Madelen Fatimma Maria Janogy (born 12 November 1995) is a Swedish

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who plays as a forward for Hammarby IF in the Swedish

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and for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Sweden

Janogy began her club career with hometown team Falköpings KIK in the second-tier Elitettan in 2010. She scored her first senior goal on 24 August 2011 in a 3–0 win over Sils IF. In 2014, Janogy moved to

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 ...

and won the Elitettan title in her first season with the club. She spent a further two seasons with Mallbackens in the first division

before securing a move to

Piteå IF Piteå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Piteå IF, is a Swedish football club located in Piteå that currently competes in Sweden's top-division women's league, Damallsvenskan. In 2018, they won the Swedish national Championship for the fi ...

when Mallbackens were relegated at the end of the 2016 season. Janogy won the championship title with Piteå in 2018.

Wolfsburg

In December 2019, Janogy signed a one-and-a-half year contract with defending German

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champions

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Hammarby IF

On 22 December 2020, Janogy moved to Hammarby IF, signing a two-year contract.

International career

Janogy made her senior Sweden debut on 22 January 2019, coming on as a 61st minute substitute in a goalless draw against

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. She scored her first international goal on 31 May 2019 in a 1–0 friendly win against

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. Janogy was part of the squad for the

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, scoring in stoppage time against

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after subbing on in the 81st minute to help secure a 2–0 win in Sweden's opening game of the tournament. She made three appearances at the 2019 World Cup, all from the bench. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

International goals

Personal life

Janogy was born and raised in

Falköping Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010. History The town of Falköping was first spoken of in the Icelandic ''Rimbegla'' (around 1100 A.D.), and ...

. Her mother is Swedish and her father is from

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

, making her the first player in Swedish national team history with African roots. Both Madelen and her twin sister, Victoria, are named after the princesses of the

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Honours

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* * * 1995 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Swedish people of Malian descent Mallbackens IF players Damallsvenskan players Women's association football midfielders Piteå IF (women) players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sweden women's international footballers VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Frauen-Bundesliga players Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden People from Falköping Municipality Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Swedish twins Twin sportspeople Footballers from Västra Götaland County 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub