Olivia Schough

Olivia Schough
Personal information
Full name Olivia Alma Charlotta Schough[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991[1]
Place of birth Vanered, Halland, Sweden[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eskilstuna United DFF
Number 10
Youth career
Torup/Rydö FF
Ullareds IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2008 Falkenbergs FF
2009–2013 Göteborg FC 92 (8)
2014 Bayern Munich 6 (0)
2014 WFC Rossiyanka 10 (0)
2014– Eskilstuna United 7 (2)
National team‡
2013– Sweden 24[3] (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:10, 25 June 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:13, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Olivia Alma Charlotta Schough (born 11 March 1991) is a Swedish football midfielder who plays for the Damallsvenskan club Eskilstuna United, whom she joined from WFC Rossiyanka of the Russian Women's Premier League. The 2011–12 season marked her Champions League debut with her then club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.

Club career

In December 2013 Schough announced her transfer from Göteborg to Bayern Munich.[4] She left Bayern in the summer of 2014 and played for the russian team WFC Rossiyanka in the fall. In November 2014 she signed on for Eskilstuna United in Damallsvenskan.[5]

International career

As an under-19 international she played the 2009 U-19 European Championship, where Sweden won a silver,[6] and the 2010 U-20 World Cup.[7]

Schough was called into the senior national team by coach Pia Sundhage for the 2013 Algarve Cup. She made her debut at the tournament in a 1–1 draw with China. Sundhage also selected Schough for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, which Sweden hosted.[8]

In May 2015, Schough and Eskilstuna team-mates Malin Diaz and Sara Thunebro were named in Sundhage's Sweden squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[9]

Honours

Club

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

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". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Holstad und Schough verstärken FC Bayern". http://www.fcbayern-frauenfussball.de (in German). 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Schough till Eskilstuna". http://www.svt.se/sport/ (in Swedish). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ Composed England enjoy final waltz. UEFA
  7. ↑ Statistics in FIFA's website
  8. ↑ "Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Lundin, Josefin (11 May 2015). "Tre spelare från Eskilstuna United uttagna till VM i Kanada" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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