Signy Aarna
{{Short description|Estonian footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Signy Aarna
| image = Signy Aarna 2009 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Playing for Estonia in 2009
| fullname = Signy Aarna
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|04|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ahja, Põlva County, Estonia
| height = 168 cm{{cite web|title=Athlete Information|url=http://universiade2013.sportresult.com/hide/en/-240/Participant/ParticipantInfo/23336f44-5cd6-4101-a82a-804d5d27ceb6|publisher=2013 Summer Universiade|accessdate=7 September 2015}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Åland United
| clubnumber = 7
| youthyears1 = 2002
| youthyears2 = 2003–2008
| youthclubs1 = Ahja Sipelgas
| youthclubs2 = Põlva FC Lootos
| years1 = 2008–2013
| years2 = 2014–2017
| years3 = 2018–
| clubs1 = Põlva FC Lootos
| clubs2 = Pallokissat
| clubs3 = Åland United
| caps1 = 111
| caps2 = 90
| caps3 = 44
| goals1 = 153
| goals2 = 45
| goals3 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2005
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2008
| nationalyears3 = 2009–
| nationalyears4 = 2009–
| nationalteam1 = Estonia U16
| nationalteam2 = Estonia U19
| nationalteam3 = Estonia Universiade Team
| nationalteam4 = Estonia
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalcaps4 = 101
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalgoals3 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 26
| pcupdate = 22 November 2019
| ntupdate = 8 April 2022
}}
Signy Aarna (born 4 October 1990) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a forward for Finnish club Åland United and for the Estonia national team. She previously played for Finnish club Pallokissat and FC Lootos of the Estonian Naiste Meistriliiga.
Club career
From Ahja, Põlva County, Aarna started training with the youth team of FC Lootos as a goalkeeper in 2003. In 2005, 2007 and 2008 she won Estonian youth titles with the club's different age groups.
=FC Lootos=
In 2008, she started in FC Lootos' senior squad in the Esiliiga, the second level of women's football in Estonia. FC Lootos won the league and Aarna was the top scorer with 48 goals. From 2009 she played for FC Lootos in the top level Naiste Meistriliiga. She remains the club's most capped player with 121 games in all competitions and 166 goals in Estonian league and cup games.{{cite news|title=Viron maajoukkuehyökkääjä Pallokissoihin|url=https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/naisten-liiga/viron-maajoukkuehyokkaaja-pallokissoihin|accessdate=7 September 2015|publisher=Naisten Liiga|date=20 December 2013|language=Finnish|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519022631/https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/naisten-liiga/viron-maajoukkuehyokkaaja-pallokissoihin|url-status=dead}}
=Pallokissat=
Despite offers from other Meistriliiga clubs, Aarna opted to stay with her hometown club until leaving the country. After the end of season 2013, Aarna signed her first professional contract with Naisten Liiga club Pallokissat in Finland. In her debut season Aarna scored 13 goals in 21 matches, she became the club's top scorer and helped the team to reach third place and the first ever medals in the club's history. 2015 proved to be another productive season for Aarna, as she scored 17 goals in Naisten Liiga and she became again the club's top scorer.
=Åland United=
Before the 2018 season, Aarna joined Åland United.[https://www.palloliitto.fi/jalkapallouutiset/signy-aarna-aland-unitediin Signy Aarna Åland Unitediin] {{in lang|fi}}
International career
Aarna debuted for the senior national team in the 2009 Baltic Cup, starting her first game on 24 April 2009 against Latvia and scoring Estonia's fifth and final goal on her home ground, Lootospark. She previously played at Under-17 and under-19 levels. On 26 November 2021, she played her 100th match for Estonia during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.
Career statistics
:Scores and results list Estonia's Women's National team first
;Goals scored in official competitions
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |||||||
| width=175px|Competition | width=75px|Stage | width=75px|Date | width=100px|Location | width=185px|Opponent | width=25px|Goals | width=25|Result | width=25px|Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Qualifiers | 2010–03–27 | Vrbovec | align=left|{{fbw|CRO}} | 1 | bgcolor=#CCFFCC|3–0 | 1 |
| align=center
| rowspan=2|2013 UEFA Euro | rowspan=2|Qualifiers | 2011–09–18 | Tallinn | align=left|{{fbw|UKR}} | 1 | bgcolor=#FFCCCC|1–4 | rowspan=2|2 |
| align=center
| 2012–06–16 | Otepää | align=left|{{fbw|BLR}} | 1 | bgcolor=#FFCCCC|2–4 | |||
| align=center | Qualifiers | 2014–08–20 | Tallinn | align=left|{{fbw|CZE}} | 1 | bgcolor=#FFCCCC|1–4 | 1 |
| align=center | Qualifiers | 2017–04–08 | Tbilisi | align=left|{{fbw|GEO}} | 1 | bgcolor=#CCFFCC|2–1 | 1 |
;Complete list of games
Source:{{Cite web |url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/koosseis/player/13508 |title=Signy Aarna national team profile |website=Estonian Football Association |access-date=2020-02-09}}
=Club=
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| align=center style=background:#efefefe |
| ---- bgcolor="#F0E68C" align="center"
!Season !Club !Country !Level !Apps !Goals |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2021 |align=center|Åland United |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|14 |align=center|1 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2020 |align=center|Åland United |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|17 |align=center|3 |
| 2019
|align=center|Åland United |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|21 |align=center|1 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2018 |align=center|Åland United |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|23 |align=center|9 |
| 2017
|align=center|Pallokissat |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|23 |align=center|5 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2016 |align=center|Pallokissat |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|23 |align=center|10 |
| 2015
|align=center|Pallokissat |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|23 |align=center|17 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2014 |align=center|Pallokissat |align=center|Finland |align=center|I |align=center|21 |align=center|13 |
| 2013
|align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|I |align=center|17 |align=center|30 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2012 |align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|I |align=center|17 |align=center|28 |
| 2011
|align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|I |align=center|20 |align=center|22 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2010 |align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|I |align=center|20 |align=center|14 |
| 2009
|align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|I |align=center|20 |align=center|11 |
| bgcolor=#dddddd
|2008 |align=center|Põlva FC Lootos |align=center|Estonia |align=center|II |align=center|17 |align=center|48 |
Personal life
Aarna attended Ahja Keskkool. In 2009, she moved to University of Tartu to study sports development with coaching.
Awards
In 2010 Aarna was awarded Female Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season.
In 2011 and 2015 Female Footballer of the Year.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category|Signy Aarna}}
- {{EFA|13508}}
- {{EFA2|1587|old_id=13508}}
- [https://archive.today/20130205013958/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=107237/profile/index.html Players profile at UEFA.com]
{{Estonian Women's Footballer of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aarna, Signy}}
Category:People from Põlva Parish
Category:Estonian women's footballers
Category:21st-century Estonian sportswomen
Category:Estonia women's international footballers
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
Category:Kansallinen Liiga players
Category:Estonian expatriate women's footballers
Category:Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland