Lena Mari Anette Videkull (born 6 December 1962) is a

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former

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forward who won 111 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring 71 goals. Videkull can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series '' The Other Sport'' from 2013.

Club career

Videkull won the

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championship six times in her career. She was the league's top goalscorer on a record six occasions.

International career

Videkull made her senior Sweden debut in the final of the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in May 1984. Sweden beat

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1–0 in the first leg at

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, then prevailed in a

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after a 1–0 defeat. Sweden reached the final again in the next edition of the UEFA championships in 1987. Videkull scored in the final but the Swedes lost 2–1 to

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. In May 1989 Videkull scored in a women's international match at

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, adding to

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's opening goal as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain–raiser for the

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. In 1991, Videkull helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. Videkull was Sweden's top scorer at that tournament, and tallied her country's first ever World Cup goal in a 2–3 loss to the

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on match day one. She also scored the fastest goal in a women's World Cup after 30 seconds in an 8–0 win against Japan. In 1993, she was given the

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award for the best Swedish female footballer of the year. Coming on as a second-half substitute in the second leg of the 1995 Women's Euro semi-final, Videkull scored a hat trick in a 4–1 win, ensuring the Swedes a spot in the final as they defeated

7–5 on aggregate. She briefly retired after featuring for Sweden in the

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, which they hosted, but was tempted into a comeback for the

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Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Personal life

Videkull is a lesbian and lives with her partner Nina and their daughter, Felicia.

Notes

References

;Match reports

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Videkull, Lena Living people 1962 births Damallsvenskan players Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers FIFA Century Club 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers of Sweden Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Lesbian sportswomen LGBT association football players Swedish LGBT sportspeople Women's association football forwards Swedish women's football managers FC Rosengård players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Footballers from Stockholm