Anne Mäkinen

Anne Maarit Mäkinen ( born 1 February 1976 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish former football player. The midfielder was recently at the Swedish club AIK Solna under contract and was a member of the Finnish national team. After a short Sejour as co- coach of the Finnish national team, Anne Mäkinen currently mainly devoted to the completion of their training to Naprapathin.

Sports career

Club player

Mäkinen began her career with JNK Laajasalo. About contours Helsinki, she moved to HJK Helsinki. In 1993 she won the Finnish Cup with HJK and was voted Player of the Year. A year later Mäkinen moved to Malmin PS and won the Finnish Championship. Mid-1990s, she studied at the University of Notre Dame and played for the football team. Four times in a row Mäkinen was chosen in the All- Star team and in 2000 she was voted the best player. Between 2001 and 2003 she starred in the U.S. WUSA Washington Freedom and Philadelphia Charge, then for the New Jersey Wildcats in the W- League. In 2004 she was re-elected to the Finnish footballer of the year. In 2005, Mäkinen moved to Sweden to Umeå IK and won in 2005 and 2006, the Swedish Championship. After a stint with Bälinge IF in the 2007 season, she moved in 2008 to AIK Solna.

National team

On June 8, 1991 Mäkinen made ​​his debut in the Finnish national team in a game against the Soviet Union. She participated with the national team at the 2005 European Championships in England, in Finland reached the semifinals. In 115 international matches they scored 16 goals. Until 9 March 2009 she was a Finnish record national with 113 international matches, but was surpassed by Sanna Valkonen, it has now been put 119 internationals.