Jaana Lyytikäinen (born 22 October 1982) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

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 ...

, currently playing for

Åland United Åland United is a Finnish women's football club based in Lemland, Åland. They compete in the Kansallinen Liiga, the premier women's football league in Finland. In 2004 Åland's clubs Lemlands IF and IF Finströms Kamraterna decided to stren ...

in Finland's

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 ...

. She has been a member of the senior

Finland women's national football team The Finland women's national football team, also known as nickname The Boreal Owls ( fi, Helmarit), represents Finland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi ...

since her debut against

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

in September 2007. National coach

Andrée Jeglertz Andrée Alexander Jeglertz (born 14 February 1972) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. He was an assistant coach for the Canadian women's national team before he joined Linköpings FC for the 2021 Damallsvenskan seaso ...

selected Lyytikäinen in Finland's squad for

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for List of women's national association football teams#UEFA, women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament ...

, where she played in two of the Finns' three games.

References

1982 births Living people Finnish women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Kansallinen Liiga players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players Åland United players FC Honka (women) players PK-35 Vantaa (women) players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Sportspeople from Kuopio {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub