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Madelaine Nathalie Edlund (born 15 September 1985) is a
In 2010 Edlund had a short spell with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club
National Team Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edlund, Madelaine 1985 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Swedish expatriate women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Saint Louis Athletica players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players Women's Professional Soccer players Sunnanå SK players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from Jönköping Women's association football forwards 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Swedish
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former footballer
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who played for the Swedish national team and clubs including Umeå
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Situated on the Ume River, Umeà ...
, Tyresö and Saint Louis Athletica
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. Her mother is from Chile
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.
Club career
During the 2007–2008 UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinals, Edlund scored twice againstFCL Rapide Wezemaal
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Originally established in 1983 as FCL Rapide Wezemaal, it was absorbed by Sint-Truidense in 2008, moving from Wez ...
in Umeå IK's 6–0 victory.
In 2010 Edlund had a short spell with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Saint Louis Athletica
Saint Louis Athletica was an American professional soccer club that was based in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. Athletica started the 2009 season playing its home games at Ralph Korte S ...
. She started one game and made three substitute appearances before the team folded.
Edlund collected her third Damallsvenskan title in 2012, after Tyresö's dramatic last day win over Malmö. She scored the winning goal after Caroline Seger's shot had hit the post.
Edlund returned to training with 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†...
ahead of the 2014 season, after missing much of the previous campaign due to maternity leave. When Tyresö became insolvent and were kicked out of the league, Edlund rejoined her first senior club Sunnanå SK
Sunnanå SK is a football club from Skellefteå, Sweden who in 2019 plays in Swedish Women's Football Division 1, level 3 of women's soccer in Sweden. The club was established in 1939 and the women's division was added in 1974. Sunnanå has playe ...
. In December 2014 she announced her second pregnancy and retirement from football at the age of 29.
International career
Edlund's debut for Sweden was on 30 October 2007 in a game againstDenmark
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, the result was 2–1 in favour of Denmark.
In February 2013, Edlund was ruled out of contention for Sweden's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squad, due to pregnancy.
Honours
;Umeå IK *Damallsvenskan
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: Winner 2006, 2007, 2008
* Svenska Cupen: Winner 2007
* Svenska Supercupen: Winner 2007, 2008
;Tyresö FF
* 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 ...
: Winner 2012
References
External links
National Team Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edlund, Madelaine 1985 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Swedish expatriate women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Saint Louis Athletica players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players Women's Professional Soccer players Sunnanå SK players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sportspeople from Jönköping Women's association football forwards 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players