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

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) is a

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and former

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. She played for

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and

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history ...

of the

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as well as

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of the

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

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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 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 {{Finland-architect-stub