Emma Koivisto

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Emma Koivisto
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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
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Florida State Seminoles 79 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)

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.

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College career

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

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

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

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Europe [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HJK 2010 Naisten Liiga 14200142
2011Naisten Liiga17320193
2012Naisten Liiga27210282
Total58730617
FC Honka 2013 Naisten Liiga11120131
2014 Naisten Liiga14030170
2015 Naisten Liiga11120131
2016Naisten Liiga711081
2017Naisten Liiga10100101
Total53480614
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2018 Damallsvenskan 21030240
2019 Damallsvenskan2026320285
2020 Damallsvenskan2041120235
Total616104407510
Brighton & Hove Albion 2020-21 Women's Super League 903000120
2021-22 Women's Super League2231130264
Total3134130384
Liverpool 2022-23 Women's Super League2121050272
2023-24 Women's Super League1923020242
Total4044070514
Career total243242951004028629

International

As of match played 10 April 2024 [9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 201250
201330
201430
201571
201640
201780
2018110
2019131
202050
202191
2022130
2023111
202440
Total964
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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 September 2015 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–02–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
27 November 2019 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 4–04–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
323 February 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1–05–0
430 November 2023 Veritas Stadion, Turku, FinlandFlag of Romania.svg  Romania 4–06–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

FC Honka

HJK

Finland Women's National Team

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References

  1. "List of Players – Finland" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 "Finland - E. Koivisto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway" . Retrieved 20 May 2023.