Hanna Ljungberg
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| Hanna Ljungberg | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Hanna Carolina Ljungberg | |
| Date of birth | January 8, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Umeå, Sweden | |
| Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Umeå IK | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1986-1994 | Mariehem SK | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1998 1998- |
Sunnanå SK Umeå IK |
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| National team | ||
| 1996- | Sweden | 126 (72) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born January 8, 1979) in Umeå is a Swedish football player, playing the position of forward. She plays for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.
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[edit] Career
Hanna Ljungberg is one of several professional players in the Swedish women's league, Damallsvenskan. She was chosen as Swedish Player of the Year in 2002, winning the Diamond Ball (Diamantbollen). She also scored a record setting number of goals that season with 39 goals (roughly 1.78 goals per game).[1]
As a world class forward, Ljungberg was instrumental in the Swedish side that were runners up in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 held in the United States, scoring three goals and assisting another. She was also voted 3rd best World Player of the Year by FIFA in 2003. Ljungberg is the goal leader of the Swedish national team with 72 goals. During the UEFA Women's Cup 2002-03, Ljungberg was the top goalscorer in the tournament with 10 goals.[2] Italian men's football club Perugia contacted Hanna to hire her for their Serie A roster, but the deal aborted.[3][4]
She debuted as a goalkeeper on May 17, 2007 for Umeå IK when they played against AIK in the Swedish Cup because of Carola Söberg's injury at the 70th minute. She ended the game with a clean sheet.[5] Her fame in Sweden has led to stamps commemorating her and several other Swedish footballers for the Swedish Football Association's 100th year anniversary.[6]
She is not related to Fredrik Ljungberg, a male Swedish footballer.
[edit] Awards
- Diamond Ball: 1
- 2004-05
- 2001-02: 39
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 3rd Place
[edit] International Tournaments
- Algarve Cup: 12
- 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Champions), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ,2007
- 1996, 2000, 2004
- 2002-03, 2003-04
- 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07
[edit] References
- ^ Thorsten Frennstedt. 'Publik & Skytteliga 2002'. Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Sébastien Duret. 'UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2002/03. rsssf.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
- ^ Jo Tuckman. 'It's a man's game'. Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
- ^ Dave Thrilling. 'Ljungberg off to Serie A'. Squarefootball.net. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
- ^ Stefan Persson. 'Målsprutan blev målvakt – höll nollan'. Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved on 2007-02-20.
- ^ Lukas Muller. 'Liedholm, Ljungberg and Ravelli featured on stamps celebrating 100 years of Swedish football'. BvDP.de. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
[edit] External links
- Club Profile (in Swedish)
- Ljungberg and Svensson
- National Team Profile
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