFA Women's Century Club KIF Örebro DFF players Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players AIK Fotboll (women) players Kansallinen Liiga players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from Hyvinkää Women's association football defenders Footballers from Uusimaa Boston Renegades players Finnish Football Hall of Fame inductees FC Kontu players Puistolan Urheilijat players Malmin Palloseura players {{Finland-women-footy-bio-stub