Sanna Valkonen

{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1977)}}

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| name = Sanna Valkonen

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| fullname = Sanna Margit Valkonen{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/woco/2009/E/E_304284_pk.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127165729/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/woco/2009/E/E_304284_pk.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2012|title=2009 UEFA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PRESS KIT|publisher=UEFA|accessdate=2011-10-31}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|12|12}}

| birth_place = Hyvinkää, Finland{{cite web|title=Valkonen Sanna|url=http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten_maajoukkue/pelaajat/valkonen_sanna/|publisher=Football Association of Finland|accessdate=13 September 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427064959/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten_maajoukkue/pelaajat/valkonen_sanna/|archivedate=27 April 2003|language=Finnish|year=2003}}

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1994

| years2 = 1995–1996

| years3 = 1997

| years4 = 1998–2002

| years5 = 2002

| years6 = 2002–2005

| years7 = 2006–2007

| years8 = 2008–2010

| clubs1 = Kontu

| clubs2 = PuiU

| clubs3 = MPS

| clubs4 = HJK

| clubs5 = Boston Renegades

| clubs6 = Umeå

| clubs7 = AIK

| clubs8 = Örebro

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| caps8 = 62

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| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1995–2010

| nationalteam1 = Finland

| nationalcaps1 = 120

| nationalgoals1 = 7

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Sanna Margit Valkonen (born 12 December 1977) is a Finnish former football defender. She played for KontU, PuiU, MPS and HJK Helsinki in the Naisten Liiga, Boston Renegades in the W-League,[http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/sports/x1979826736#axzz1jI16c8zS Finnish-ing touch for Renegades: Kalmari and Valkonen lead Boston into Final Four tonight.] The Daily News Transcript and Umeå IK, AIK Fotboll and KIF Örebro[https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=5307 Statistics] in the Swedish Football Association's website in the Damallsvenskan. She was named Finnish Footballer of the Year in 2001 and 2002.[https://archive.today/20120709091718/http://en.archive.dr.infra.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=30197/index.html Profile] in UEFA's Euro 2009 archive

She was a member of the Finnish national team for fifteen years,[http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten_maajoukkue/pelaajat/valkonen_sanna/ Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427064959/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten_maajoukkue/pelaajat/valkonen_sanna/ |date=2003-04-27 }} in the Finnish Football Association's website and played the 2005 and 2009 European Championships, serving as the team's captain.[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01aa-0e1096fa4144-8a7cac1bb41a-1000--captain-calls-for-classy-display/ Captain calls for classy display.] UEFA She was as of 2014 the second most capped Finnish player with 120 games, behind only Laura Österberg Kalmari with 130.{{cite web|last1=Pietarinen|first1=Heikki|title=Finland - Women International Player Records|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fin-wom-recintlp.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=13 September 2014|date=24 April 2014}}

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