Minna Meriluoto

Minna Meriluoto

Personal information
Full name	Minna Johanna Meriluoto
Date of birth	4 October 1985 (1985-10-04) (age 26)
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Hammarby IF DFF
Number	1
Youth career
	TuNL
	TuTo
	SCR
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
–2006	FC United (Pietarsaari)
2008	Umeå Södra FF	17	(0)
2009–2011	Hammarby IF DFF	58	(0)
2012–	Jitex BK
National team‡
2006–	Finland	33	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 12 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Minna Johanna Meriluoto (born 4 October 1985) is a Finnish international football goalkeeper. She currently plays in the Swedish Damallsvenskan for Hammarby IF DFF, but has agreed to move to Jitex BK for the 2012 season.

Meriluoto participated in the 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup with FC United. Ahead of the 2008 season, in November 2007, she moved to Sweden and joined Umeå Södra FF.^[2] When her club were relegated at the end of that campaign, Meriluoto remained in the Damallsvenskan in signing for Hammarby IF DFF. In October 2011 Jitex BK announced that she was to play the following season with them.^[3]

She made her debut for the senior Finland team on 5 February 2006; playing 90 minutes against Netherlands in Spain.^[4] Meriluoto also played in one of Finland's matches at UEFA Women's Euro 2009, against Ukraine.

Meriluoto moved to Sweden with her footballer boyfriend Jesper Törnqvist, who signed for Umeå FC.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Minna Johanna Meriluoto" (in Finnish). OrsaSport. http://www.orsasport.com/orsan-pelaajat/107-minna-meriluoto.html. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
2. ^ Petter Maaherra (2007-11-19). "Umeå Södra värvar landslagskvinna" (in Swedish). Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.933255/umea-sodra-varvar-landslagskvinna. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
3. ^ Lennart Lindorsson (2011-10-27). "NY MÅLVAKT TILL JITEX" (in Swedish). Jitex BK. http://www.sportnik.com/group/14410/news/541421. Retrieved 2011-10-31. 
4. ^ "Minna Meriluoto" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten_maajoukkue/pelaajat/meriluoto_minna/. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
5. ^ BJÖRN FORSGREN. "Umeå drömmen för finska stjärnor" (in Swedish). Sommar 2008. http://www.vk.se/tema/sommar/article.jsp?article=192592. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 

External links

• Minna Meriluoto Hammarby DFF profile
• Minna Meriluoto Svensk Fotboll profile

Minna Meriluoto – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Meriluoto, Minna
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	4 October 1985
Place of birth	Turku, Finland
Date of death
Place of death