Heidi Kackur

Heidi Kackur

Personal information
Full name	Heidi Kackur
Date of birth	(1978-10-31) 31 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Vörå, Finland[1]
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Hellnäs BK
	Norrvalla FF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	FC United (Pietarsaari)
2003–2004	Malmö FF
2005	Göteborg FC	20	(11)
2006–2007	Näsets SK
International career
1999–2005	Finland	48	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Heidi Kackur (born 31 October 1978) is a Finnish former[2] football striker. She played for Naisten Liiga club FC United Pietarsaari[3] and Malmö FF[4] and Göteborg FC[5] of Sweden's Damallsvenskan.

Kackur married Henrik Wilson in June 2005 and in October 2005 retired from football to run a clothes shop.[6] In April 2006 Kackur emerged from retirement to play for Swedish lower division club Näsets SK.[7]

She was a member of the Finnish national team, making her debut in October 1999; a 3–1 defeat by Brazil in the 1999 Women's U.S. Cup. At the 2005 European Championship she scored a winner against Denmark that earned Finland's spot in the semi-finals.[8]

References

1. "Kackur Heidi". Football Association of Finland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. Finland - Women International Player Records Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
3. Pietarsaaren United uusi naisten suomen mestari Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Football Association of Finland
4. Lingor fires Frankfurt through UEFA.com
5. Käld julkisti avauksen Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Football Association of Finland
6. "Heidi Kackur lopettaa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 31 October 2005. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
7. "Kackur går till Näset" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. Perfect finnish for Käld UEFA.com

External links

• Heidi Kackur on Twitter
• Heidi Kackur – FIFA competition record (archived)
• National Team profile (in Finnish)
• Göteborg FC profile (in Swedish)