Tuija Hyyrynen

Tuija Annika Hyyrynen (born 10 March 1988) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for the Finland women's national team.[2]

Tuija Hyyrynen
Hyyrynen playing for Umeå IK in 2013
Personal information
Full name Tuija Annika Hyyrynen[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Florida State Seminoles 0 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 HJK Helsinki
2010 Pali Blues 0 (0)
2010 Åland United 4 (4)
2011–2015 Umeå IK 89 (2)
2016–2017 Fortuna Hjørring
2017–2022 Juventus 74 (2)
International career‡
2007– Finland 115 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 February 2022

Hyyrynen previously played for Umeå IK in Sweden's Damallsvenskan; HJK Helsinki and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga. In 2010 Hyyrynen played in America, with Florida State Seminoles and Pali Blues. She signed for Juventus in 2017.[3]

Since her senior debut against Scotland in September 2007, Hyyrynen has been a member of the Finland women's national football team. She took part in UEFA Women's Euro 2009.[4] In June 2013 Hyyrynen was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[5]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 June 2018Zemun Stadium, Zemun, Serbia Serbia1–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.8 April 2022Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia Slovakia1–01–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

HJK

Juventus

References
  1. "2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  2. "Profile". soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. "Juventus värvar finländskt – Tuija Hyyrynen förstärker liganykomlingen". svenska.yle.fi (in Finnish). 2 August 2017.
  4. "Tuija Hyyrynen" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  5. "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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