Hedvig Lindahl

Hedvig Lindahl
Lindahl at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Rut Hedvig Lindahl[1]
Date of birth (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Katrineholm, Sweden[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1987–1994 Gropptorps IF
1994–1996 Baggetorps IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 DFK Värmbol
1998–2000 Tunafors SK
2001–2003 Malmö FF
2003IF Trion (loan)
2004–2008 Linköpings FC
2009–2010 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 43 (0)
2011–2014 Kristianstads DFF 74 (0)
2015–2019 Chelsea 45 (0)
2019–2020 VfL Wolfsburg 17 (0)
2020–2022 Atlético Madrid 19 (0)
2022–2023 Djurgården 12 (0)
2024 Eskilstuna United 7 (0)
International career
2002–2022 Sweden[3] 189[4] (0[4])
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2003 United States Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:28 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Rut Hedvig Lindahl (born 29 April 1983) is a retired Swedish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played club football in Sweden for Damallsvenskan clubs including Malmö FF, Linköpings FC, Kristianstads DFF, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, Djurgården, and Eskilstuna United, as well as Chelsea in the English FA WSL. At international, Lindahl has accrued 189 caps for Sweden. On 3 August 2014, Lindahl played her 100th cap for Sweden against England. On 17 September 2015, Lindahl played her 113th cap and thereby broke Elisabeth Leidinge's record to become the most capped Swedish female goalkeeper.

She has kept goal for Sweden at the UEFA Women's Championship, the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. Lindahl was the Swedish women's goalkeeper of the year in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021.[5] She won the 2015 and 2016 Diamantbollen, after being one of three nominations for Damallsvenskan's Most Valuable Player in 2014. In 2016, Lindahl was one of 5 nominees for Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year[6] and was also picked for the WSL Team of the Year.[7]

  1. ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Hedvig Lindahl – Spelarstatistik" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Lindahl: Casillas is the best". FIFA. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  6. ^ "PFA Awards 2016: Nominees". www.thepfa.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Leicester and Tottenham dominate PFA Premier League team of the year". the Guardian. Press Association. 21 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

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