Anna Klara Ellen Oskarsson (also spelled Oscarsson; born 23 June 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish club Glasgow City.

Career

She started with

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as a youth player. Oskarsson has also represented

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. Oskarsson represented

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in the U19 European Championships in Israel 2015 and the U20 World Championship in Papua New Guinea in 2016. She made her debut for the senior national team at the

2018 Algarve Cup The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018. The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: ...

, substituting in for

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in the 77th minute of Sweden's opening fixture, a 3–1 win over

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. A thigh injury sustained in December 2018 caused Oskarsson to drop out of national team contention in the run up to the

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. Before the 2020 season, Oscarsson was recruited by Eskilstuna United, where she signed a two-year contract. Oscarsson played all 22 league matches during the 2020 season. In November 2021, she extended her contract in Eskilstuna by two year. Oscarsson signed for Glasgow City of the

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in February 2023.

Honours

Sweden * Algarve Cup:

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Anna Oskarsson
at Linköpings FC * 1996 births Swedish sportswomen Living people Women's association football defenders Damallsvenskan players Linköpings FC players Jitex BK players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers IFK Kalmar players Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Footballers from Södermanland County Sweden women's youth international footballers Glasgow City F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub