Madelaine Edlund

Madelaine " Madde " Edlund ( born September 15, 1985 in Jönköping ) is a Swedish football player. The striker made ​​his debut in 2007 in the Swedish national team.

Career

Edlund began playing football at Morön BK. 2001, joined the offensive player Sunnanå SK. The club from Skellefteå had risen in the Damallsvenskan. They immediately established himself at the club in the root formation and in 2005, after it had previously been accrued for several youth teams, was appointed to the Swedish U-23 team. Both the selection and the club she belonged to root formation.

In November 2006, Umeå IK announced the commitment Edlund from the season 2007. In the summer it reached with the team final of the UEFA Women's Champions League 2006/ 07, which was lost in two games against Arsenal LFC. They came only in the 0-1 first-leg defeat to use. In its debut season for the new club she scored twelve goals in the Damallsvenskan and was thus within the association 's second leading scorer behind Marta. So they helped the club to the title defense of the league title. In parallel, she played in the senior team. National coach Thomas Dennerby she nominated for the World Cup 2007. During preseason game on August 30 of the year she made her debut against Denmark in the National Jersey, but in the tournament they did not play.

In the following season reached Edlund with their club the finals of the UEFA Women 's Cup. Although she came this time in two finals for use, but again it is not enough against 1 FFC Frankfurt to win the title. Again, she was considered as a replacement player in the squad for a major tournament and was a member of the squad for the 2008 Olympics, but was again not in the tournament are used. After all, she excelled in the Damallsvenskan - season 2008 with 18 goals this season again as a regular scorer from. Your score to the end of the season of re- winning the Kronprinsessan Victoria's Cup.

For the 2011 World Cup she was also nominated. In the first group game against Colombia, they came on in the 81st minute. After that she initially did not come back to use. In the quarterfinals, where they met in Australia, they came on again with the score at 3-1 in the 83rd minute. With the 3-1 victory, both the semi-final against Japan has been reached, as well as qualifying for the London Olympics. On July 16, 2011, she won with the team the 3rd place match in the 2-1 win over France

She stood in the Swedish squad for the 2012 Olympics, but came only in the lost quarter-final match against France for a short stint.

Achievements

  • Third of the World Cup 2011
  • Swedish Champion 2007, 2008
  • Swedish Cup Winner 2007
1. FFC Frankfurt
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