Signy Aarna

Estonian footballer

Signy Aarna
Playing for Estonia in 2009
Personal information
Full name Signy Aarna
Date of birth (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Ahja, Põlva County, Estonia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Åland United
Number 7
Youth career
2002 Ahja Sipelgas
2003–2008 Põlva FC Lootos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Põlva FC Lootos 111 (153)
2014–2017 Pallokissat 90 (45)
2018– Åland United 44 (10)
International career
2005 Estonia U16 2 (0)
2006–2008 Estonia U19 17 (1)
2009– Estonia Universiade Team 12 (3)
2009– Estonia 101 (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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
Competition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall
2011 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2010–03–27 Vrbovec  Croatia 1 3–0 1
2013 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2011–09–18 Tallinn  Ukraine 1 1–4 2
2012–06–16 Otepää  Belarus 1 2–4
2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2014–08–20 Tallinn  Czech Republic 1 1–4 1
2019 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2017–04–08 Tbilisi  Georgia 1 2–1 1
Complete list of games
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
1 2 November 2007 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai  Latvia 3–2 UEFA Minitournament
2 24 April 2009 Lootospark, Põlva  Latvia 5–0 2009 Baltic Cup 1
3 26 April 2009 Lootospark, Põlva  Lithuania 1–0 2009 Baltic Cup
4 12 May 2009 Armenia, Yerevan  Armenia 3–0 UEFA Minitournament 1
5 14 May 2009 Armenia, Yerevan  Kazakhstan 2–1 UEFA Minitournament
6 17 September 2009 Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík  Iceland 0–12 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
7 28 October 2009 Jules Deschaseaux stadium, Le Havre  France 0–12 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
8 27 March 2010 Vrbovec stadium, Vrbovec  Croatia 3–0 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual. 2
9 31 March 2010 Mirko Vucurevic, Banatski Dvor  Serbia 0–4 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
10 15 May 2010 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai  Latvia 7–1 2010 Baltic Tournament 4
11 16 May 2010 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai  Lithuania 3–1 2010 Baltic Tournament 1
12 5 June 2010 Kadriorg, Tallinn  Northern Ireland 2–1 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
13 19 June 2010 Linnastaadion, Rakvere  Serbia 1–0 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
14 23 June 2010 Kadriorg, Tallinn  France 0–6 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
15 24 July 2010 The Showgrounds, Coleraine  Northern Ireland 0–3 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
16 22 August 2010 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Croatia 1–1 2011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
17 13 February 2011 Olympic Sportas Centrs, Riga  Latvia 5–1 Friendly 2
18 13 May 2011 LFF trening centrs, Staicele  Latvia 0–2 2011 Baltic Tournament
19 14 May 2011 LFF trening centrs, Staicele  Lithuania 3–0 2011 Baltic Tournament
20 25 August 2011 Molodechno City stadium, Molodechno  Belarus 1–2 Euro 2013 Qual.
21 18 September 2011 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Ukraine 1–4 Euro 2013 Qual. 1
22 22 October 2011 ISS stadium, Vantaa  Finland 0–6 Euro 2013 Qual.
23 25 October 2011 Nirodné tréningové centrum SFZ staadion, Senec  Slovakia 1–3 Euro 2013 Qual.
24 5 April 2012 SK Sevastopol stadion, Sevastopol  Ukraine 0–5 Euro 2013 Qual.
25 8 June 2012 Tamme stadium, Tartu  Lithuania 3–0 2012 Baltic Tournament 1
26 10 June 2012 Tamme stadium, Tartu  Latvia 6–0 2012 Baltic Tournament
27 16 June 2012 Tehvandi stadium, Otepää  Belarus 2–4 Euro 2013 Qual. 1
28 25 August 2012 Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu  Slovakia 0–2 Euro 2013 Qual.
29 15 September 2012 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Finland 0–5 Euro 2013 Qual.
30 9 November 2012 Centenary Stadium, Malta  Malta 0–2 Friendly
31 11 November 2012 Centenary Stadium, Malta  Malta 0–2 Friendly
32 20 March 2013 Terrain, "An de Buerwiesen" Stadium, Mertzig  Luxembourg 1–1 Friendly
33 3 March 2013 Olympic Sportas Centrs, Riga  Latvia 5–3 Friendly 1
34 24 August 2013 LFF Stadium, Vilnius  Latvia 0–0 2013 Baltic Tournament
35 25 August 2013 LFF Stadium, Vilnius  Lithuania 4–0 2013 Baltic Tournament 1
36 10 September 2013 Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu  Wales 2–3 Friendly 2
37 20 September 2013 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Italy 1–5 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
38 27 October 2013 Ciudad Deportiva de Collado Villalba, Madrid  Spain 0–6 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
39 30 October 2013 Mladost stadium, Strumica  North Macedonia 2–0 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
40 1 March 2014 EJL Jalgpallihall, Tallinn  Latvia 8–2 Friendly 3
41 3 March 2014 Newforge Lane, Belfast  Northern Ireland 0–1 Friendly
42 5 March 2014 Clandeboye Park, Bangor  Northern Ireland 0–1 Friendly
43 26 March 2014 Opava stadium, Opava  Czech Republic 0–6 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
44 8 May 2014 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Spain 0–5 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
45 15 June 2014 Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu  North Macedonia 1–1 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
46 19 June 2014 Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu  Romania 0–2 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
47 16 July 2014 Pruszków, Pruszków  Poland 1–5 Friendly 1
48 20 August 2014 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  Czech Republic 1–4 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual. 1
49 13 September 2014 Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli  Italy 0–4 2015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
50 20 May 2015 Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam  Netherlands 0–7 Friendly
51 17 September 2015 Tamme Stadium, Tartu  Serbia 0–1 Euro 2017 qualifying
52 21 September 2015 A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn  England 0–8 Euro 2017 qualifying
53 13 October 2015 Sportland Arena, Tallinn  Malta 1–1 Friendly 1
54 15 October 2015 Sportland Arena, Tallinn  Malta 0–3 Friendly
55 23 October 2015 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–4 Euro 2017 qualifying
56 27 October 2015 Bilino Polje Stadium, Pećinci  Serbia 0–3 Euro 2017 qualifying
57 11 March 2016 Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia  Cyprus 0–1 2016 Aphrodite Cup
58 13 March 2016 Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia  Malta 0–2 2016 Aphrodite Cup
59 15 March 2016 Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia  Israel 0–2 2016 Aphrodite Cup
60 16 March 2016 Auxiliary Parekklisia Stadium, Limassol  Lithuania 3–0 2016 Aphrodite Cup 1
61 12 April 2016 Den Dreef, Leuven  Belgium 0–6 Euro 2017 qualifying
62 3 June 2016 Tamme Stadium, Tartu  Belgium 0–5 Euro 2017 qualifying
63 6 June 2016 Tamme Stadium, Tartu  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 Euro 2017 qualifying
64 15 September 2016 Meadow Lane, Nottingham  England 0–5 Euro 2017 qualifying
65 6 April 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi  Latvia 0–4 2019 WWCQ
66 8 April 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi  Georgia 2–1 2019 WWCQ 1
67 11 April 2017 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi  Kazakhstan 0–1 2019 WWCQ
68 10 June 2017 Stadyen RTsOP-BGU Minsk  Belarus 1–1 Friendly
69 4 August 2017 Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai  Lithuania 0–0 2017 Baltic Tournament
70 19 October 2017 Municipal Stadium, Ostróda  Poland 0–6 Friendly

Source:[4]

Club

Season Club Country Level Apps Goals
2021 Åland United Finland I 14 1
2020 Åland United Finland I 17 3
2019 Åland United Finland I 21 1
2018 Åland United Finland I 23 9
2017 Pallokissat Finland I 23 5
2016 Pallokissat Finland I 23 10
2015 Pallokissat Finland I 23 17
2014 Pallokissat Finland I 21 13
2013 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia I 17 30
2012 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia I 17 28
2011 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia I 20 22
2010 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia I 20 14
2009 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia I 20 11
2008 Põlva FC Lootos Estonia II 17 48

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.

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Information". 2013 Summer Universiade. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Viron maajoukkuehyökkääjä Pallokissoihin" (in Finnish). Naisten Liiga. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ Signy Aarna Åland Unitediin (in Finnish)
  4. ^ "Signy Aarna national team profile". Estonian Football Association. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

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