![]() Lindahl at the 2015 Algarve Cup
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rut Hedvig Lindahl | ||
Date of birth | 29 April 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Katrineholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Chelsea | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
1987–1994 | Gropptorps IF | ||
1994–1996 | Baggetorps IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | DFK Värmbol | ||
1998–2000 | Tunafors SK | ||
2001–2003 | Malmö FF | ||
2003 | → IF Trion (loan) | ||
2004–2008 | Linköpings FC | ||
2009–2010 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 43 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Kristianstads DFF | 74 | (0) |
2015– | Chelsea | 25 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2002– | Sweden | 132 | (0) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2017 |
Rut Hedvig Lindahl (born 29 April 1983) is a Swedish professional football goalkeeper who plays for Chelsea Ladies. She previously played club football in Sweden for Damallsvenskan clubs including Malmö FF, Linköpings FC, Kristianstads DFF and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. Since making her international debut in 2002, Lindahl has accrued over 115 caps for the Sweden women's national football team. On 3 August 2014 Lindahl played her 100th cap for Sweden women's national football team against England. On 17 September 2015 Lindahl played her 113th cap and thereby broke Elisabeth Leidinge's record to become the most capped Swedish female goalkeeper. She has kept goal for Sweden at the UEFA Women's Championship, the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. Lindahl was the Swedish women's goalkeeper of the year in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014 and 2015. She won the 2015 Diamantbollen, after being one of three nominations for Damallsvenskan's Most Valuable Player in 2014. In 2016, Lindahl was one of 5 nominees for Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year and was also picked for the WSL Team of the Year.
At the age of 13 Lindahl decided to focus on becoming a professional football player. Previously Lindahl had played both as a forward and a goalkeeper, but eventually concentrated on goalkeeping. Lindahl, who was raised in Marmorbyn, was selected to play on the Sörmland team. This was a temporary team for which the best age group football players in Södermanland were selected to play.