Jonna Ann-Charlotte Andersson (born 2 January 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a defender for Swedish club Hammarby IF and the Sweden women's national football team.

Club career

Andersson signed for

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in 2009 and made two league appearances in her first season as the club won 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 ...

title. After three seasons where she was mainly a substitute, she became an important starting player of the team in the 2013 season. In December 2017, Andersson joined the FA WSL side

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. In 2019, she renewed her contract until 2022. With Chelsea, Andersson won three consecutive Women's Super League titles, in 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22. The 2020 WSL title was given to Chelsea on a points-per-game basis after the league was stopped due to the

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. On 5 April 2022, Andersson confirmed she would return to Damallsvenskan, signing a two-and-a-half year contract with Hammarby IF. The transfer came to effect in August when the Swedish transfer window opened.

International career

As a Sweden under-19 international, Andersson featured at the

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in Turkey. Sweden won the tournament by beating Spain 1–0 in the final after extra time. Senior team coach

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called up Andersson for the first time in January 2016 for a friendly against

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, as a replacement for

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who had a back injury. She played at

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as the Scots were defeated 6–0 at

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. Andersson retained her place in the squad for the

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. On 13 June 2023, she was included in Sweden's 23-player squad for the

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.''

Honours

Linköpings FC *

: 2009,

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* Swedish Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15 Chelsea * FA WSL: 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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: 2019–20, 2020–21 *

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Hammarby IF * Swedish Cup: 2022–23 Sweden * Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal,

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Jonna 1993 births Living people People from Mjölby Municipality Footballers from Östergötland County Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's youth international footballers Sweden women's international footballers Swedish expatriate women's footballers Women's association football defenders Olympic footballers for Sweden Linköpings FC players Chelsea F.C. Women players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Damallsvenskan players Women's Super League players Expatriate women's footballers in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players