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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Annica Maria Sjölund [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Finström, Åland, Finland | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
IF Finströms Kamraterna | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002 | Älvsjö AIK | ||
2003–2005 | FC United (Pietarsaari) | ||
2006–2007 | Åland United | ||
2008–2009 | AIK | 41 | (15) |
2010–2013 | Jitex BK | 65 | (28) |
2014–2015 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 18 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2014 | Finland | 67 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC) |
Annica Maria Sjölund (born 31 March 1985) is a Finnish football striker, who last played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC United Pietarsaari and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Jitex BK, [2] Älvsjö AIK and AIK [3] in Sweden.
In August 2012 Sjölund sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing for Jitex in a match against Örebro. [4]
Sjölund left Jitex after the 2013 Damallsvenskan season. She was wanted by former club Åland United, but decided to stay in Sweden with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. [5]
She is a member of the Finnish national team; scoring on her debut against Belgium in May 2006. [6] She took part in the 2009 European Championship, where she scored one goal in the quarter-finals against England. [7]
National coach Andrée Jeglertz selected Sjölund in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, [8] where she scored the team's only goal at the tournament – a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Denmark.
Sjölund also represented Åland at the Island Games football tournament in 2001 and 2007. [9]
Her brother Daniel Sjölund is also an international footballer. [1]
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Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Annica Maria Sjölund [1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Finström, Åland, Finland | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
IF Finströms Kamraterna | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002 | Älvsjö AIK | ||
2003–2005 | FC United (Pietarsaari) | ||
2006–2007 | Åland United | ||
2008–2009 | AIK | 41 | (15) |
2010–2013 | Jitex BK | 65 | (28) |
2014–2015 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 18 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2014 | Finland | 67 | (16) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC) |
Annica Maria Sjölund (born 31 March 1985) is a Finnish football striker, who last played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC United Pietarsaari and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Jitex BK, [2] Älvsjö AIK and AIK [3] in Sweden.
In August 2012 Sjölund sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing for Jitex in a match against Örebro. [4]
Sjölund left Jitex after the 2013 Damallsvenskan season. She was wanted by former club Åland United, but decided to stay in Sweden with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. [5]
She is a member of the Finnish national team; scoring on her debut against Belgium in May 2006. [6] She took part in the 2009 European Championship, where she scored one goal in the quarter-finals against England. [7]
National coach Andrée Jeglertz selected Sjölund in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, [8] where she scored the team's only goal at the tournament – a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Denmark.
Sjölund also represented Åland at the Island Games football tournament in 2001 and 2007. [9]
Her brother Daniel Sjölund is also an international footballer. [1]