Sanni Franssi

Sanni Maija Franssi (born 19 March 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Finland women's national team.

Sanni Franssi
Personal information
Full name Sanni Maija Franssi[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995[2]
Place of birth Vaasa, Finland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 PK-35 87 (50)
2016–2017 FC Zürich (18)
2017 PK-35 4 (3)
2017–2018 Juventus 21 (10)
2018–2020 Fortuna Hjørring 41 (19)
2020– Real Sociedad 89 (25)
International career‡
2015– Finland 60 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

In 2016 Franssi was named Naisten Liiga Player of the Season after hitting 20 league goals for her club, PK-35.[3] Franssi spent the 2016–17 season with FC Zürich Frauen, scoring 18 goals and finishing as runner-up to FC Neunkirch in both the Nationalliga A and Swiss Women's Cup.[4] She returned to PK-35 in July 2017, only to sign for newly founded Serie A club Juventus in September.[5]

In December 2021 Franssi was playing for Real Sociedad of Spain's Primera División but was reported to be attracting transfer interest from multiple clubs in England's FA Women's Super League.[6]

International career

Franssi played her first senior international for Finland women's national team in February 2015 against Sweden. She had already represented her country at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7]

She scored her first senior international goal in a 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Portugal on 16 September 2016.[7]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 September 2016Estádio do CD Trofense, Trofa, Portugal Portugal2–02–3UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2.8 October 2019Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa, Finland Albania3–08–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3.21 October 2021Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia2–03–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4.22 February 2023AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Romania4–04–02023 Cyprus Women's Cup

Honours
PK-35 Vantaa
Juventus FC
Fortuna Hjørring

References
  1. "List of Players - Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 6. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. "Sanni Franssi Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. Von Hertzen, Jesper (6 September 2017). "Juventus och Turin kallar för Damligans målskyttedrottning" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Fotbollsligans måldrottning tillbaka i Finland" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Lisää suomalaisväriä Juventukseen - Sanni Franssi Vantaalta Torinoon" (in Finnish). Kaleva. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. Sanders, Emma (30 December 2021). "Women's Super League: What to expect in January transfer window". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2022. Finland international and Real Sociedad forward Sanni Maija Franssi is a target for a few WSL clubs
  7. Sanni Franssi profile at Football Association of Finland (SPL) (in Finnish)


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