Laura Österberg Kalmari

Laura Elina Österberg Kalmari ( born May 27, 1979 in Kirkkonummi ) is a Finnish football player. The striker played for the U.S. team Sky Blue FC. She's record goal scorer and also most common with five titles since February 26, 2010 record national Finnish Finnish National Player of the Year.

Career

Laura Kalmari began her career at the age of five years KyIF Kirkkonummi. In 1995 she transferred to PuiU Helsinki ( Puistolan Urheilijat ). On March 11, 1996, she made ​​her debut in a match against Iceland in the Finnish national team. In 1997 she moved to Malmin PS, a year later to HJK Helsinki. In the very first season it was for the first time Finnish champion. Overall, it was with HJK four times Finnish Champion, three times Cup winners and three times top scorer of the Finnish League. After a brief stint in the North American W-League, where they won the league title with the Boston Renegades, playing since 2002 in the Swedish league Damallsvenskan, where she worked for Umeå IK and then the UEFA Women 's Cup won twice and top scorer of the league been. In the 2005 season, Laura Kalmari joined the capital club Djurgårdens IF / Älvsjö with which they won the Cup in the same year. In January 2007, she was surprisingly announced their move to AIK Solna. The change they reasoned with the search for a new challenge. With Solna she managed to avoid relegation. Because of a pregnancy she had paused during the 2008 season.

Achievements

  • UEFA Women's Cup winners 2003, 2004
  • Finnish Champion 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Finnish Cup Winners' Cup in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Scorer of the SM - Sarja 1999, 2000, 2001
  • Finnish Footballer of the Year in 1999, 2003
  • Swedish Champion 2002
  • Swedish Cup winner in 2002, 2003, 2005
  • Scorer of Damallsvenskan 2004
  • Master of the W - League 2002

Private

Laura Österberg Kalmari is married to the Swedish entrepreneur Niko Väisänen since the fall of 2006. The name Österberg comes from the stepfather of her husband. Away from the football field, she completed a teaching degree. After her career, she would like to work as an elementary school teacher.

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