Iina Reetta Salmi (born 12 October 1994) is a Finnish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Spanish

Liga F The Primera División de la Liga de Fútbol Femenino, currently known as Liga F (finetwork Liga F for sponsorship reasons), is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's La Lig ...

club Valencia CF and the Finland women's national team. She previously played for PK-35 Vantaa and HJK 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 Lii ...

, FC Rosengård and

AFC Ajax Vrouwen AFC Ajax Vrouwen is a Dutch Women's association football, football club from Amsterdam representing AFC Ajax in the Vrouwen Eredivisie, the top women's league in the Netherlands. The team was founded in 2012. Current squad ...

. Salmi made her debut for the Finland women's national team in March 2016 against

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. She was also a member of the Finnish squad at the

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. ...

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and played at the

2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2013 Final Tournament was held in Wales between 19 and 31 August 2013. Players born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to participate in this competition. It was the first time Wales played in the final tourname ...

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Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland ( fi, Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; sv, Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the men's and women's national footb ...

(SPL) 1994 births Finnish women's footballers Finnish expatriate footballers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Living people Finland women's international footballers Kansallinen Liiga players FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players PK-35 Vantaa (women) players Footballers from Espoo Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate women's footballers in Spain {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub