With Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team Sky Blue FC Österberg Kalmari scored seven goals in 33 appearances across the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[3] After the failure of the professional league in America, Österberg Kalmari announced her retirement from playing in April 2012.[4]
Österberg Kalmari playing for the Finland national team.
International career
Following her senior debut in March 1996, Österberg Kalmari represented the Finland women's national football team 130 times, scoring 41 goals.[5] She is the all-time leading goalscorer of the national team.[6] In 2005, Österberg Kalmari played in the finals of the 2005 European Championships in North West England. Finland reached the semi-finals, which remains her nation's best achievement in women's football.
After a break from international football which included the birth of her daughter, Österberg Kalmari was recalled to the national team in January 2009 having last played in September 2006.[7] She went on to represent hosts Finland in the 2009 European Championships, where they reached the quarter-finals.
Österberg Kalmari is a five-time winner of the Women's Finnish Footballer of the Year—more times than any other player. She collected the award in 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2010.[8][9]
Österberg Kalmari (R) playing for NJ Sky Blue against St.Louis Athletica, 2010
Personal life
Österberg Kalmari married Niko Österberg in 2007. Their daughter Meja was born in March 2008.[10]
^Markkola, Matti (March 2006). "Parempi kuin Litmanen" [Better than Litmanen]. V (in Finnish). Helsinki. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
