Hanna Ljungberg Explained

Hanna Ljungberg
Fullname:Hanna Carolina Ljungberg
Height:1.60 m
Birth Date:8 January 1979
Birth Place:Umeå, Sweden
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:1986–1994
Youthclubs1:Mariehem SK
Years1:1994–1998
Years2:1998–2009
Caps2:227
Goals2:196
Nationalyears1:1995
Nationalteam1:Sweden U17
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalyears2:1995–1996
Nationalteam2:Sweden U23
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:1996–2008
Nationalteam3:Sweden
Nationalcaps3:130
Nationalgoals3:72

Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former association football forward. She spent the majority of her club career at Umeå IK and was a Swedish international from 1996 to 2008.

Club career

From 1998 to 2009, Ljungberg made 227 appearances and scored 196 goals for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan, winning the Diamond Ball (Diamantbollen) in 2002.[1] She also scored a record-setting number of goals that season with 39 goals (roughly 1.78 per game).[2] In the 70th minute of a cup match against AIK on 17 May 2007, Carola Söberg's injury forced Ljungberg to play in goal. Fortunately, Umeå IK held on to their clean sheet.[3]

International career

Ljungberg debuted for Sweden on 6 February 1996 in an 8-0 win over Spain at age 17. As a highly prolific striker, she was instrumental in the Swedish side that were runners-up at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup held in the United States, scoring three goals and assisting one more. She was also voted as the third-best World Player of the Year by FIFA in 2003. Until October 2014, when she was surpassed by Lotta Schelin, Ljungberg was the goal leader of the Swedish national team with 72 goals.[4] During the UEFA Women's Cup 2002-03, Ljungberg was the top goalscorer in the tournament with 10 goals.[5] Italian men's football club Perugia contacted Ljungberg to hire her for their Serie A roster, but the deal was aborted.[6] [7]

Retirement

In August 2009, Ljungberg announced her retirement after a knee injury in a league match on 5 July. Her right anterior cruciate ligament, previously reconstructed in 2004, was again partly torn and she decided with her doctors that to continue to play presented too high a risk of permanent disability. Later on, she helped Joakim Blomqvist and his assistant Maria Bergkvist in the coaching of her old team. At the same time, Ljungberg was studying at Umeå University to become a physiotherapist and graduated in June 2012.[8]

Personal life

Ljungberg appeared in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013 and was also depicted on a stamp commemorating the Swedish Football Association's 100th anniversary.[9]

Matches and goals scored at major tournaments

Ljungberg featured for Sweden at three World Cups (USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007) and three Olympic Games (Athens 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004.) She scored Sweden's lone goal in the 2003 World Cup Final, where Sweden lost to Germany for a second place finish.[10]

GoalMatchDateLocationOpponentLineupMinScoreResultCompetition
Atlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
1996-7-21[11] MiamiGroup match
1996-7-23[12] OrlandoGroup match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
1999-6-19[13] San JoseStartGroup match
1align=center rowspan=21999-6-23[14] Washington, DCStart212-0Group match
2 693-1
1999-6-26[15] ChicagoGroup match
Sydney 2000 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
2000-9-13[16] MelbourneStartGroup match
2000-9-16[17] SydneyStartGroup match
2000-9-19[18] MelbourneStartGroup match
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
2003-9-21[19] Washington, DCGroup match
2003-9-25[20] PhiladelphiaGroup match
3align=center rowspan=22003-9-28[21] ColumbusStart561-0Group match
4 792-0
2003-10-1[22] FoxboroughStartQuarter Final
2003-10-5[23] PortlandStartSemi-Final
align=center 52003-10-12[24] CarsonStart411-0Final
Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
2004-8-11[25] VolosGroup match
2004-8-17[26] VolosGroup match
align=center 62004-8-20[27] Volos251-0Quarter-Final
2004-8-23[28] PatrasStartSemi Final
2004-8-26[29] PiraeusStartBronze Medal Match
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
2007-9-11[30] ChengduGroup match
2007-9-14[31] ChengduStartGroup match
2007-9-18[32] TianjinGroup match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Hanna Ljungberg appeared at three European Championship tournaments: Norway/Sweden 1997, Germany 2001, and England 2005. In the 2005 Semi-Final, she scored twice against Norway, erasing Norwegian leads each time. Her second goal in the 89th minute knotted the score at 2-2 and forced extra time. Sweden could not find a match winner though, and exited the tournament in a 2-3 defeat.[33]

GoalMatchDateLocationOpponentLineupMinScoreResultCompetition
1997 European Championship
align=center 11997-6-29[34] Karlstadoff 46'101-0Group match
1997-7-2[35] Karlskogaoff 46'Group match
1997-7-5[36] KarlstadGroup match
2001 European Championship
align=center 22001-6-23[37] ErfurtStart141-0Group match
align=center 32001-6-27[38] JenaStart743-0Group match
2001-6-30[39] ErfurtStartGroup match
2001-7-4[40] UlmStartSemi-Final
2001-7-7[41] UlmStartFinal
2005 European Championship
align=center 42005-6-5[42] BlackpoolStart211-0Group match
2005-6-8[43] BlackpoolStartGroup match
2005-6-11[44] BlackburnStartGroup match
5align=center rowspan=22005-6-16[45] WarringtonStart421-1Semi-Final
6 892-2

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 June 1996 6–0 8–0
2. 29 June 1997 1–0 2–1
3. 21 March 1998 1–0 1–3
4. 3 May 1998 Motril, Spain 2–1 2–1
5. 8 August 1998 2–0 5–0
6. 23 June 1999 2–0 3–1
7. 3–1
8. 29 September 1999 Umeå, Sweden 2–2 2–2
9. 7 November 1999 Plasencia, Spain 2–0 5–2
10. 3–1
11. 7 January 2000 1–0 2–0 [46]
12. 13 January 2000 Adelaide, Australia 2–0 2–0 [47]
13. 18 October 2000 Jönköping, Sweden 3–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying [48]
14. 4–0
15. 5–1
16. 5 November 2000 3–2 5–2 [49]
17. 4–2
18. 11 March 2001 Lagos, Portugal 2–1 4–1
19. 13 March 2001 Silves, Portugal 1–0 5–2
20. 3–0
21. 4–1
22. 15 March 2001 Albufeira, Portugal 2–0 2–0
23. 17 March 2001 Loulé, Portugal 2–0 3–0
24. 10 June 2001 Linköping, Sweden 4–2 5–2 [50]
25. 5–2
26. 23 June 2001 1–0 1–3
27. 27 June 2001 Jena, Germany 3–0 4–0
28. 9 September 2001 Umeå, Sweden 4–1 8–1
29. 30 September 2001 Malmö, Sweden 2–1 4–1
30. 3 November 2001 1–0 5–0
31. 25 January 2002 La Manga, Spain 3–0 5–0 Friendly [51]
32. 3 March 2002 Ferreiras, Portugal 3–2 3–3
33. 5 March 2002 Lagos, Portugal 4–2 6–3
34. 7 March 2002 Faro, Portugal 1–0 2–1
35. 4 May 2002 Gothenburg, Sweden 1–0 6–0 Friendly [52]
36. 8 May 2002 Solna, Sweden 2–0 4–0 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
37. 4–0
38. 26 June 2002 Jakobstad, Finland 3–0 5–0
39. 18 August 2002 Östersund, Sweden 1–0 1–0 Friendly [53]
40. 29 January 2003 Canberra, Australia 1–0 8–0 [54]
41. 5–0
42. 14 March 2003 Olhão, Portugal 1–1 1–1
43. 16 March 2003 Ferreiras, Portugal 1–1 1–1
44. 18 March 2003 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–1 1–1
45. 20 March 2003 Olhão, Portugal 5–0 5–0
46. 18 April 2003 Kalmar, Sweden 4–0 6–0
47. 17 May 2003 Solna, Sweden 2–0 5–0
4–0
48. 5–0
49. 9 August 2003 Eskilstuna, Sweden 2–1 2–1
50. 15 September 2003 Washington, D.C., United States 1–0 2–2 Friendly [55]
51. 28 September 2003 Columbus, United States 1–0 3–0
52. 2–0
53. 12 October 2003 Carson, United States 1–0 1–2
54. 15 November 2003 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
55. 20 August 2004 1–0 2–1
56. 28 May 2005 Solna, Sweden 1–0 3–1 Friendly [56]
57. 5 June 2005 1–0 1–1
58. 16 June 2005 Warrington, England 1–1 2–3
59. 2–2
60. 28 August 2005 Karlskoga, Sweden 1–0 2–2 [57]
61. 24 September 2005 Skellefteå, Sweden 1–0 6–0 [58]
62. 2–0
63. 5–0
64. 6–0
65. 1 November 2005 Setúbal, Portugal 1–0 4–1
66. 3–0
67. 26 August 2006 4–0 4–0
68. 24 September 2006 Växjö, Sweden 1–0 2–0
69. 2–0
70. 30 August 2007 1–0 2–1 Friendly [59]
71. 2–1
72. 5 March 2008 Lagos, Portugal 1–0 3–1

Honours

Club

Umeå

Champion (7): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Champion (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007

Runner-up (2): 2005,2006

Champion (2): 2007, 2008

Runner-up (1): 2009

Champion (1): 2003

Runner-up (3): 2002, 2007, 2008

International

Sweden

Runner-up (1): 2003

Champion (1): 2001

Individual

2001–02

2004–05

2001–02 (39 goals)

Third place: 2002–03

External links

Notes and References

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