Magdalena Eriksson
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Full name | Magdalena Lilly Eriksson[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 8 September 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enskede IK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Hammarby IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Hammarby IF | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Djurgårdens IF | 19 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Linköping | 88 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Chelsea | 90 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Sweden U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Sweden U16 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Sweden U17 | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Sweden U19 | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Sweden U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014– | Sweden | 92[4] | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:01, 30 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC) |
Magdalena Lilly Eriksson (also Ericsson, born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea Women in the English Women's Super League as well as for the Swedish national team.[5] A left-back and centre-back, she used to play for Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. In November 2020, she was awarded the Diamantbollen award.[6]
Eriksson, like her girlfriend Pernille Harder, is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.[7][8]
Club career
Eriksson began her football career with local team Enskede IK, but was encouraged by her father to join Hammarby IF in order to improve her game. Aged 17, she broke into Hammarby's first team in the 2011 Damallsvenskan season and made her debut against Umeå IK.[9]
In November 2011, Eriksson left relegated Hammarby for their Stockholm rivals Djurgården.[10] After scoring one goal in 19 appearances in the 2012 Damallsvenskan, she left Djurgårdens, who were facing relegation, for Linköpings FC.[11]
In July 2017, after almost five years with Linköpings FC, she signed a two-year contract with Women's Super League team Chelsea Ladies.[12][13] On 20 August 2018, she extended her contract until 2021.[14] On 6 September 2019, Chelsea announced that Eriksson would be the new captain.[15] On 12 November 2020, she extended her contract until 2023.[16] On 9 December 2020, Eriksson made her 100th appearance for Chelsea in a Champions League win over Benfica.[17]
For her performance over the years, and especially after Chelsea's WSL title winning 2020–21 season, Eriksson was hailed as one of the best defenders in Europe.[18]
International career
As a Swedish under-19 international, Eriksson was part of the victorious squad at the 2012 U-19 European Championship.[19] In November 2013, national team coach Pia Sundhage called her to a senior squad training camp at Bosön.[20] Eriksson made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014. She was part of the Swedish squad that won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[21] Since then, Eriksson has represented Sweden at every major tournament, namely UEFA Women's Euro 2017, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2020 Summer Olympics, and UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[22] At the 2020 Olympics, she won the silver medal after Sweden lost to Canada in the final after penalties.[23]
Personal life
Eriksson's mother is of Finnish descent.[24] She is openly lesbian and, since May 2014, in a relationship with current Chelsea teammate and Danish international Pernille Harder.[25][26][27] She and Harder work with the charity Common Goal and pledged 1% of their salaries to help tackle social issues throughout football. The couple also both push for equality and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.[28]
During her upbringing, she assumed her last name was spelled with a C because that was how her father spelled it. When she was 17 and looked in her passport she realised it was actually spelled with a K. As such, her last name is often misspelled as "Ericsson" rather than the correct "Eriksson".[29]
Eriksson has a bachelor's degree in political science and took a course in feminist theory and intersectional power analysis.[30]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | Leagues | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hammarby IF | 2011 | Damallsvenskan | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
Djurgardens | 2012 | Damallsvenskan | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Linköpings | 2013 | Damallsvenskan | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
2014 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||||
2015 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
2016 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||||
2017 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
Total | 88 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 8 | ||
Chelsea | 2017–18 | Women's Super League | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |
2018–19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
2020–21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
Total | 84 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 149 | 11 | ||
Career total | 210 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 306 | 20 |
- ^ Includes Svenska Cupen Damer and Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in Svenska Supercupen
- ^ Appearances in Women's FA Community Shield
International
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eriksson goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 January 2016 | Prioritet Serneke Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden | Scotland |
2–0 |
6–0 |
Friendly |
2 | 21 October 2016 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Iran |
2–0 |
7–0 |
Friendly |
3 |
4–0 | |||||
4 |
7–0 | |||||
5 | 30 August 2018 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Ukraine |
2–0 |
3–0 |
2019 FIFA World Cup qualification |
6 | 4 October 2019 | Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc, Hungary | Hungary |
1–0 |
5–0 |
UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying |
7 | 17 September 2020 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Hungary |
4–0 |
8–0 |
UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying |
8 | 22 October 2020 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Latvia |
4–0 |
7–0 |
UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying |
9 | 30 July 2021 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan | Japan |
1–0 |
3–1 |
2020 Olympics |
10 | 21 September 2021 | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Georgia |
2–0 |
4–0 |
2023 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Linköpings FC
- Damallsvenskan: 2016
- Svenska Cupen: 2013–14, 2014–15; runner-up: 2015–16
- Svenska Supercupen: runner-up: 2015, 2016
Chelsea
- FA Women's Super League: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Women's FA Cup: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
- FA Women's League Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
- FA Community Shield: 2020
Sweden U19
Sweden
- Summer Olympic Games Silver medal: 2016, 2020
- FIFA Women's World Cup Third place: 2019
Individual
- Diamantbollen: 2020
- Fotbollsgalan: Swedish Defender of the Year: 2020, 2021
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2021[32]
References
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Magdalena Eriksson – Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté". sok.se.
- ^ "Magdalena Eriksson". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Magdalena Eriksson – Spelarstatistik Svensk Fotboll". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Magdalena Eriksson Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Louise Andersson (24 November 2020). "Magdalena Eriksson vinner Diamantbollen 2020" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Burhan, Asif. "Chelsea's Pernille Harder And Magda Eriksson Proud To Be LGBTQ+ Ambassadors". Forbes. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Chulani, Nikhita (7 August 2019). "'We're powerful together': Harder and Eriksson on being a gay couple in football – video". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Andersdotter, Anna (19 May 2011). "Morsning Magda!". Hammarby IF DFF. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Hammarby tappar Magdalena Ericsson". Damfotboll.com (in Swedish). 22 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Ännu en vinnare till LFC" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Linköpings FC – Linköpings Fotboll Club". Linköpings Fotboll Club.
- ^ "Ladies sign Sweden international". www.chelseafc.com.
- ^ "ERIKSSON EXTENDS AND AIMS TO BE EVEN BETTER".
- ^ "MAGDALENA ERIKSSON TO CAPTAIN CHELSEA WOMEN".
- ^ "CAPTAIN ERIKSSON PENS NEW DEAL".
- ^ "Women's Match Report: Benfica 0 Chelsea 5". Chelsea F.C. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Ruszkai, Ameé (10 May 2021). "Miedema, Kerr and the Women's Super League team of the season". goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Hammarlund, Pauline (13 July 2012). "Hammarlund's inside track on finalists Sweden". Uefa.com. Antalya: UEFA. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Åhlin, Per. "Ericsson uttagen i landslaget" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ Magdalena Eriksson Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Magdalena Eriksson » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Women Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo – Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Ruotsin supertähdet odottavat Suomen kohtaamista EM-pettymyksen jälkeen – Chelsea-kapteenilta yllättävä paljastus: "Äitini on suomalainen"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (13 February 2018). "Pernille Harder: 'I was the only girl in the team but they wanted to play with me'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ Ames, Nick (7 August 2019). "Harder and Eriksson: 'After the photo people wrote and said how much we'd helped'". The Guardian. Wolfsburg. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Pernille Harder & Magdalena Eriksson: Chelsea's football power couple". BBC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Chulani, Nikhita (7 August 2019). "'We're powerful together': Harder and Eriksson on being a gay couple in football – video". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Bråstedt, Mats. ""Det är min pappa som har lurat mig"" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Eriksson hemma" (in Swedish). Sport Bladet. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "M. Eriksson". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "2020–2021 Women's FIFA FIFPRO World 11 revealed". FIFPRO. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
External links
- Magdalena Eriksson – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Magdalena Eriksson at SvFF (in Swedish)
- Magdalena Eriksson at Soccerway
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