Anni Eveliina Hartikainen (born 19 August 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Finland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anni Eveliina Hartikainen | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Kuopio, Finland | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pallokissat | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | KuPS | 82 | (17) |
| 2024– | Rosengård | 31 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Finland U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Finland U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Finland | 12 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 December 2024 | |||
Club career
editHartikainen debuted in Naisten Liiga with KuPS in 2019. With KuPS, she won three consecutive Finnish championship titles in 2021–2023, and additionally the Finnish Women's Cup in 2023.[1]
She signed with Damallsvenskan club Rosengård for the 2024 season.[2] At the end of the season, they won the Swedish championship title.
International career
editA former youth international, Hartikainen debuted with the Finland national team on 22 September 2023, in a 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League win against Slovakia. She scored her first goal on 30 November 2023, in a 6–0 win against Romania.[3]
In the beginning of December 2023, Hartikainen attended the annual Captain's Ball awards, held by the Football Association of Finland, where she was awarded the Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Year. Next morning, she overslept and missed the flight to the national team preparation camp for the last match of the Nations League campaign. Because of that, she was left out of the squad, by the decision of the head coach Marko Saloranta.[4][5] She returned to the national team in early 2024.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 3 July 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| KuPS | 2019 | Naisten Liiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Kansallinen Liiga | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | Kansallinen Liiga | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 4 | |||
| 2022 | Kansallinen Liiga | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 4[c] | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2023 | Kansallinen Liiga | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2[c] | 0 | 35 | 16 | |
| Total | 82 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 105 | 26 | ||
| Rosengård | 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Damallsvenskan | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 113 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 142 | 27 | ||
- ↑ Includes Finnish Women's Cup and Svenska Cupen (women)
- ↑ Includes Kansallinen Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
edit- As of 3 December 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2023 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hartikainen goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 Nov 2023 | Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland |  Romania | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B |
Honours
editKuPS
- Kansallinen Liiga (3): 2021, 2022, 2023
- Finnish Women's Cup: 2023
- Kansallinen Cup runner-up: 2023
Rosengård
Finland
Individual
- Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Year: 2023
References
edit- ↑ "Anni Hartikainen, 20, mokasi pahasti ja sulkeutui viikoksi kotiinsa – nyt hän nauttii toisenlaisesta huomiosta Ruotsissa". Yle Urheilu. April 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Palkittu KuPS-puolustaja Anni Hartikainen siirtyy Ruotsin pääsarjaan: "Kyselyitä tuli useista eri maista"". Yle Urheilu. December 28, 2023.
- ↑ Juurtela, Martti (November 30, 2023). "Anni Hartikainen avasi oman maalitilinsä "Helmareissa"".
- ↑ "Anni Hartikainen sivuun Helmareista". Palloliitto.fi.
- ↑ "Palloliitolle avoimuus oli tärkeää Anni Hartikaisen tapauksessa: "Pelaaja on varmastikin saanut riittävän rangaistuksen"". Yle Urheilu. December 4, 2023.
- ↑ "Tulospalvelu". tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi.
External links
edit- Anni Hartikainen at Soccerway.com
- Anni Hartikainen at WorldFootball.net
- Anni Hartikainen at FBref.com
- Anni Hartikainen at kicker (in German)
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