# Essi Sainio

> Essi Katriina Sainio is a Finnish former professional footballer, who last played for HJK in Finland as a winger. She played for SC Freiburg of Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, before having a few years break due personal reasons. She previously played for Turbine Potsdam, winning the German Bundesliga title in 2009, and for AIK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. Sainio began her senior career with Naisten Liiga clubs FC Honka and HJK in her home country. Since making her debut in 2006, Sainio has won 45 caps and scored three goals for the Finland women's national football team. A winger who can also play as a full-back, she was part of the Finnish team which hosted UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached the quarter-finals.

*Finnish footballer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/essi-sainio

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Born:** 1986-09-09
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 36.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/essisainio (@essisainio)

## Sources
- [Essi Sainio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essi_Sainio)
- [اسى ساينيو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88)
- [Essi Sainio](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essi_Sainio)
- [Essi Sainio](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essi_Sainio)
- [اسی سائینیو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88)
- [Essi Sainio](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essi_Sainio)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546255)

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