Katri Susanna Mattsson (née Nokso-Koivisto; born 22 November 1982) is a Finnish former football midfielder, who most recently played for PK-35 Vantaa. She is currently the vice-president of Football Association of Finland.

Katri Mattsson
Personal information
Full name Katri Susanna Mattsson[1]
Birth name Katri Susanna Nokso-Koivisto[2]
Date of birth (1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Kauhajoki, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Fresno State Bulldogs 39 (14)
2004–2005 Florida Atlantic Owls 37 (16)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 United Pietarsaari
2005–2006 United Pietarsaari
2007–2008 Bälinge
2009–2011 Wolfsburg 9 (0)
2012 Jitex 18 (1)
2013 LSK Kvinner FK 20 (0)
2014 PK-35 Vantaa 23 (3)
2015 FC Ilves 23 (3)
International career
1999–2015 Finland 100 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

She previously played for LSK Kvinner FK of the Norwegian Toppserien. Before moving to Norway she played the 2012 season with Jitex BK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.[3] Mattsson previously played for United Pietarsaari in the Naisten Liiga, Florida Atlantic Owls in the NCAA,[4] Bälinge IF in the Damallsvenskan,[5] and VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

A member of the Finnish national team since 1999,[6] she played in the 2009 European Championship.[7] In June 2013, Mattsson was named in national coach Andrée Jeglertz's Finland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[8] In January 2016, Mattsson announced her retirement from football. She had recently collected her hundredth cap for the national team, but had been plagued by pain in her knees.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Football Association of Finland". FIFA. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ Katri Mattsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)  
  3. ^ Jitex sign yet another Finnish player, this time from Wolfsburg Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. W Soccer News
  4. ^ Profile Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Owls' website
  5. ^ Statistics in the Swedish Football Association's website
  6. ^ Statistics in the Football Association of Finland's website
  7. ^ Profile in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive
  8. ^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Katri Mattsson päättää upean uransa" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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