Emilia Appelqvist

Emilia Appelqvist

Training with Tyresö in 2013
Personal information
Full name Emilia Elisabeth Appelqvist[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-11) 11 February 1990[1]
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF
Youth career
Uppsala-Näs IK
Sunnersta AIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Bälinge
2009–2010 AIK 36 (0)
2011–2013 Tyresö 34 (0)
2013 → Piteå (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2015 Piteå 30 (4)
2016– Djurgårdens IF
National team‡
2014– Sweden 6[2] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:28, 25 June 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:09, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Emilia Elisabeth Appelqvist (born 11 February 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Damallsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF. She joined previous club Piteå IF for the 2014 season, having been on loan from Tyresö FF for the second part of the 2013 season. She has also played top level club football for Bälinge IF and AIK.[3] Appelqvist made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in February 2014.

Club career

Appelqvist, a defensive central midfielder,[4] began her senior career with local team Bälinge IF. In October 2007, at the age of 17, she was given a four-year contract with the club and was described by the coach as a future national team player.[5]

Appelqvist spent three seasons with Bälinge before their relegation from the Damallsvenskan in 2008. Ahead of the 2009 season, she rejected an offer from Tyresö FF and joined AIK instead. When AIK suffered relegation in 2010, a disappointed Appelqvist moved to Tyresö explaining that she had to keep playing Damallsvenskan football to be considered for the national team.[6]

Playing for Tyresö in 2013

Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Appelqvist collected her first league winner's medal.[7] With competition for places increasingly fierce at Tyresö, Appelqvist moved to Piteå on loan during the 2013 mid-season break.[8][9]

In November 2013 Appelqvist made her transfer to Piteå permanent, despite reported interest from other clubs.[10] After helping Piteå to a third place finish in 2015, she left for Djurgårdens IF, explaining that the social aspect of living back in Stockholm had attracted her.[11]

International career

As a Swedish under-19 international, Appelqvist played the 2009 U-19 European Championship[12][13] where she was chosen one of the Top 10 players by UEFA.com[14] as well as the 2010 U-20 World Cup,[15][16] serving as the team's captain.[17] At the latter competition Appelqvist played every minute of Sweden's campaign, which ended with a 2–0 defeat to Colombia in the quarter-final.[18]

In February 2010, Appelqvist and Antonia Göransson were called up to train with the senior national team for the Algarve Cup.[19] As of June 2013, Appelqvist had 11 caps for Sweden at the Under-23 level.[20] National coach Pia Sundhage called Appelqvist up to a senior team training camp at Bosön in November 2013.[21]

Appelqvist made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014.[22] In May 2015, Appelqvist and Piteå team-mate Hilda Carlén were both confirmed in Sweden's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[23]

Personal life

In 2009 Appelqvist was in a relationship with professional ice hockey player Daniel Brodin.[24]

Honours

Club

Tyresö FF

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Statistics in Soccerway
  4. ↑ Frennstedt, Thorsten (13 July 2010). "Lagkaptenen som gör andra bra" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Edwinsson, Lisa (19 October 2007). "Fyra 17-åringar fick fyraårskontrakt" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Landslagskapten till Tyresö" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Cleris, Johannes (3 November 2012). "Tyresö vann SM-guld efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Piteå värvar mittfältare", Piteå-Tidningen, 20 June 2013 (Swedish)
  9. ↑ Kent Risberg Vikström, "Piteå IF värvar från svenska mästarna", Norrbottens-Kuriren, 20 June 2013 (Swedish)
  10. ↑ "Landslagsspelare stannar i PIF" (in Swedish). Norrländska Socialdemokraten. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  11. ↑ Bråstedt, Mats (9 December 2015). "Emilia Appelqvist klar för spel i Djurgården" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Composed England enjoy final waltz. UEFA
  13. ↑ Julien Debove, The apple of her father's eye, UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, 19 July 2009
  14. ↑ Markus Juchem, Alexandra Popp in Top 10 berufen, Womensoccer.de, 27 July 2009 (German)
  15. ↑ Statistics on FIFA's website
  16. ↑ Team Profile, FIFA: one of two key players.
  17. ↑ "Sweden celebrate successful bow". FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010. FIFA.com. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  18. ↑ Meisels, Daniel (25 July 2010). "Appelqvist: "Inte normal nivå"" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  19. ↑ Persson, Patrik (10 February 2010). "Antonia Göransson åker med A-landslaget till Algarve cup" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  20. ↑ "U23 damlandslagets spelare 2013" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  21. ↑ "Fokus på fysik för damlandslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Appelqvist, Emilia". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  23. ↑ Sundkvist, Peter (11 May 2015). "Piteåspelare klara för fotbolls-VM" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  24. ↑ Allerstedt, Lars (15 December 2009). "Daniels tuffhet tar honom till Kanada" (PDF) (in Swedish). Mitt i Tyresö. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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