Maria Aronsson
Personal information
Full name Ida Maria Aronsson[1]
Date of birth (1983-12-23) 23 December 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Vikingstad, Sweden
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Västerlösa GoIF
Malmslätts AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Linköpings FC 121
2008–2009 LdB FC Malmö 34 (9)
International career‡
2004–2008 Sweden[2] 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Ida Maria Aronsson (born 23 December 1983) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward for Damallsvenskan clubs Linköpings FC and LdB FC Malmö. She represented the Sweden women's national football team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Club career

Aronsson joined Linköpings in 2002, when they were called BK Kenty, and remained with the team for six seasons, making 121 appearances.[3] She was surprised and disappointed to be released after the 2007 season. Linköpings' management told her that she had finished developing and that their other forwards (Josefine Öqvist, Kosovare Asllani and Jessica Landström) were better equipped to lead the team's trophy quest.[4]

She moved to Damallsvenskan rivals LdB FC Malmö on a two-year contract with an option for a third. After nine goals in 34 games across two seasons, Aronsson declined the contract extension and moved back to live in Linköping. Aged 25, she was starting to look at a career beyond football.[5]

International career

Aronsson's debut for the senior Sweden team came in a 1–1 draw in Finland on 2 October 2004. She scored her first – and only – goal for the national team in a 1–1 friendly draw with England on 9 February 2006 in the Cypriot town of Achna.[6]

In August 2008 Aronsson replaced the injured Josefine Öqvist in the Sweden squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[7] She appeared as an extra time substitute in the Swedes' quarter-final defeat by Germany.

References

  1. ^ "Maria Aronsson". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Spelarnas Maratontabell 1977-2011" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Linköping – Inget nytt kontrakt för Maria Aronsson" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. ^ Jakobsson, Jonas (26 October 2009). "Aronsson lämnar LDB FC Malmö" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  6. ^ Walltin, Stenåke O. (21 March 2008). "Maria Aronsson tar ny sats i karriären hos LdB Malmö" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Malmö spelade ut Hammarby" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

External links

Sweden women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics
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