Magdalena Eriksson
 Eriksson at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 September 1993 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Full back | |||||||||||
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Current team | Linköpings FC | |||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| Enskede IK | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Hammarby IF DFF | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Hammarby IF DFF | 19 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Djurgårdens IF | 19 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2013– | Linköpings FC | 77 | (5) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2014– | Sweden | 18 | (4) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2016. | ||||||||||||
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Magdalena "Magda" Eriksson (also Ericsson, born 8 September 1993)[2] is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for the Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC and the Sweden women's national football team.[3] A left back, she used to play for Hammarby and Djurgården.
Club career
Eriksson began her football career with local team Enskede IK, but was encouraged by her father to join Hammarby IF DFF in order to improve her game. Aged 17, she broke into Hammarby's first team in the 2011 Damallsvenskan season and made her debut against Umeå IK.[4]
In November 2011, Eriksson left relegated Hammarby for their Stockholm rivals Djurgårdens.[5] After scoring one goal in 19 appearances in the 2012 Damallsvenskan, she quit Djurgårdens, who were also relegated, for Linköpings FC.[6]
International career
As a Swedish under-19 international, Eriksson was part of the victorious squad at the 2012 U-19 European Championship.[7] In November 2013, national team coach Pia Sundhage called up Eriksson to a senior squad training camp at Bosön.[8] Eriksson made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014. In early 2014 she had a knee injury after colliding with her own goalkeeper, which took her three months to recover.[3] She was part of the Swedish team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Personal life
As a young player at Hammarby, Eriksson's pre-match ritual included listening to "Heroes" (David Bowie song).[4]
References
- 1 2 Magdalena Eriksson. rio2016.com
- ↑ Magdalena Eriksson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- 1 2 Magdalena Eriksson. nbcolympics.com
- 1 2 Andersdotter, Anna (19 May 2011). "Morsning Magda!". Hammarby IF DFF. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ "Hammarby tappar Magdalena Ericsson". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ännu en vinnare till LFC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ Hammarlund, Pauline (13 July 2012). "Hammarlund's inside track on finalists Sweden". Uefa.com. Antalya: UEFA. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ Åhlin, Per. "Ericsson uttagen i landslaget" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magdalena Ericsson. |
- Magdalena Eriksson – UEFA competition record
- National team profile (Swedish) at SvFF
- Player Swedish domestic football stats (Swedish) at SvFF
- Club profile
- Magdalena Eriksson profile at Soccerway
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