Place of birth Boras, Sweden Name Victoria Svensson Position Forward Years Team Spouse Camilla Sandell (m. 2008) | 1981 Gallstad IF Height 1.63 m Playing position Role Football player | |
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Full name Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson Date of birth (1977-05-18) 18 May 1977 (age 38) Olympic medals Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament Similar People Hanna Ljungberg, Frida Ostberg, Therese Sjogran, Lotta Schelin, Sara Thunebro | ||
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a former Swedish female football player. She was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was known as Victoria Svensson until she married Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and added her surname to her own.
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- Club
- Individual
- International tournaments with the national team
- International tournaments with the national team U 20
- International tournaments with the national team U 16
- References
In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.
Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.
Sandell Svensson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
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