Johanna Almgren

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Johanna Almgren
Personal information

Full name	Johanna Maria-Therese Almgren^[1]
Date of birth	(1984-03-22) March 22, 1984
Place of birth	Borås, Sweden
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Göteborg FC
Number	23
Youth career
2002	Byttorps IF
2003	Bälinge IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–	Göteborg FC	59	(10)
National team^‡
2008–	Sweden	48	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2013

Johanna Maria-Therese Almgren (born March 22, 1984) is a Swedish female footballer. She plays in midfield for Göteborg FC and the Swedish national team.

Almgren's career has been marred by injuries. In May 2013 she was devastated to be ruled out of UEFA Women's Euro 2013, requiring surgery on her knee for the fifth time.^[2]

Personal life

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho surprised Almgren by asking her to marry him, just a few hours after seeing her for the first time. She rejected the proposal outright. Almgren thought that her friend was joking with her when she got a phone call from a translator saying Ronaldinho wanted her to go to his room. After realizing it wasn't a joke she and a few friends went up. Then he asked her to marry him; "I said NO because I have a boyfriend (Adam) who is waiting for me at home" - she told to newspapers - "I gave Ronaldinho a Sweden soccer T-Shirt but I wasn't brave enough to ask him for a Brazilian one too".^[3]

References

↑ "Johanna Almgren". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ Weinemo, Pontus (29 May 2013). "Almgren om beskedet: Jag kanske lägger av". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ Gray, Ashley (August 26, 2008). "Beijing fling: Ronaldinho falls for Swedish football star Johanna and 'proposes within hours'". Daily Mail (London).

External links

v t e Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC – current squad

1 Hammarström 2 Asante 3 Levin 4 Taylor 5 Averbuch 6 Ahlstrand 7 Dyngvold 8 Segerstrom 9 Hammarstrom 10 Landström 11 Schough 12 Högrell 14 Lindén 15 Hegerberg 16 Edgren 18 Kollmats 19 Sjöberg 22 Johansson 23 Almgren 25 Törnqvist Head Coach: Nilsson

v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Lindahl 2 Westberg 3 Segerström 4 Paulson 5 Seger 6 Thunebro 7 Larsson 8 Schelin 9 Landström 10 Almgren 11 Svensson 12 Jönsson 13 Östberg 14 Öqvist 15 Sjögran 16 Forsberg 17 Rohlin 18 Fischer 19 Aronsson Coach: Dennerby

v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics

1 Lindahl 2 Sembrant 3 Berglund 4 Svensson 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Göransson 12 Hammarström 13 Nilsson 14 Almgren 15 Seger 16 Edlund 17 Levenstad 18 Lundgren Coach: Dennerby

Persondata
Name	Almgren, Johanna
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish footballer
Date of birth	March 22, 1984
Place of birth	Borås, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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