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Anna Tamminen

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Anna Tamminen
Tamminen with Hammarby in 2022
Personal information
Full name Anna Reetta Alisa Tamminen
Date of birth (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Turku, Finland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 1
Youth career
Turku Nappulaliiga
Pyrkivä Turku
Turun Weikot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 NiceFutis 30 (0)
2017 Hovås Billdal IF 26 (0)
2018–2020 Åland United 46 (0)
2021– Hammarby IF 89 (0)
International career‡
2019– Finland 11[1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2023

Anna Reetta Alisa Tamminen (born 30 October 1994) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Hammarby IF and the Finland women's national football team.

She has won 11 caps for Finland, including appearances at the 2019 and 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup.[1][2]

She was named The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2023 Damallsvenskan.[3]

Club career

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NiceFutis and Hovås Billdal

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Born and raised in Turku, Tamminen played youth football with several local clubs. In 2015, she started her senior career with NiceFutis in the Naisten Liiga, the domestic top tier. After two seasons with the club, she moved to Hovås Billdal IF in the Swedish second division Elitettan. Tamminen appeared in all 26 league fixtures in 2017, but was unable to save her team from a relegation.[4]

Åland United

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On 10 January 2018, Tamminen returned to Finland, moving to Åland United.[5] For three consecutive years, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Tamminen won the award of Goalkeeper of the Year in the Finnish league.[1][6] In 2020, Åland United were crowned Finnish champions through winning the Kansallinen Liiga. The same year, the club also won the Finnish Women's Cup, through a 2–1 win over Tikkurilan Palloseura in the final.[1][7]

Hammarby IF

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On 2 December 2020, Tamminen signed a one-year contract with Hammarby IF in Damallsvenskan.[8] She made 22 appearances in the league in 2021, leading her side to a 7th place in the table.[9]

On 17 November 2021, Tamminen signed a new two-year deal with the club.[10] In 2022, Tamminen made 23 appearances, as Hammarby finished 5th in the Damallsvenskan table.[9] She kept 12 clean sheets throughout the season, the most in the whole league.[11]

On 6 June 2023, Hammarby won the 2022–23 Svenska Cupen. Tamminen appeared in the final, that ended in a 3–0 win at home against BK Häcken.[12] On 5 July the same year, Tamminen signed a new three-year contract with the club, running until the summer of 2026.[13] The club also won the 2023 Damallsvenskan, claiming its second Swedish championship after 38 years.[14] Throughout the season, Tamminen set a new league record when the side did not concede a goal for 757 straight minutes, eventually ending the campaign with 13 clean sheets.[15][16][17] After the season, she vas voted Hammarby Player of the Year by the supporters of the club.[18] Tamminen was also awarded the Damallsvenskan prizes Goalkeeper of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Year.[19]

International career

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Tamminen made her senior debut at 2019 Cyprus Cup and also played in the 2020 Cyprus Cup. She was a substitute goalkeeper in the first four games of qualifying for the 2023 World Cup. On June 9, 2022, she was nominated for the European Championship finals.[20]

Honours

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Club

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Åland United

Hammarby IF

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Anna Tamminen". Suomen Palloliitto. Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. ^ "A. Tamminen". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Anna Tamminen valittiin Ruotsin Damallsvenskanin arvokkaimmaksi pelaajaksi, Yle, 21 November 2023
  4. ^ "Anna Tamminen" (in Swedish). Damallsvenskan. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Anna Tamminen är målvakt i Åland United 2018" (in Swedish). Åland United. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Anna Tamminen- Årets målvakt" (in Swedish). Åland United. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ "2020 är avtackat. Åland United vann!" (in Swedish). Åland United. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Anna Tamminen klar för Bajen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Anna Tamminen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Carlsson, Tamminen, Vinberg och Wangerheim fortsätter i Bajen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 17 November 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. ^ Damallsvenskan [@_OBOSDamallsv] (15 November 2022). "Anna Tamminen i @Hammarbyfotboll stod för 12 hållna nollor under säsongen - flest i OBOS Damallsvenskan 2022!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Hammarby IF vinner Svenska Cupen 2022/23" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Hammarby förlänger med Anna Tamminen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Hammarby svenska mästare 2023" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Tamminen historisk – och nominerad till Månadens Spelare i september" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Historisk Tamminen kan bli guldhjälte: "Inte van vid det"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Anna Tamminen är damallsvenskans MVP" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Bajengalan 2023: Här är alla vinnarna!" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Här är alla vinnarna på galan" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Helmareiden EM-kisajoukkue valittu". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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