Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emma Stina Blackstenius | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Vadstena, Sweden | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Linköpings FC | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vadstena GIF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Vadstena GIF | 35 | (59) |
2013– | Linköpings FC | 77 | (37) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Sweden U17 | 16 | (11) |
2013–2015 | Sweden U19 | 29 | (34) |
2016 | Sweden U20 | 5 | (8) |
2015– | Sweden | 13 | (3) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Emma Stina Blackstenius (born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Linköpings FC and the Sweden national team.
Blackstenius began her career with local club Vadstena GIF. In the 2012 season, she played for the club in Division Three and scored 38 goals to finish as top scorer. She was subsequently nominated for Östergötland's Girls Player of the Year.
Prior to the 2013 season, Blackstenius signed a three-year contract with Linköpings FC. She enjoyed a successful debut season in the Damallsvenskan, scoring eight goals and posting three assists. In January 2014 she extended her Linköpings contract by a further three years.
As a Sweden under-19 international, Blackstenius featured prominently at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She finished as top goalscorer after hitting six goals for the victorious Swedish team, including two in the 3–1 final win over Spain.
Blackstenius made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying win over Denmark on 27 October 2015, at Gamla Ullevi.
On 8 April 2016 she scored her first goal for the Swedish national senior team, scoring 3–0 as Sweden defeated Slovakia, 3–0, in Poprad during a qualifying game for the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands.