Sjögran in May 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Södra Sandby, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1989 | Harlösa IF | ||
1989–1991 | Veberöds AIF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1996 | Veberöds AIF | ||
1997–2000 | Kristianstad/Wä DFF | ||
2001–2010 | Malmö | ||
2011 | Sky Blue FC | 13 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Malmö | 63 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
1993 | Sweden U16 | 2 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Sweden U20 | 21 | (8) |
1997–2015 | Sweden | 214 | (21) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 25 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:50, 23 June 2015 (UTC) |
Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden women's national football team. Nicknamed Terre, Sjögran made her first Damallsvenskan appearances for Kristianstad/Wä DFF. She joined Malmö FF Dam in 2001 and remained with the club through its different guises as LdB FC and FC Rosengård. Sjögran spent the 2011 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Sky Blue FC.
Sweden's all-time record appearance holder, Sjögran made her national team debut in October 1997 and is the first player to win 200 caps for the Blågult. She represented her country in the 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Football Tournaments, but missed out in 2012 due to injury. Sjögran twice won the Diamantbollen, the award for Sweden's female player of the year, in 2007 and 2010.