Emma Berglund
Personal information
Full name Emma Sofia Berglund[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 FC Rosengård
Number 25
Youth career
Täfteå IK
Umedalens IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2014 Umeå IK 115 (4)
2015–2017 FC Rosengård 55 (3)
2017–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 18 (1)
2019–2020 BK Häcken 19 (0)
2021– FC Rosengård 12 (0)
International career‡
2011– Sweden 58[3] (1)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022

Emma Sofia Berglund (born 19 December 1988) is a Swedish footballer. She currently play as a defender for FC Rosengård in the Damallsvenskan and on the Swedish national team.

Club career

Berglund joined Umeå IK in 2006 and later captained the team.[4] She left Umeå after the 2014 season to sign with Damallsvenskan champions FC Rosengård in December 2014.[5] She served as their captain from the 2016 season. In July 2017, it was announced that Berglund had signed a two-year contract with Division 1 Féminine team Paris Saint-Germain.[6]

International career

Berglund made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 1–1 draw with the United States on 20 November 2011.

In June 2012 Berglund was named in the 18–player Sweden squad for the 2012 London Olympics, where she played Sweden's four games. She missed the 2013 European Championship due to an ACL injury sustained in April 2013.[7]

International goal


Goal 		Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2016-06-06 Gothenburg, Sweden  Moldova

6–0

6–0

Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Club

Umeå IK
FC Rosengård
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

International

Sweden

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Emma Berglund om Umeås storförluster" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 11 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. ^ Strand, Rebecka (11 December 2014). "Landslagsspelare klar för Rosengård" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Klart: Svenskstjärna presenterad av PSG" (in Swedish). Expressen. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ^ Emma's ACL injury is confirmed Archived 4 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Damfotboll, 19 April 2013
  8. ^ Sinnott, John (6 July 2019). "Sweden secures bronze medal after narrow win over England". CNN. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

External links

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FC Rosengård – current squad
Sweden women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics
Sweden squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Sweden women's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017
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