Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sara Caroline Seger | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Olympique Lyon | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Gantofta IF | |||
1998–2000 | Rydebäck IF | ||
2001–2004 | Stattena IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2009 | Linköpings FC | 139 | (39) |
2010 | Philadelphia Independence | 21 | (2) |
2011 | Western New York Flash | 13 | (5) |
2011 | LdB FC Malmö | 7 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Tyresö FF | 41 | (11) |
2014–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | 20 | (7) |
2016– | Olympique Lyon | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2005– | Sweden | 142 | (21) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 23 June 2015 (UTC) |
Sara Caroline Seger (born 19 March 1985) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Sweden women's national football team and Olympique Lyon of the French Division 1 Féminine. She serves as captain for her club and national team. Seger, who is from Helsingborg, played for Linköpings FC for five seasons from 2005 until 2009. In 2011, she returned to Sweden with LdB FC Malmö after spending two seasons in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) with Philadelphia Independence and Western New York Flash. Ahead of the 2012 season she signed a two-year contract with Tyresö FF, moving to France in 2014 to play for Paris Saint-Germain. Seger won the Diamantbollen in 2009, which is awarded annually to the best Swedish women's soccer player.
Since making her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in March 2005, Seger has won over a century of caps. She was appointed captain of Sweden in 2009 and later shared the role with Lotta Schelin. Seger represented her country in the 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Football Tournaments.