Lena Videkull

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Lena Videkull
Personal information
Full nameLena Mari Anette Videkull[1]
Date of birth (1962-12-09) 9 December 1962
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Playing positionForward
Youth career
Göta BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1981–1985Trollhättans IF
1986Kronängs IF
1987–1988Öxabäck IF
1989–1998Malmö FF Dam
National team‡
1984–1996Sweden[2]111(71)
Teams managed
1999–2002Malmö FF Dam
2005–2007Husie IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2007
External images
Videkull in Sweden kit (IFFHS)

Lena Mari Anette Videkull (born 6 December 1962) is a Swedish former association football forward who won 111 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring 71 goals.

Club career

Videkull won the Damallsvenskan championship six times in her career. She was the league's top goalscorer on a record six occasions.[3]

International career

Videkull made her senior Sweden debut in the final of the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in May 1984.[4] Sweden beat England 1–0 in the first leg at Ullevi, then prevailed in a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road, Luton after a 1–0 defeat.

Sweden reached the final again in the next edition of the UEFA championships in 1987. Videkull scored in the final but the Swedes lost 2–1 to Norway. In May 1989 Videkull scored in a women's international match at Wembley Stadium, adding to Pia Sundhage's opening goal as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain–raiser for the Rous Cup.[5]

In 1991 Videkull helped Sweden to a third place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup and in 1993 collected the Diamantbollen award for the best female footballer in the country. She briefly retired after featuring for Sweden in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which they hosted, but was tempted into a comeback for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[6]

Personal life

Videkull is a lesbian and lives with her partner Nina and their daughter, Felicia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lena Videkull". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06. 
  2. ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2011" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-01-06. 
  3. ↑ "Lena Videkull: Utvald till SFS "Hall of Fame"" (in Swedish). Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker & Statistiker. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 
  4. ↑ "Spelarporträtt" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Retrieved 2012-05-05. 
  5. ↑ Longmore, Andrew (24 May 1989). "Swedes spoil the party; Football. (Sport)". The Times. Retrieved 2012-05-06. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Thomsen, Ian (14 December 1996). "Women's Soccer : For Swedish Star, the Joy Might Soon Be Gone". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 
  7. ↑ "90 Minuter Med...Lena Videkull" (in Swedish). It's a Women's World.se. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 

External links

Lena Videkull – FIFA competition record

Sweden squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Sweden squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Sweden women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics
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