Elisabeth Leidinge

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Elisabeth Leidinge
Personal information
Full name	Elisabeth Leidinge
Date of birth	(1957-05-09) May 9, 1957
Place of birth	Sundsvall, Sweden
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Kema Nord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1973–1978	GIF Sundsvall
1979–1991	Jitex BK
1992–1995	Malmö FF Dam
National team^‡
1974–1995	Sweden^[1]	112	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 18, 2007

External images
Leidinge in Sweden kit (IFFHS)

Elisabeth Leidinge (born 6 March 1957) is a Swedish former association football goalkeeper who won 112 caps for the Sweden women's national football team. She is nicknamed Lappen.

International career

Leidinge made her senior Sweden debut in the team's third ever match; a 1–0 defeat by Denmark in Finland on 27 July 1974.^[2] She won the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in 1984. Sweden beat England in the final, Leidinge saving twice in the penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road after a 1–1 aggregate draw.^[3] In 1991 Leidinge helped Sweden to a third place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup and also collected the Diamantbollen award for the best female footballer in the country. She retired after keeping goal for Sweden in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which they hosted.

References

↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2011". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
↑ "Spelarporträtt". Svensk Damfotboll. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
↑ Tony Leighton (2009-05-19). "England's shoot-out jinx begins - England, 1984". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-10-12.

External links

Elisabeth Leidinge – FIFA competition record

Diamantbollen

1990: Zeikfalvy
1991: Leidinge
1992: Andelén
1993: Videkull
1994: Bengtsson
1995: Andersson
1996: Swedberg
1997: Karlsson
1998: Svensson
1999: Sandell
2000: Nordlund
2001: Moström
2002: Ljungberg
2003: Svensson
2004: Bengtsson
2005: Marklund
2006: Schelin
2007: Sjögran
2008: Östberg
2009: Seger
2010: Sjögran
2011: Schelin
2012: Schelin
2013: Schelin

v t e Sweden squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Hansson 4 Fors 5 Zeikfalvy 6 Swedberg 7 Sundhage 8 Hedberg 9 H. Johansson 10 Videkull 11 Andelén 12 Olsson 13 Ewrelius 14 Svensson-Gustafsson 15 Nilsson 16 I. Johansson 17 Karlsson 18 Larsson Coach: Paijkull

v t e Sweden squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Jakobsson 4 Sundhage 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Videkull 8 Hedberg 9 Andersson 10 Andelén 11 Kalte 12 A. Nilsson 13 Nessvold 14 Lönnqvist 15 Olsson 16 Zeikfalvy 17 Flink 18 H. Nilsson 19 Bozicevic 20 Johansson Coach: Simonson

Persondata
Name	Leidinge, Elisabeth
Alternative names
Short description	International footballer
Date of birth	March 6, 1957
Place of birth	Sundsvall, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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