Victoria Sandell Svensson at theSwedish Sports Awards inside theStockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Borås,Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981 | Gällstad IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991 | Nittorps IK | ||
| 1992–1997 | Jitex BK | ||
| 1998–2002 | Älvsjö AIK | ||
| 2003–2009 | Djurgårdens IF[a] | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1993 | Sweden U17 | 8[1] | (9) |
| 1993–1996 | Sweden U20 | 31[1] | (18) |
| 1996–2009 | Sweden | 166[2] | (68) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 September 2009 | |||
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is aSwedishfootball manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan,[3] she was team captain on theSwedish women's national team andDjurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time.[4][3] She was originally known asVictoria Svensson, and thenVictoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.[5]
In 1998, and again in 2003, she won theDiamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year.[6][7] Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in theDamallsvenskan.
Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden'sEuro 2009 quarter-final defeat toNorway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.[2][1][8]
Sandell Svensson can be seen in theSveriges Television documentary television seriesThe Other Sport from 2013.
Sandell Svensson has been asporting director for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach forTyresö FF[3]
On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell Svensson was presented as a new assistant coach for thewomen's national team.[4] She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well.[9]She will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.[9][3]
| Key(expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals") | |
|---|---|
| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match onminute (offplayer) – substituted on at theminute indicated, andplayer was substituted off at the same time offminute (onplayer) – substituted off at theminute indicated, andplayer was substituted on at the same time |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, whichassisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty orpk | Goal scored onpenalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
| Result | The final score. W – match was won |
| aet | The score at the end ofextra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Pink background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |