Victoria_Svensson

Victoria Sandell Svensson

Victoria Sandell Svensson

Swedish footballer


Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan,[3] she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time.[4][3] She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.[5]

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Career

In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year.[6][7] Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.

Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.[2][1][8]

Sandell Svensson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

Victoria has been a sporting director for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach for Tyresö FF[3]

On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell was presented as a new assistant coach for the women's national team.[4] She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well.[9] Vickan will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.[9][3]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

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Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

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International goals

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Honours

Club

Älvsjö AIK FF
Djurgården/Älvsjö

Individual

International tournaments with the national team

International tournaments with the national team U-20

  • Nordic Cup: Winner 1994 [63]

International tournaments with the national team U-16

  • Nordic Cup: Winner 1993 [64]

Footnotes

  1. 2003–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.

References

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  2. Hardenberger, Martin (11 May 2021). "Seger: Ett steg i rätt riktning" [Seger: A step in the right direction]. Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). TT Nyhetsbyrån. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. Nyström, Jacob (6 May 2021). "Legendaren Victoria Sandell blir ny assisterande tränare i landslaget" [The legend Victoria Sandell becomes new assistant coach in the national team]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. Bråstedt, Mats (26 July 2008). "Victoria Svensson talar ut om kärleken till frun" [Victoria Svensson speaks out about the love to the wife]. Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
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  7. Huggins, Trevor (5 September 2009). "Emotional Sandell Svensson bows out". UEFA. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  8. Nyberg, Hannes; Fahlberg, Lotta (6 May 2021). "Victoria Sandell: "Jag har en ambition att vara kvar"" [Victoria Sandell: "I have an ambition to remain"]. SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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Match reports
  1. SVFF credits this goal to Svensson, while other sources mark it an own goal.[10]

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