Kylla Sjoman

Kylla Sjoman
Personal information
Full nameKylla Liisa Sjoman
Date of birth18 August 1987
Place of birthNew Westminster,
Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Celtic
Number12
Youth career
Burnaby Jazz
2005–2008Arizona State Sun Devils
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007Ottawa Fury11(1)
2009Boston Renegades5(0)
2010Phoenix del Sol
2010Burnaby Canadians
2011Doncaster Rovers Belles13(1)
2012–2013Herforder SV30(3)
2013–Celtic12(0)
2014Herforder SV (loan)4(0)
National team
2013–Canada2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2014

Kylla Liisa Sjoman (born 18 August 1987) is a Canadian footballer from Burnaby, British Columbia. She plays for Celtic L.F.C. in the Scottish Women's Premier League. She has also represented the Canada women's national soccer team at senior international level, making her debut against England in April 2013.

Club career

A versatile left–sided player with joint Canadian–Finnish citizenship, in 2010 Sjoman signed a deal to play for Doncaster Rovers Belles while living at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Doncaster with Aine O'Gorman and Maria Karlsson.[1]

After a spell in Germany, Sjoman signed for Celtic in August 2013.[2] She returned to Herforder SV in February 2014.[3]

International career

Sjoman returned to South Yorkshire in April 2013 with the Canadian national team, making her senior national team debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat to England at New York Stadium in Rotherham.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Interview: John Buckley / Manager / Doncaster Rovers Belles". She Kicks. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
  2. "Celtic sign Kylla Sjoman". SWF News. Scottish Women's Football Association. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. "2. FBL: Ligaprimus Potsdam II erwartet starke Bremerinnen" (in German). DFB.de. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. "England’s late winner edges Canada in friendly". Sportsnet.ca. 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

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