Kirsi Heikkinen

Kirsi Heikkinen (née Savolainen, born in Espoo, 26 September 1978) is a Finnish women's football referee.

[1] She was the host country's referee in the 2009 European Championship and refereed the Sweden 3–0 Russia and Germany 1–0 Iceland group stage games, the Netherlands 0–0 France quarterfinals and the Germany 3–1 Norway semifinals.

In the 2011 World Cup's UEFA qualification she refereed the Scotland 0–1 Denmark, Poland 0-0 Hungary, Austria 0–4 England games in the regular stage and the Italy 0–0 (3–0) Ukraine Repechage's 2nd leg in the play-offs.

In the second game she sent off French goalkeeper Sapowicz with 25 minutes remaining and a 2–1 score for Germany.

In the 2012 Summer Olympics' AFC qualification she refereed the Australia 1–0 China game.

Heikkinen (centre) at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.