Matilda Liv Vinberg (born 16 March 2003) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a winger for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Enskede IK

Vinberg started to play youth football with local club Enskede IK at age seven. In 2018, at age 15, she made her senior debut for the side in Division 1, Sweden's third tier. In three seasons with the club, Vinberg scored 18 goals in 33 league appearances.

Hammarby IF

On 8 January 2021, Vinberg signed a two-year contract with

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. Throughout her debut season, she made 17 league appearances, scoring two goals, helping her side to a 7th place in table. In November, Vinberg signed a new two-year deal with the club. In 2022, Vinberg featured in all 26 league games, scoring three goals, as Hammarby finished 5th in the table. At the end of the season, she won the prize of Breakthrough Player of the Year in Damallsvenskan. Vinberg was also voted Hammarby Player of the Year by the supporters of the club. On 6 June 2023, Hammarby won the

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. Vinberg appeared in the final, that ended in a 3–0 win at home against BK Häcken. The club also won the 2023 Damallsvenskan, claiming its second Swedish championship after 38 years, with Vinberg scoring seven goals in 22 league appearances. On 28 December, it was announced that Vinberg would leave Hammarby at the end of the year when her contract expired.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 2 January 2024, Vinberg signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Women's Super League. She scored her first Spurs goal in the 1–0 win against Leicester City on 17 March 2024.

International career

After making numerous youth appearances, Vinberg made her debut for the

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on 12 November 2022, coming on as a substitute in a 0–4 loss against

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in an away friendly. A few months earlier, in September, she had previously been invited to train with the Swedish senior squad by manager

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. She scored her first goal for her country in the Nations League on February 28, 2024, scoring first in the 5–0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina. She played a full 90 minutes in her second start for Sweden.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Hammarby IF * Svenska Cupen:

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Individual *

Player of the Year: 2022 *

Breakthrough Player of the Year:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinberg, Matilda 2003 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players Damallsvenskan players Sweden women's international footballers Sweden women's youth international footballers