Lotta Lindström

Lotta Lindström
Lindström with London City Lionesses in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-09-10) 10 September 2004
Place of birth Hyvinkää, Finland
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Youth career
–2020 HyPS
2021–2022 HFA-Märsky
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 HyPS 20 (23)
2023 HJK 23 (17)
2024–2026 London City Lionesses 11 (3)
2026 → Birmingham City (loan) 1 (3)
2026– Bristol City 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Finland U16 2 (1)
2021–23 Finland U19 10 (4)
2023 Finland U23 3 (2)
2023– Finland 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 October 2025

Lotta Lindström (Finland Swedish: [ˈlɔtːa ˈlɪnːdstrøm]; born 10 September 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League 2 club Bristol City and the Finland national team. She had a loan spell with Birmingham City for the later part of the 2025–26 season.

Club career

HyPS

Lindström started playing football in youth teams of HyPS in Hyvinkää, and made her senior debut with the club's first team in 2018 in fifth-tier Naisten Nelonen at the age 14.[1] She studied and played in Helsinki Football Academy during 2021–2022, but missed the last year due to knee injury.

HJK

Lindström signed with Kansallinen Liiga side HJK for the 2023 season.[2] In her first season in the league, she scored 17 goals in 23 league appearances, making her the Kansallinen Liiga Top Goalscorer.[3] She was named the Player of the Year by HJK supporters Forza HJK.[4] The club eventually finished in 2nd place in the league, and in the Finnish Women's Cup in 2023.

London City Lionesses

On 1 February 2024, Lindström signed with English club London City Lionesses in Women's Championship on a three-and-a-half-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[3][5] She scored a goal in her Championship debut with her new team on 18 February 2024, in a 2–2 draw against Durham.[6] On 19 September, it was announced that Lindström would be out of the line-up for the rest of the 2024–25 season due to ACL injury.[7]

On 14 September 2025, Lindström made her first appearance for the Lionesses in the Women's Super League, in a 5-1 loss to Manchester United.[8]

Birmingham City

On 7 January 2026, Lindström went on loan to Birmingham City for the rest of the 2025–26 season.[9]

International career

Lindström has represented Finland at various youth international levels.[10] She received her first call-up to Finland senior national team in October 2023 for 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B matches,[11] and eventually made her debut on 5 December 2023 against Slovakia.[12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 September 2024.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HyPS 2018 Naisten Nelonen 32–––32
2019 Naisten Kolmonen 67–––67
2020 Naisten Kolmonen 1114–––1114
Total 20230000002023
HJK 2023 Kansallinen Liiga 231744–6[b]83329
London City Lionesses 2023–24 Women's Championship 6300––63
2024–25 Women's Championship 1000––10
2025-26 Women's Super League 5 0 3 1 – – 8 1
Total 12331–00154
Career total 62467500687559
  1. ↑ Includes Finnish Women's Cup and Women's FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Kansallinen Cup

International

As of 24 October 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Finland 202310
202430
202511
Total51
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
List of international goals scored by Lotta Lindström
1.24 October 2025Tammelan Stadion, Tampere, Finland Denmark1–51–62025 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches
2.18 April 2026Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia1–01–02027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.5 June 2026Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra, Slovakia Slovakia2–04–0
4.4–0

Honours

HJK

Birmingham City

Finland

Individual

  • Kansallinen Liiga Top Goalscorer: 2023
  • Kansallinen Liiga Forward of the Year: 2023
  • Kansallinen Liiga Rookie of the Year: 2023[15]
  • Kansallinen Liiga Player of the Month: May 2023[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, Lotta Lindström, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
  2. ↑ HYPS KASVATTI SOPIMUKSEEN HJK NAISTEN KANSSA, hyps.fi
  3. 1 2 Lotta Lindström siirtyy Englantiin, hjk.fi, 1 February 2024
  4. ↑ Huikean debyyttikauden tehnyt Lotta Lindström valittiin vuoden pelaajaksi, forzahjk.fi, 15 October 2023
  5. ↑ HJK myi 19-vuotiaan maalitykkinsä Englantiin, Helsingin Sanomat, 1 February 2024
  6. ↑ Lotta Lindström osui heti debyytissään, Finnish FA, 19 February 2024
  7. ↑ London City Lionesses forward Lindström sustains ACL injury, yahoo.com, 19 September 2024
  8. ↑ Smith, Emma (14 September 2025). "Man Utd Cruise to impressive win at London City".
  9. ↑ Pentland, Daniel (2026-01-07). "Birmingham City sign London City Lionesses forward Lindström on loan". WSL Full-Time. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  10. ↑ Lotta Lindström on yksi neljästä – Kansallisen Liigan hyvinkääläinen maalitykki nimettiin U23-maajoukkueeseen, Aamuposti, 14 September 2023
  11. ↑ Lotta Lindström nauttii ensimmäisestä A-maajoukkueleiristään: ”Minulle se suuri unelma”, Finnish FA, 30 October 2023
  12. ↑ Lotta Lindström, 19, pelasi yli odotustensa ja nyt hänet valittiin ensimmäistä kertaa Helmareihin: ”En ehkä ihan tätä ajatellut”, Yle, 27 October 2023
  13. ↑ Hyvinkääläisen jalkapallosensaation maajoukkueunelma toteutui, ja seuraava tavoitekin on jo tiedossa: "Olen valmis tekemään kaiken mahdollisen", Aamuposti, 9 April 2024
  14. ↑ VAVEL.com (2026-05-02). "WSL2 Final Day Report: Birmingham champions, Palace promoted as Charlton crumble into third". VAVEL. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
  15. ↑ Captain's Ball 2023 – Palkitut osa 3, Finnish FA, 1 December 2023
  16. ↑ Lotta Lindström Kansallisen Liigan kuukauden pelaaja, jpy.fi, 2 June 2023
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