Anna Sjöström
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2006 | Umeå | ||
International career | |||
2001–2006 | Sweden | 67 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström (born 23 April 1977) is a Swedish former football striker. She played for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan,[2] winning two European Cups and five national championships before retiring in 2006.[3]
She was a member of the Sweden women's national football team, taking part in the 2003 World Cup[4] where Sweden won the silver medal, the 2004 Summer Olympics[5] and the 2005 European Championship where she scored a winner against host England to qualify Sweden for the semifinals.[6]
Titles
- 2 UEFA Women's Cups (2003, 2004)
- 5 Swedish Leagues (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006)
- 3 Swedish Cups (2001, 2002, 2003)
References
- ^ "Anna Sjöström [sic]". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Umeå IK win the UEFA Women's Cup. FIFA
- ^ Sweden start new era. UEFA
- ^ Sjoström earns start against Canada. FIFA
- ^ Spirited Sweden swoop to win group. Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine FIFA
- ^ Sjöström sparks Sweden joy. UEFA
External links
- Profile at Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Swedish women's footballers
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- Sweden women's international footballers
- Umeå IK players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Women's association football forwards
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Swedish women's football biography stubs