Tea Sonja-Anastasia Villilä (born 16 April 1991) 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 ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

defenseman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to ...

, currently playing in 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 ...

(NSML) with

Kiekko-Espoo Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish ice hockey club founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Mestis and the women's team plays in the Naisten Liiga. Kiekko-Espoo's junior teams play at national league levels in U16, U18 and U20 juniors. The ...

. She has previously played with the Finnish national team and won bronze with the team at the

2011 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2011 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in April 2011 in Zürich and Winterthur, Switzerland, and took place at Hallenstadion and Deutweg rink. Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have pl ...

International career

Villilä played with the Finnish national team at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

.IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2014 Olympics
/ref> Villilä has also appeared for Finland at three

IIHF Women's World Championships The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The of ...

. Her first appearance came in 2011, where she won a bronze medal.IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2011 World Championship
/ref>IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2012 World Championship
/ref>IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2013 World Championship
Villilä made one appearance for the

Finland women's national under-18 ice hockey team The Finnish women's national under-18 ice hockey team () is the national women's junior ice hockey team of Finland, which represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship and other inter ...

, at the

IIHF World Women's U18 Championships The IIHF Women's World U18 Championship, officially the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, is an annual ice hockey tournament for national women's under-18 (U18) ice hockey teams, administrated by the International Ice Hockey Feder ...

, in

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

.IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2009 U-18 World Championship
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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Villila, Tea 1991 births Living people People from Hyvinkää Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players HPK Kiekkonaiset players Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Uusimaa