Sara Viktoria Lindén (born 1 September 1983) is a

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striker, who played for

Göteborg FC Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and Capital city, capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated ...

in 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 ...

. In September 2008 Lindén was drafted into the senior Swedish national team for a pair of Euro 2009 qualifying matches against

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and

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. She replaced Göteborg teammate

Johanna Almgren Johanna Maria-Therese Almgren (born 22 March 1984) is a Swedish former football midfielder who played for Damallsvenskan club Göteborg FC and the Swedish national team. Almgren's career was marred by injuries. In May 2013 she was devastated t ...

who was injured. The 2–0 win over Romania in

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås ...

was Lindén's first

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and she retained her place in the squad for the

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final tournament. Lindén suffered an

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in September 2012. Outside of football she is employed by ICA Banken in her hometown of

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...

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Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC player profile
* 1983 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers BK Häcken FF players Damallsvenskan players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards Footballers from Borås {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub