Sanna Irene Malaska (born 6 April 1983) is a

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football

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and former

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, currently running the female youth teams at

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 i ...

of the

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. As well as for HJK, she has played for Sunnanå SK of Sweden's

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, Prainsa Zaragoza in the

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Superleague and

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. She has been a member of the Finnish national team, taking part in the 2005 and 2009 European Championships. She last appeared in 2010.Profile
in the Football Association of Finland's website

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* * 1983 births Living people Finnish women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (women) players Kansallinen Liiga players Footballers from Helsinki Damallsvenskan players Liga F players Finnish expatriate women's footballers Sunnanå SK players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Toppserien players Zaragoza CFF players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders 21st-century Finnish women {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub