Essi Sainio

Essi Sainio Katriina ( born September 9, 1986 in Helsinki) is a Finnish football player. The midfielder plays for the German club SC Freiburg and for the Finnish national team.

Career

She began her career at the age of nine years at FC Kasiysi Espoo. About the FC Espoo, FC Honka Espoo, she moved to the 2005 season to HJK Helsinki. With HJK she was Finnish champion. On June 5, 2006, she made ​​her debut in the Finnish national team in the match against Belgium. In the summer of 2006, she joined the reigning German champions 1 FFC Turbine Potsdam, where she signed a contract for three years. In August she took part in Russia at the U-20 Women's World Cup 2006. During the tournament, she moved to a broken foot and fell for several weeks out. Her debut in the turbine dress she gave on 11 October 2006 in the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Brøndby IF.

In March 2007, she went with the Finnish national team for the Algarve Cup in Portugal. In the first group game against Sweden she snapped after eight minutes with no enemy action with the left foot. A metatarsal fracture was later diagnosed. Her comeback she celebrated on the last Bundesliga match day away match in Freiburg. Sainio 2007 was nominated for the Finnish U-23 national team. The injury problems, however, remained faithful to her, she suffered while preparing for the Nordic Cup again a broken metatarsal.

It took until October 2007 until she returned to the square. My first goal for turbine they reached on 18 November 2007 at the match against 1 FC Saarbrücken, 24 August 2008 came the first goal for the national team in a friendly against Scotland. Your first title in Germany, she won 12 January 2008 with the DFB Cup Hall. In 2009 she was with turbine German masters. In the DFB-Pokal she brought her team with a goal in the semifinals against VfL Sindelfingen to the final, which, however, was lost to the FCR 2001 Duisburg.

After the 2008/2009 season, she moved to the Swedish club AIK Solna and the 2010/2011 season then the German second division club SC Freiburg. With Freiburg in 2011, she managed the promotion to the Bundesliga.

Achievements

  • Finnish Champion 2005
  • German Champion 2009
  • DFB Hall Cup winner: 2008, 2009
  • Master of the 2nd Bundesliga Süd 2011
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