Amanda Nildén (born 7 August 1998) is a Swedish professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
defender for
Women's Super League club
Tottenham Hotspur and the
Sweden national team.
Club career
A versatile left-sided
defender or
midfielder, she previously played in Sweden for
IF Brommapojkarna,
AIK and
Eskilstuna United
Eskilstuna United DFF is a Association football, football club from Eskilstuna, in Södermanland County, Sweden. The club was established in 2002 and was promoted into the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2014.
The ...
. She has represented Sweden up to first team level.
Nildén missed the entire 2015 season with an
anterior cruciate ligament injury
An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...
. She signed for AIK in February 2017, emulating her father
David and grandfather
Jim who both played for the Stockholm club.
On 2 August 2021, Nildén joined
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
. On 18 August, she made her debut in a 12–0 win against North Macedonian side
Kamenica Sasa in the semi-finals of the first round of the
UEFA Women's Champions League.
Nildén joined
Tottenham Hotspur on 18 January 2024 on loan until June 2024. The loan was made permanent the same summer when Tottenham signed her on a three-year deal.
Personal life
In 2018 Nildén was in a relationship with
Viktor Gyökeres
Viktor Einar Gyökeres (; born 4 June 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga side Sporting CP and Sweden national team.
Gyökeres made his senior debut with Swedish side Brommapojkarna in 2015, wit ...
, who is a professional footballer. When Gyökeres transferred from Sweden to Brighton & Hove Albion, Nildén tried out for the club's professional women's team and impressed enough to be given a contract. As of January 2024 it can be assumed that the relationship had come to an end, as Gyökeres revealed that he was maintaining a relationship with Portuguese actress Inês Aguiar.
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1998 births
Living people
Women's association football defenders
Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
Women's Super League players
Swedish women's footballers
AIK Fotboll (women) players
Footballers from Stockholm
IF Brommapojkarna (women) players
Juventus FC (women) players
Serie A (women's football) players
Swedish expatriate women's footballers
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate women's footballers in England
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
Sweden women's international footballers
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
Sweden women's youth international footballers
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