Hilda Maria Carlén (born 13 August 1991) is a Swedish

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who played for

Linköpings FC Linköpings Fotboll Club is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name L ...

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 ...

. She has represented

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at senior international level.

Club career

After signing for Malmö for the 2009 season, Carlén was understudy to

Caroline Jönsson Elin Hanna Caroline Jönsson (born 22 November 1977) is a Swedish former football goalkeeper who played for Malmö and Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan and Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She played 80 times for the Sweden wo ...

, then

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. She also spent the 2010 season on

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at Damallsvenskan rivals

, where she was back-up to established goalkeeper

Sofia Lundgren Sofia Lundgren (born September 20, 1982) is a Swedish football goalkeeper for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Swedish national team. She has formerly played for leading Swedish teams such as Umeå IK and AIK before signing a two-year ...

. Carlén played in Linköpings'

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win over ŽNK Krka, but did not play in the league and was instead sent to get match practice playing for Stattena IF. Carlén joined

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

of the

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for the 2013 season, in her quest for first team football. She was back in the Damallsvenskan with Piteå IF for

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and made her top level debut on 13 April 2014 in Piteå's 1–0 win over Linköpings. She made 20 league appearances in her first season with Piteå and was nominated for the "Årets målvakt" ( en, Goalkeeper of the Year) award won by

Hedvig Lindahl Rut Hedvig Lindahl (born 29 April 1983) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Djurgården and the Sweden national team. She previously played club football in Sweden for other Damallsvens ...

International career

Carlén was Sweden's goalkeeper at the

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in Belarus and the

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in Germany. She made her senior international debut against

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on 12 February 2015. That month she was also selected in the squad for the

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. In May 2015, Carlén and Piteå team-mate Emilia Appelqvist were both confirmed in Sweden's squad for the

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in Canada.

Personal life

Hilda's father is

Per Carlén Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960, in Karlstad) is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coaching ...

, a

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and former player. Her mother Margareta and brother Oscar also represented Sweden at handball.

Honours

; LdB FC Malmö *

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* Svenska Supercupen: 2011,

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; Linköpings FC * Svenska Supercupen: 2010 ;International *

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Silver Medal:

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* Algarve Cup:

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References

External links

* * * * * * * * * Swedish women's footballers 1991 births Living people Sweden women's international footballers Damallsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players FC Rosengård players Linköpings FC players Piteå IF (women) players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Ystad Municipality Olympic footballers of Sweden Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Women's association football goalkeepers Sportspeople from Skåne County UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub