Minna Heponiemi Explained

Minna Heponiemi
Birth Date:	10 August 1977
Position:	Forward
Years1:	1997–2000
Clubs1:	Hammarby IF
Caps1:	76
Goals1:	65
Nationalteam1:	Sweden
Nationalcaps1:	1
Nationalgoals1:	0

Minna Heponiemi (born 10 August 1977) is a Swedish former women's international footballer who played as a forward. She was a member of the Sweden women's national football team and took part in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1]

Early life

Heponiemi was born to Finnish parents and grew up in Vagnhärad, Sweden.^[2] A Finnish citizen by birth, she changed to Swedish citizenship when she was 15 years old.^[3]

References

1. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 - Sweden. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702171946/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/teams/team=1882883/index.html. dead. July 2, 2015. 2007-09-28. FIFA. 1999. FIFA Women's World Cup United States 1999.
2. News: Karlsson . Johan . 20 June 2023 . Minna vet hur det är att stå på den största fotbollsscenen av alla . sv . . Minna Heponiemi växte upp i Vagnhärad på 80-talet. Föräldrarna pratade enbart finska hemma..
3. News: Hon bytte boll och blev skyttedrottning . Lindblad . Anders . 21 December 2002 . . sv . 12 October 2023 . Jag var faktiskt finsk medborgare tills jag var 15 år. Men då blev jag uttagen till flicklandslaget i fotboll och bytte till svensk medborgare. Det är ju här jag bott hela mitt liv så det känns helt rätt..