_022_(cropped).jpg) Manner with the Orlando Pride in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 11, 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando Pride | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | HJK | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 61 | (0) |
| 2021 | Lynn Fighting Knights | 13 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Honka | 11 | (0) |
| 2022 | Fjölnir | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | Honka | 23 | (0) |
| 2024– | Orlando Pride | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Finland U16 | ||
| 2013 | Finland U17 | ||
| 2014 | Finland U18 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023 | |||
Sofia Manner (born 11 September 1997) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Manner moved to the United States to attend college at Stony Brook University, where she played three seasons for the Stony Brook Seawolves. She won the America East Rookie of the Year award as a freshman in 2017, and won the America East Goalkeeper of the Year award in both her next two seasons. With Manner, Stony Brook made two NCAA Tournaments and won two America East championships.
In 2021, she signed with FC Honka of Kansallinen Liiga (National League), the highest league of Finnish football. Ahead of the 2024 season, she signed a two-year contract with the Orlando Pride of NWSL, making history as the first player in history to transfer from Finland's highest league to the NWSL.[2][3]
- ^ "Orlando Pride Signs Goalkeeper Sofia Manner to Two-Year Contract | Orlando Pride".
- ^ "Hongan maalivahti Manner tekee historiaa – hyppää Kansallisesta liigasta NWLS-ammattilaissarjaan". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "FC Hongan Sofia Manner tekee historiaa – suoraan Kansallisesta liigasta NWSL-sarjaan". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-12-01.