Leena Puranen Skogman (born 18 October 1986) is a Finnish

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who plays for Swedish lower division team Varbergs BoIS. In 2012 and 2013 she played for Jitex BK in

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. She previously played for FC Ilves, United Pietarsaari and HJK in the

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, and KIF Örebro and

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in the Swedish league. Puranen made her senior Finland women's national football team debut in a 4–0

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defeat by the United States in

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on 25 August 2007. In May 2009 Puranen suffered an

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, which ruled her out of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. National

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selected Puranen in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but she did not play in any of their three games at the tournament. When Jitex let several players go for financial reasons after the 2013 season, Puranen moved to Division 1

Kungsbacka DFF Kungsbacka DFF is a football club from Kungsbacka, in Halland County, Sweden. The club was established in 2013 and was promoted into the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2018. The club play their home games at Tin ...

. By the mid season break she had scored 16 goals at the lower level.

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Leena Puranen Skogman
at Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) 1986 births Living people Finnish women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Jitex BK players Damallsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players KIF Örebro DFF players Finnish expatriate footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players Kansallinen Liiga players FC United (Jakobstad) players Women's association football wingers Women's association football forwards Kungsbacka DFF players Footballers from Tampere {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub