Victoria Svensson

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Victoria Svensson

Full name	Victoria Margareta Svensson
Date of birth	May 18, 1977 (1977-05-18) (age 31)
Place of birth	Borås, Sweden
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Djurgårdens IF
Number	11
Youth clubs
1981	Gällstad IF
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991 1992-1997 1998 1999-	Nittorps IK Jitex BK Älvsjö Djurgårdens IF
National team²
1996-	Sweden	0138 (59)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of October 11, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Victoria 'Vickan' Svensson, born on 18 May 1977, is a Swedish female football player, and team captain on the Swedish Women's National Team and Djurgårdens IF Dam but is close to a transfer to Linköpings FC. Currently she is the captain of Djurgårdens IF Dam. She was the Swedish Women's National Team's captain during the 2007 FIFA World Cup.

In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.

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v • d • e Sweden squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Karlsson • 2 Westberg • 3 Törnqvist • 4 Lönnqvist • 5 Bengtsson • 6 Moström • 7 Sandell • 8 Gustafsson • 9 Andersson • 10 Ljungberg • 11 Svensson • 12 Thelin • 13 Marklund • 14 Sundh • 15 Gren • 16 Olsson • 17 Fagerström • 18 Lundin • 19 Heponiemi • 20 Nordlund • Coach: Domanski-Lyfors

v • d • e Sweden squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Jönsson • 2 Westberg • 3 Törnqvist • 4 Marklund • 5 Bengtsson • 6 Moström • 7 Larsson • 8 Nordin • 9 Andersson • 10 Ljungberg • 11 Svensson • 12 Lundgren • 13 Johansson • 14 Fagerström • 15 Sjögran • 16 Olsson • 17 Sjöström • 18 Östberg • 19 Call • 20 Öqvist • Coach: Domanski-Lyfors

v • d • e Sweden squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Lindahl • 2 Westberg • 3 Segerström • 4 Marklund • 5 Seger • 6 Thunebro • 7 Larsson • 8 Schelin • 9 Lundin • 10 Ljungberg • 11 Svensson • 12 Lundgren • 13 Östberg • 14 Johansson • 15 Sjögran • 16 Paulson • 17 Edlund • 18 Fischer • 19 Rohlin • 20 Forsberg • 21 Hammarström • Coach: Dennerby