Tuija Hyyrynen

Tuija Annika Hyyrynen (born 10 March 1988) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus and the Finland national team.[2]

Tuija Hyyrynen

Hyyrynen with Umeå IK in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Tuija Annika Hyyrynen[1]
Date of birth	10 March 1988
Place of birth	Finland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Juventus
Number	2
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–	Juventus	35	(0)
National team^‡
2007–	Finland	110	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

She 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 she 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]

Honours

HJK

• Naisten Liiga: 2005
• Naisten Suomen Cup: 2006, 2007, 2008

Juventus

• Serie A: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Coppa Italia: 2018–19
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020

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.

External links

• Tuija Hyyrynen – UEFA competition record
• Tuija Hyyrynen at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
• Tuija Hyyrynen – FIFA competition record
• Player's profile at Football Association of Finland (in Finnish)