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Anne Mäkinen

Personal information
Full name	Anne Maarit Mäkinen
Date of birth	(1976-02-01) 1 February 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	JNK Laajasalo
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	90	(65)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	KontU
	HJK
	MPS
2001–2002	Washington Freedom	30	(2)
2003	Philadelphia Charge	17	(0)
2004	New Jersey Wildcats	13	(5)
2005–2006	Umeå IK
2007	Bälinge IF
2008–2009	AIK
International career
1991–2009	Finland	118	(16)
Managerial career
2021–2022	AIK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Anne Maarit Mäkinen (born 1 February 1976) is a Finnish football manager and former footballer making 188 appearances for the Finland national team. She was a central midfielder.

Career

Mäkinen was the first Finnish player to play in the WUSA, and played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame. Mäkinen played for Washington Freedom, Philadelphia Charge and New Jersey Wildcats. While with Notre Dame, she was the Rookie of the Year in 1997 and the most valuable player in 2000, and was selected to the All Stars of university soccer four years in a row. In December 2004, Mäkinen joined Swedish Umeå IK. With Umeå IK, she twice won the Swedish top league, Damallsvenskan, in 2005 and 2006. Mäkinen then played for Bälinge IF and AIK.

Following her debut in June 1991, Mäkinen represented Finland a record 118 times, with 16 goals as of her retirement in 2009. In 2005, Mäkinen vice-captained Finland to the bronze medals in the European Championship finals, which stands as her nations's best achievement in this sport. She was awarded the Golden Player award for best player of the tournament.

Mäkinen's playing style was very powerful. She was skillful with the ball, and dictated the run of her team's play from central midfield with her effective tackling and telling passes.

Mäkinen's soccer jersey number was retired in 2011 at the IMG Soccer Academy where she trained in her early years, often competing against male players for a challenge.

In 2017, Mäkinen was appointed physio coach of Finland women's national team. Mäkinen was appointed sports director for her former club as active, AIK, after the 2019 season. Before the 2021 season, her role was changed to manager. In May 2022, she was replaced as manager for AIK by Jesper Björk after six straight losses, including a Tvillingderbyt against Djurgården.

References

1. "UEFA Competitions – Association Player List: Season 2009 – Finland" (PDF). UEFA. 21 August 2009. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
2. ^ "Anne Mäkinen ny sportchef för AIK:s damlag".
3. "Suomen Palloliitto - Mäkinen Anne". Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
4. "IMG Academy soccer program honors 19 with retired jerseys | IMG Academy". imgacademy.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
5. "Anne Mäkinen blir sportchef i AIK".
6. "Anne Mäkinen".
7. "Sparkar tre efter fiaskot – legendaren tar över". 9 May 2022.

External links

• UEFA profile
• Notre Dame player profile
• Profile at Women's United Soccer Association

v t e Finland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 semi-finalists
1 Kunnas 2 Vaelma 3 Julin 4 Valkonen (c) 5 Salmén 6 Sarapää 7 Mäkinen 8 Mustonen 9 Kalmari 10 Rantanen 11 Kackur 12 Junkkari 13 Thorn 14 Ahonen 15 Malaska 16 Uusi-Luomalahti 17 Lindqvist 18 Talonen 19 Lindström 20 Matikainen Coach: Käld

v t e Finland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009
1 Meriluoto 2 Vaelma 3 Julin 4 Valkonen (c) 5 Niemi 6 Salmén 7 Mäkinen 8 Nokso-Koivisto 9 Kalmari 10 Rantanen 11 Lehtinen 12 Häkkinen 13 Hyyrynen 14 Korpela 15 Malaska 16 Westerlund 17 Hirvonen 18 Sällström 19 Sainio 20 Sjölund 21 Talonen 22 Saari Coach: Käld

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