Lotta Schelin

Lotta Schelin at the 2011 World Cup

Eva Charlotta " Lotta " Schelin (born 27 February 1984 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish football player. The 1.78 meter tall striker plays for Olympique Lyon.

Career

Clubs

Lotta Schelin began her career at the Gothenburg suburb club Kållereds SK, later she moved to Hällesåker IF. Due to a growth spurt at the age of 15, she got severe back problems, after which you indicated a need doctors to quit football. About Mölnlycke IF she moved in 2001 to the first division Landvetter IF ( today Kopparbergs / Göteborg FC ), with whom she reached the cup final in 2002. In the seasons 2006 and 2007, she was the top scorer Damallsvenskan. At the World Gala of the Swedish Football Association in November 2006, Schelin was immediately honored with three awards: Player of the Year ( "Diamond Bollen " ), striker of the year and top scorer.

In summer 2008, Schelin moved from Göteborg FC Olympique Lyon and won on 26 May 2011 with Lyon the Champions League. This title could be defended in Munich's Olympic Stadium on May 17, 2012 ( 2-0 against the first FFC Frankfurt). 2013, it lost contrast with the Lyon Champions League final against VfL Wolfsburg, but was once again the Coupe de France féminine win with Lyon and was top scorer with 24 goals in Division 1 Féminine Lyons, who won for the seventh time in a row Lyon while with 132:5 gates set a new record.

National

On March 16, 2004, she made ​​her debut in the Swedish national team as part of the Algarve Cup. Opponent was France's selection. On August 28, 2005, she scored in the 2-2 draw against in the World Cup qualifier against Iceland her first international goal.

With the national team, she participated in the European Championship finals in 2005 and 2009, the Olympic Games in Athens and Beijing and the 2007 World Cup in China and World Cup 2011 in Germany part.

At the World Cup in Germany, they came in all three group games used and reached the quarter-finals unbeaten Sweden, where she met Australia. In the match against the USA it was a goal disallowed because the assistant referee had seen offside. From the FIFA she was named the Player of the Match. Also in the quarter-final against Australia, it became the player of the match. She prepared in 11 minutes before the 1-0 lead hit by Therese Sjögran and scored the goal for the 3-1 final score when she latched on to a back pass from Kim Carroll and the goalkeeper played out. This means that both the semi-final against Japan was achieved as well as the qualification for the Olympic Games in London. In the semifinals, she came despite a slight cold to use, but could not set countable accents in lost with 1:3 match. On July 16, 2011, she won with the team the 3rd place match, where they opened the scoring to make it 1-0 in the 2-1 victory over France.

On February 29, 2012 Schelin denied at the Algarve Cup match against China her 100th international game.

She stood in the Swedish squad for the 2012 Olympics, but retired in the quarterfinals against France from. In the tournament they scored two goals and is now a total of five goals best Swedish scorer at the Olympic football tournaments.

After the inauguration of Pia Sundhage as new head coach, she was appointed captain, the Office shall inform but with Caroline Seger. In the first game under Pia Sundhage on October 23, 2012 against Switzerland, they introduced the " Landslag " the first time as " Lagkaptener " on the field.

Schelin was in the squad for the European Championship finals in 2013. In the opening game against Denmark Missed you and your fellow player Kosovar Asllani the game score at 1-1 per a penalty, so that the host of the final round could not win the first time their opening group game. In the next three games they scored five goals and reached the semi-finals with their team against defending champions Germany, which they lost 0-1.

Achievements

  • Third of the World Cup 2011
  • Scorer of Damallsvenskan 2006, 2007
  • UEFA Women's Champions League winner with Olympique Lyon 2011, 2012
  • French Champion with Olympique Lyon in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Scorer Division 1 Féminine 2013
  • French Cup winner with Olympique Lyon 2012, 2013
  • Scorer of the UEFA European Football Championship Women 2013

Awards

  • Swedish Player of the Year 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013
  • Attacker of the year in Sweden 2006
  • Breakthrough of the Year in Sweden 2004
  • Appointment to the Team of the Tournament at the World Cup 2011
  • Choice in the All- Star team EURO 2013
  • Nominated for election to the FIFA World Player of 2013
Swedes Diamantbollen Kosovare Asllani Hanna Marklund Therese Lundin (footballer) Manon Melis
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