Annica Sjölund Explained

Annica Sjölund
Fullname:Annica Maria Sjölund[1]
Birth Date:1985 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Finström, Åland, Finland
Height:1.79 m
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:IF Finströms Kamraterna
Years1:2002
Years2:2003–2005
Years3:2006–2007
Years4:2008–2009
Years5:2010–2013
Years6:2014–2015
Clubs1:Älvsjö AIK
Clubs2:FC United (Pietarsaari)
Clubs3:Åland United
Clubs4:AIK
Clubs5:Jitex BK
Clubs6:Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Caps4:41
Caps5:65
Caps6:18
Goals4:15
Goals5:28
Goals6:6
Nationalyears1:2006–2014
Nationalteam1:Finland
Nationalcaps1:67
Nationalgoals1:16
Pcupdate:22:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
Ntupdate:13:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Annica Maria Sjölund (born 31 March 1985) is a Finnish football striker, who last played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC United Pietarsaari and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Jitex BK,[2] Älvsjö AIK and AIK[3] in Sweden.

Club career

In August 2012 Sjölund sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing for Jitex in a match against Örebro.[4]

Sjölund left Jitex after the 2013 Damallsvenskan season. She was wanted by former club Åland United, but decided to stay in Sweden with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.[5]

International career

She is a member of the Finnish national team; scoring on her debut against Belgium in May 2006.[6] She took part in the 2009 European Championship, where she scored one goal in the quarter-finals against England.[7]

National coach Andrée Jeglertz selected Sjölund in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013,[8] where she scored the team's only goal at the tournament – a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Denmark.

Sjölund also represented Åland at the Island Games football tournament in 2001 and 2007.[9]

Personal life

Her brother Daniel Sjölund is also an international footballer.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Åländska Annica Sjölund starkt nyförvärv hos storsatsande AIK. Svensk Damfotboll. 2011-10-31. 2008-03-21. Swedish. STENÅKE O. WALLTIN. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402094400/http://www.svenskdamfotboll.se/index_new.php?news_id=729&start=0&category_id=0&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth=. 2012-04-02. dead.
  2. http://www.sportnik.com/group/14410/page/Spelartrupp 2011 squad
  3. http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/2007/damer/lasvart/071204_annicasjolund.html Annica Sjölund till AIK
  4. Web site: Jitex nya dubbelsmäll – förlust och knäskada. Expressen. 16 May 2013. 26 August 2012. Swedish. Tore. Lund.
  5. Web site: Annica Sjölund stannar i Göteborg - byter klubb . https://archive.today/20131120200758/http://www.alandstidningen.ax/article.con?id=36213&iPage=3 . dead . 20 November 2013 . Alands Tidningen . 20 November 2013 . 20 November 2013 . Swedish . Jonas . Abrahamsson .
  6. Web site: Sjölund Annica . Suomen Palloliitto . 16 May 2013 . Finnish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130712134148/http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/naisten-maajoukkue/pelaajat/annica-sjolund . 12 July 2013 .
  7. http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/matches/season=2009/round=15047/match=2001418/postmatch/lineups/index.html Statistics of the match
  8. Web site: Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland. 28 June 2013. 21 July 2013. Uefa.com. UEFA.
  9. Web site: A football pro at your service. 28 June 2013. 20 November 2013. Natwest Island Games XIII.