Johanna Almgren

Johanna Almgren
Personal information
Full name	Johanna Maria-Therese Almgren
Date of birth	22 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Borås, Sweden
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
2002	Byttorps IF
2003	Bälinge IF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2015	Göteborg FC
International career‡
2008–2013	Sweden
Managerial career
2014–	Kungsbacka DFF
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:12, 20 July 2015 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2013

Johanna Maria-Therese Almgren (born March 22, 1984) is a Swedish female football midfielder who played for Damallsvenskan club Göteborg FC and the Swedish national team.

Almgren's career was marred by injuries. In May 2013 she was devastated to be ruled out of UEFA Women's Euro 2013, requiring surgery on her knee for the fifth time.^[2]

In November 2014 Almgren was appointed head coach of Elitettan minnows Kungsbacka DFF, with Stina Segerström as her assistant.^[3]

Personal life

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho surprised Almgren by asking her to marry him, just a few hours after seeing her for the first time. She rejected the proposal outright. Almgren thought that her friend was joking with her when she got a phone call from a translator saying Ronaldinho wanted her to go to his room. After realizing it wasn't a joke she and a few friends went up. Then he asked her to marry him; "I said NO because I have a boyfriend (Adam) who is waiting for me at home" - she told newspapers - "I gave Ronaldinho a Sweden soccer T-Shirt but I wasn't brave enough to ask him for a Brazilian one too".^[4]

References

^ "Johanna Almgren". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
^ Weinemo, Pontus (29 May 2013). "Almgren om beskedet: Jag kanske lägger av". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2013.
^ Börjesson, Ralf (19 November 2014). "Almgren tar över Kungsbacka DFF" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ Gray, Ashley (August 26, 2008). "Beijing fling: Ronaldinho falls for Swedish football star Johanna and 'proposes within hours'". Daily Mail. London.

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[1] "Johanna Almgren". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[2] Weinemo, Pontus (29 May 2013). "Almgren om beskedet: Jag kanske lägger av". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[3] Börjesson, Ralf (19 November 2014). "Almgren tar över Kungsbacka DFF" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[4] Gray, Ashley (August 26, 2008). "Beijing fling: Ronaldinho falls for Swedish football star Johanna and 'proposes within hours'". Daily Mail. London.

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