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Emma Koivisto

Emma Wilhelmina Koivisto (born 25 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Finland national team.

Emma Koivisto
Koivisto playing for Florida State Seminoles in 2014
Personal information
Full name Emma Wilhelmina Koivisto[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Helsinki, Finland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 2
Youth career
2000–2006 SAPA
2006–2010 HJK
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Florida State Seminoles 79 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 HJK 58 (7)
2013–2017 FC Honka 53 (4)
2018–2020 BK Häcken 61 (6)
2021–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 (3)
2022– Liverpool 40 (4)
International career‡
2010–2011 Finland U17 6 (0)
2011–2013 Finland U19 10 (4)
2014 Finland U20 3 (0)
2012– Finland 96 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:07, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

College career edit

Koivisto attended Florida State University,[2] playing for Florida State Seminoles; she played an average of 20 games per season and scoring 2 goals in her time at college.[3][4][5][6][7]

Club career edit

She previously played for HJK and FC Honka of the Naisten Liiga, as well as Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, with whom she won the 2020 Damallsvenskan.[2]

She signed for Liverpool in July 2022 after spending 18 months with Brighton & Hove Albion, taking the number 2 shirt.[2]

International career edit

She is a Finland women's national football team international, and was included in their squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[8][2]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played 18 May 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HJK 2010 Naisten Liiga 14 2 0 0 — — 14 2
2011 Naisten Liiga 17 3 2 0 — — 19 3
2012 Naisten Liiga 27 2 1 0 — — 28 2
Total 58 7 3 0 — — 61 7
FC Honka 2013 Naisten Liiga 11 1 2 0 — — 13 1
2014 Naisten Liiga 14 0 3 0 — — 17 0
2015 Naisten Liiga 11 1 2 0 — — 13 1
2016 Naisten Liiga 7 1 1 0 — — 8 1
2017 Naisten Liiga 10 1 0 0 — — 10 1
Total 53 4 8 0 — — 61 4
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2018 Damallsvenskan 21 0 3 0 — — 24 0
2019 Damallsvenskan 20 2 6 3 — 2 0 28 5
2020 Damallsvenskan 20 4 1 1 — 2 0 23 5
Total 61 6 10 4 — 4 0 75 10
Brighton & Hove Albion 2020-21 Women's Super League 9 0 3 0 0 0 — 12 0
2021-22 Women's Super League 22 3 1 1 3 0 — 26 4
Total 31 3 4 1 3 0 — 38 4
Liverpool 2022-23 Women's Super League 21 2 1 0 5 0 — 27 2
2023-24 Women's Super League 19 2 3 0 2 0 — 24 2
Total 40 4 4 0 7 0 — 51 4
Career total 243 24 29 5 10 0 4 0 286 29
  1. ^ Includes the Finnish Women's Cup, Svenska Cupen, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes the WSL Cup/Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International edit

As of match played 10 April 2024[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Finland 2012 5 0
2013 3 0
2014 3 0
2015 7 1
2016 4 0
2017 8 0
2018 11 0
2019 13 1
2020 5 0
2021 9 1
2022 13 0
2023 11 1
2024 4 0
Total 96 4
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Koivisto goal.
List of international goals scored by Emma Koivisto
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 September 2015 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland   Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
2 7 November 2019 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland   Cyprus 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3 23 February 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus   Cyprus 1–0 5–0
4 30 November 2023 Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland   Romania 4–0 6–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours edit

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

FC Honka

HJK

Finland Women's National Team

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Players – Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "LFC Women confirm Emma Koivisto signing". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Emma Koivisto". 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2014-Soccer-Stats.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2015-Soccer-Stats.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-Soccer-Stats.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ https://seminolesweb-8b76.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-Soccer-Stats.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ Profile in UEFA.com
  9. ^ a b c "Finland - E. Koivisto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 20 May 2023.

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