Anni Hartikainen

Anni Hartikainen
Personal information
Full name Anni Eveliina Hartikainen
Date of birth (2003-08-19) 19 August 2003
Place of birth Kuopio, Finland
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Pallokissat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 KuPS 82 (17)
2024– Rosengård 31 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 Finland U19 7 (2)
2022–2023 Finland U23 4 (0)
2023– Finland 12 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 July 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 December 2024

Anni Eveliina Hartikainen (born 19 August 2003) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Finland national team.

Club career

Hartikainen debuted in Naisten Liiga with KuPS in 2019. With KuPS, she won three consecutive Finnish championship titles in 2021–2023, and additionally the Finnish Women's Cup in 2023.[1]

She signed with Damallsvenskan club Rosengård for the 2024 season.[2] At the end of the season, they won the Swedish championship title.

International career

A former youth international, Hartikainen debuted with the Finland national team on 22 September 2023, in a 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League win against Slovakia. She scored her first goal on 30 November 2023, in a 6–0 win against Romania.[3]

In the beginning of December 2023, Hartikainen attended the annual Captain's Ball awards, held by the Football Association of Finland, where she was awarded the Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Year. Next morning, she overslept and missed the flight to the national team preparation camp for the last match of the Nations League campaign. Because of that, she was left out of the squad, by the decision of the head coach Marko Saloranta.[4][5] She returned to the national team in early 2024.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 July 2025[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KuPS 2019 Naisten Liiga 10–––10
2020 Kansallinen Liiga 18210––192
2021 Kansallinen Liiga 18430––214
2022 Kansallinen Liiga 23320–4[c]1294
2023 Kansallinen Liiga 22844742[c]03516
Total 8217104746110526
Rosengård 2024 Damallsvenskan 20140––241
2025 Damallsvenskan 11020––130
Total 311600000371
Career total 11318164746114227
  1. ↑ Includes Finnish Women's Cup and Svenska Cupen (women)
  2. ↑ Includes Kansallinen Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

International

As of 3 December 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 202341
202480
Total121
Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hartikainen goal.
List of international goals scored by Anni Hartikainen
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 Nov 2023Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland Romania6–06–02023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B

Honours

KuPS

Rosengård

Finland

Individual

  • Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Year: 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Anni Hartikainen, 20, mokasi pahasti ja sulkeutui viikoksi kotiinsa – nyt hän nauttii toisenlaisesta huomiosta Ruotsissa". Yle Urheilu. April 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Palkittu KuPS-puolustaja Anni Hartikainen siirtyy Ruotsin pääsarjaan: "Kyselyitä tuli useista eri maista"". Yle Urheilu. December 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ Juurtela, Martti (November 30, 2023). "Anni Hartikainen avasi oman maalitilinsä "Helmareissa"".
  4. ↑ "Anni Hartikainen sivuun Helmareista". Palloliitto.fi.
  5. ↑ "Palloliitolle avoimuus oli tärkeää Anni Hartikaisen tapauksessa: "Pelaaja on varmastikin saanut riittävän rangaistuksen"". Yle Urheilu. December 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Tulospalvelu". tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi.
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