Annica Birgitta Teres Svensson (born 3 March 1983) is a

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former

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defender who last played in Sweden for

Eskilstuna United DFF Eskilstuna United DFF is a 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 club play their home ...

. She previously played for

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan in the 2010� ...

, and spent the second half of the 2013 season on loan at

Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...

. She represented

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at the

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and the

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Career

A late bloomer, Svensson made her Sweden debut at the age of 27, in a 1–1 draw with

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on 30 July 2010. Svensson played ten times for Sweden's national youth teams, with the last appearance in 2001. She was called into the senior national team two years after suffering an

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while captaining

Hammarby IF DFF Hammarby IF Fotbollförening, commonly known as Hammarby IF, Hammarby Fotboll or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a women's football club from Stockholm founded in 1970. Hammarby play their home games at Hammarby IP (also called ...

in the

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. National coach Thomas Dennerby valued the versatility of Svensson, who can function in the

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or full back positions. Annica Svensson

Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Svensson collected her first league winner's medal. As ambitious Tyresö continued to strengthen their squad, Svensson lost her place in the team and was not called up to Sweden's

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selection. In August 2013 she went on

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to Damallsvenskan team

, in search of first team football. She signed for newly promoted

in January 2014, where she joined former Tyresö teammate

Sara Thunebro Sara Kristina Thunebro (born 26 April 1979) is a Swedish former footballer who was a defender for the Sweden women's national team. At club level Thunebro played for Eskilstuna United DFF, Tyresö FF and Djurgårdens IF of the Damallsvenskan, ...

. In October 2018 Svensson officially ended her career.

Personal life

In December 2018 she

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her former Eskilstuna team-mate Vaila Barsley.

Honours

Club

; Djurgården/Älvsjö: *

http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf (2): 2003, 2004

References

External links

*
Sweden player profile
at

SvFF The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's nati ...

*
Tyresö FF player profile
* 1983 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Vittsjö GIK players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Eskilstuna United DFF players Women's association football fullbacks Lesbian sportswomen LGBT association football players Swedish LGBT sportspeople {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub