Signy Aarna


Signy Aarna 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.

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.

National team career

Aarna debuted for the senior national team in the 2009 Baltic Cup, starting her first game on 29 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.
;Goals scored in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2011 FIFA World CupQualifiers2010–03–27Vrbovec13–01
2013 UEFA EuroQualifiers2011–09–18Tallinn11–42
2013 UEFA EuroQualifiers2012–06–16Otepää12–42
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–08–20Tallinn11–41
2019 FIFA World CupQualifiers2017–04–08Tbilisi12–11

;Complete list of games
#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
12 November 2007Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai3–2UEFA Minitournament
224 April 2009Lootospark, Põlva5–02009 Baltic Cup1
326 April 2009Lootospark, Põlva1–02009 Baltic Cup
412 May 2009Armenia, Yerevan3–0UEFA Minitournament1
514 May 2009Armenia, Yerevan2–1UEFA Minitournament
617 September 2009Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík0–122011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
728 October 2009Jules Deschaseaux stadium, Le Havre0–122011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
827 March 2010Vrbovec stadium, Vrbovec3–02011 FIFA World Cup Qual.2
931 March 2010Mirko Vucurevic, Banatski Dvor0–42011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1015 May 2010Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai7–12010 Baltic Tournament4
1116 May 2010Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai3–12010 Baltic Tournament1
125 June 2010Kadriorg, Tallinn2–12011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1319 June 2010Linnastaadion, Rakvere1–02011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1423 June 2010Kadriorg, Tallinn0–62011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1524 July 2010The Showgrounds, Coleraine0–32011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1622 August 2010A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn1–12011 FIFA World Cup Qual.
1713 February 2011Olympic Sportas Centrs, Riga5–1Friendly2
1813 May 2011LFF trening centrs, Staicele0–22011 Baltic Tournament
1914 May 2011LFF trening centrs, Staicele3–02011 Baltic Tournament
2025 August 2011Molodechno City stadium, Molodechno1–2Euro 2013 Qual.
2118 September 2011A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn1–4Euro 2013 Qual.1
2222 October 2011ISS stadium, Vantaa0–6Euro 2013 Qual.
2325 October 2011Nirodné tréningové centrum SFZ staadion, Senec1–3Euro 2013 Qual.
245 April 2012SK Sevastopol stadion, Sevastopol0–5Euro 2013 Qual.
258 June 2012Tamme stadium, Tartu3–02012 Baltic Tournament1
2610 June 2012Tamme stadium, Tartu6–02012 Baltic Tournament
2716 June 2012Tehvandi stadium, Otepää2–4Euro 2013 Qual.1
2825 August 2012Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu0–2Euro 2013 Qual.
2915 September 2012A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn0–5Euro 2013 Qual.
309 November 2012Centenary Stadium, Malta0–2Friendly
3111 November 2012Centenary Stadium, Malta0–2Friendly
3220 March 2013Terrain, "An de Buerwiesen" Stadium, Mertzig1–1Friendly
333 March 2013Olympic Sportas Centrs, Riga5–3Friendly1
3424 August 2013LFF Stadium, Vilnius0–02013 Baltic Tournament
3525 August 2013LFF Stadium, Vilnius4–02013 Baltic Tournament1
3610 September 2013Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu2–3Friendly2
3720 September 2013A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn1–52015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
3827 October 2013Ciudad Deportiva de Collado Villalba, Madrid0–62015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
3930 October 2013Mladost stadium, Strumica2–02015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
401 March 2014EJL Jalgpallihall, Tallinn8–2Friendly3
413 March 2014Newforge Lane, Belfast0–1Friendly
425 March 2014Clandeboye Park, Bangor0–1Friendly
4326 March 2014Opava stadium, Opava0–62015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
448 May 2014A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn0–52015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
4515 June 2014Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu1–12015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
4619 June 2014Haapsalu staadion, Haapsalu0–22015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
4716 July 2014Pruszków, Pruszków1–5Friendly1
4820 August 2014A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn1–42015 FIFA World Cup Qual.1
4913 September 2014Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli0–42015 FIFA World Cup Qual.
5020 May 2015Sparta Stadion, Rotterdam0–7Friendly
5117 September 2015Tamme Stadium, Tartu0–1Euro 2017 qualifying
5221 September 2015A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn0–8Euro 2017 qualifying
5313 October 2015Sportland Arena, Tallinn1–1Friendly1
5415 October 2015Sportland Arena, Tallinn0–3Friendly
5523 October 2015Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica0–4Euro 2017 qualifying
5627 October 2015Bilino Polje Stadium, Pećinci0–3Euro 2017 qualifying
5711 March 2016Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia0–12016 Aphrodite Cup
5813 March 2016Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia0–22016 Aphrodite Cup
5915 March 2016Koinotiko Stadio Parekklisias, Parekklisia0–22016 Aphrodite Cup
6016 March 2016Auxiliary Parekklisia Stadium, Limassol3–02016 Aphrodite Cup1
6112 April 2016Den Dreef, Leuven0–6Euro 2017 qualifying
623 June 2016Tamme Stadium, Tartu0–5Euro 2017 qualifying
636 June 2016Tamme Stadium, Tartu0–1Euro 2017 qualifying
6415 September 2016Meadow Lane, Nottingham0–5Euro 2017 qualifying
656 April 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi0–42019 WWCQ
668 April 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi2–12019 WWCQ1
6711 April 2017Mikheil Meskhi Stadium-2, Tbilisi0–12019 WWCQ
6810 June 2017Stadyen RTsOP-BGU Minsk1-1Friendly
694 August 2017Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai0–02017 Baltic Tournament
7019 October 2017Municipal Stadium, Ostróda0–6Friendly

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Career statistics

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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.