Carola Britt Therese Söberg (born 29 July 1982) is a Swedish

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and former

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. She played for clubs including

Umeå IK Umeå IK () is a professional association football club based in the city of Umeå, in northern Sweden, and currently playing Damallsvenskan, the first tier of women's football in Sweden. They were one of the most successful football clubs in ...

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Sweden, Swedish association football, football club in Tyresö, a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which compe ...

and

KIF Örebro DFF KIF Örebro DFF is a Swedish women's football club based in Örebro. Founded in 1980 as the women's football section of multi-sports association Karlslunds IF, the club's first team currently plays in the Damallsvenskan, the top level of the wome ...

of the

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

, as well as Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian

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. She won 11

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for

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at senior international level.

Club career

At the end of the 2006 season,

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supporter Söberg left

Mallbackens IF Mallbackens IF is a football club from Mallbacken, 15 kilometres north of Sunne in Värmland Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dal ...

for reigning league champions

. Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Söberg collected her third league winner's medal, in addition to two won with Umeå. Despite the arrival of Tinja-Riikka Korpela, Söberg retained her place and played in Tyresö's 4–3 defeat by

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in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. When Tyresö FF folded during the 2014 Damallsvenskan season, Söberg signed for Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian

. After the expiry of her six-month contract in Norway, Söberg returned to Sweden with

. She retired from playing after the 2017 Damallsvenskan season, then took a coaching role with Örebro's under-19 team and began working as an agent.

International career

Söberg played seven times for Sweden's national under–21 team. She made her senior international debut against

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on 17 February 2007.

Honours

Club

; Umeå IK *

(2): Winner 2007, 2008 *

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

(1): Winner 2007 *

Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

(2): Winner 2007, 2008 ; Tyresö FF *

(1): Winner

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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 nat ...

* * * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Karlstad Swedish women's footballers Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Sweden women's international footballers QBIK players Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players Mallbackens IF players Avaldsnes IL players Toppserien players KIF Örebro DFF players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football goalkeepers {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub