Laura Elina Österberg Kalmari (born Kalmari, 27 May 1979) is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer

Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...

 team Sky Blue FC

Sky Blue FC

Sky Blue FC is an American professional soccer club based in Piscataway Township, New Jersey which participates in Women's Professional Soccer....

. She is a striker.

Österberg Kalmari played in Finnish clubs Puistolan Urheilijat

Puistolan Urheilijat

Puistolan Urheilijat is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland specialising in football, badminton, tennis, volleyball, bowling and fitness. The club was formed in 1929 and currently has 1,400 members...

, Malmin Palloseura

Malmin Palloseura

Malmin Palloseura is a Helsinki-based football club that was formed in 1948. The club's first team has been playing mostly in the Second and Third Divisions. Currently the team plays in the Kakkonen which is the third tier of the Finnish football system...

 and HJK Helsinki

HJK Helsinki

Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...

 before moving University of Portland

University of Portland

The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...

 in 2000. Kalmari returned to HJK to play in the inaugural UEFA Women's Cup

UEFA Women's Cup

The UEFA Women's Champions League is the first international women's association football club competition for teams that play in UEFA nations. Initially known as the UEFA Women's Cup, the competition has been re-branded since the 2009-2010 edition as the UEFA Women's Champions League...

 in 2000–2001. HJK reached semi-finals and then she moved to United States to play in Boston Renegades

Boston Renegades

Boston Renegades was an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference...

 in the WUSA

Women's United Soccer Association

The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...

. In 2002 she moved to Swedish Umeå IK

Umeå IK

Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...

, where she won UEFA Women's Cup twice. Österberg Kalmari also played in Djurgården/Älvsjö

Djurgården/Älvsjö

Djurgårdens IF is a football club from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The club was established when the women's divisions of Djurgårdens IF and Älvsjö AIK merged in 2003, forming a new club owned to 51 % by Djurgården and to 49 % by Älvsjö...

 before moving to AIK in 2007.

Österberg Kalmari has represented Finland 126 times, with 40 goals as of November 2010. She is the all-time leading goalscorer of the national team. In 2005, Österberg Kalmari played in the finals of 2005 European Championships. Finland reached the semi-finals, which is her nations's best achievement in women's football. She also represented Finland in 2009 European Championships.

Österberg Kalmari has also won the Women's Finnish Footballer of the Year award more times than any other player. She won the award in 1999, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2010.