Heini Mäkelä (née Tiilikainen), (born 19 December 1987) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder. Mäkelä plays for Kuopio MimmiFutis in Kuopio and the Finnish national team as a defender.

International career

Mäkelä was a member of the Finland team that reached the semi-final of the

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and the semi-finals of the

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. Heini Mäkelä made her senior for

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against

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on 27 August 2008. Heini Mäkelä was selected to part of the Finnish team at the 2009 European Championships. Mäkelä had to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by

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. Mäkelä scored her first goal for the national team against

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in a World Cup qualifier on 31 March 2010, the game ended in 1-1.

References

1987 births Living people Kansallinen Liiga players Finnish women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Women's association football defenders Place of birth missing (living people) {{Finland-women-footy-bio-stub