Eveliina "Eve" Sarapää (born 29 September 1976, in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...

) is a Finnish-Saami

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

. She played for

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finland, Finnish Association football, football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club will play in Kakkonen in the 2024 season, after Esport Honka filed for ...

and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki (), or simply as HJK (), is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. The club competes in Veikkausliiga, the top division of the Finnish football league system. Founded in 1907, the ...

of the

Naisten Liiga The Kansallinen Liiga ('National League') is the premier division of women's football in Finland. It was previously called the Jalkapallon naisten SM-sarja ('Women's Football Finnish Championship Series') during 1974 to 2006 and the Naisten L ...

as well as

Asker Fotball Asker Fotball is the football department of Norwegian sports club Asker SK from Asker. The women's football team is one of the most successful clubs ever in Norway, with six top flight championships and five cup championships. Due to financia ...

of the Norwegian

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

. She was a member of the Finnish national team, and played at the 2005 European Championship. Sarapää attended

Oslo School of Architecture and Design The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (, AHO) is an autonomous institution within the Norwegian university system. The School offers education in the fields of architecture, urbanism, design, and landscape architecture. AHO offers three f ...

while playing in Norway and became an architect after her football career.

Titles

* 5 Finnish League (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007) * 4 Finnish Cups (1999, 2000, 2002, 2006)

References

1976 births 21st-century Finnish architects Living people People from Oulu Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Finland women's international footballers Finnish expatriate women's footballers Finnish women architects Finnish women's footballers Asker Fotball (women) players Toppserien players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players FC Honka (women) players Kansallinen Liiga players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Oslo School of Architecture and Design alumni 20th-century Finnish women artists 21st-century Finnish women artists Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Sámi sportspeople {{Finland-architect-stub