Signy Aarna Explained

Signy Aarna
Fullname:Signy Aarna
Birth Date:4 October 1990
Birth Place:Ahja, Põlva County, Estonia
Height:168 cm[1]
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Åland United
Clubnumber:7
Youthyears1:2002
Youthyears2:2003–2008
Youthclubs1:Ahja Sipelgas
Youthclubs2:Põlva FC Lootos
Years1:2008–2013
Years2:2014–2017
Years3:2018–
Clubs2:Pallokissat
Clubs3:Åland United
Caps1:111
Caps2:90
Caps3:44
Goals1:153
Goals2:45
Goals3:10
Nationalyears1:2005
Nationalyears2:2006–2008
Nationalyears3:2009–
Nationalyears4:2009–
Nationalteam1:Estonia U16
Nationalteam2:Estonia U19
Nationalteam3:Estonia Universiade Team
Nationalteam4:Estonia
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalcaps2:17
Nationalcaps3:12
Nationalcaps4:101
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalgoals3:3
Nationalgoals4:26
Pcupdate:22 November 2019
Ntupdate:8 April 2022

Signy Aarna (born 4 October 1990) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a forward for Finnish club Åland United and for the Estonia national team. She previously played for Finnish club Pallokissat and FC Lootos of the Estonian Naiste Meistriliiga.

Club career

From Ahja, Põlva County, Aarna started training with the youth team of FC Lootos as a goalkeeper in 2003. In 2005, 2007 and 2008 she won Estonian youth titles with the club's different age groups.

FC Lootos

In 2008, she started in FC Lootos' senior squad in the Esiliiga, the second level of women's football in Estonia. FC Lootos won the league and Aarna was the top scorer with 48 goals. From 2009 she played for FC Lootos in the top level Naiste Meistriliiga. She remains the club's most capped player with 121 games in all competitions and 166 goals in Estonian league and cup games.[2]

Pallokissat

Despite offers from other Meistriliiga clubs, Aarna opted to stay with her hometown club until leaving the country. After the end of season 2013, Aarna signed her first professional contract with Naisten Liiga club Pallokissat in Finland. In her debut season Aarna scored 13 goals in 21 matches, she became the club's top scorer and helped the team to reach third place and the first ever medals in the club's history. 2015 proved to be another productive season for Aarna, as she scored 17 goals in Naisten Liiga and she became again the club's top scorer.

Åland United

Before the 2018 season, Aarna joined Åland United.[3]

International career

Aarna debuted for the senior national team in the 2009 Baltic Cup, starting her first game on 24 April 2009 against Latvia and scoring Estonia's fifth and final goal on her home ground, Lootospark. She previously played at Under-17 and under-19 levels. On 26 November 2021, she played her 100th match for Estonia during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Estonia's Women's National team first

Goals scored in official competitions
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Qualifiers 2010–03–27 1 3–0 1
Qualifiers 2011–09–18 1 1–4 2
2012–06–16 1 2–4
Qualifiers 2014–08–20 1 1–4 1
Qualifiers 2017–04–08 1 2–1 1
Complete list of games
Source:[4]

Club

SeasonClubCountryLevelAppsGoals
2021Åland UnitedFinlandI141
2020Åland UnitedFinlandI173
2019Åland UnitedFinlandI211
2018Åland UnitedFinlandI239
2017PallokissatFinlandI235
2016PallokissatFinlandI2310
2015PallokissatFinlandI2317
2014PallokissatFinlandI2113
2013Põlva FC LootosEstoniaI1730
2012Põlva FC LootosEstoniaI1728
2011Põlva FC LootosEstoniaI2022
2010Põlva FC LootosEstoniaI2014
2009Põlva FC LootosEstoniaI2011
2008Põlva FC LootosEstoniaII1748

Personal life

Aarna attended Ahja Keskkool. In 2009, she moved to University of Tartu to study sports development with coaching.

Awards

In 2010 Aarna was awarded Female Meistriliiga Footballer of the Season.In 2011 and 2015 Female Footballer of the Year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete Information. 2013 Summer Universiade. 7 September 2015.
  2. News: Viron maajoukkuehyökkääjä Pallokissoihin. 7 September 2015. Naisten Liiga. 20 December 2013. Finnish. 19 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170519022631/https://www.palloliitto.fi/uutiset/naisten-liiga/viron-maajoukkuehyokkaaja-pallokissoihin. dead.
  3. https://www.palloliitto.fi/jalkapallouutiset/signy-aarna-aland-unitediin Signy Aarna Åland Unitediin
  4. Web site: Signy Aarna national team profile . . 2020-02-09.