Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a

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manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time. She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.

Career

In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the

Diamantbollen Diamantbollen, Swedish for the ''Diamond Ball'', an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, ''Gu ...

, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals 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 ...

. Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to

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. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.Caps and goals
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documentary television series ''

The Other Sport ''The Other Sport'' ( sv, Den andra sporten) is a 2013 SVT three-part documentary television series produced by Freedom From Choice and Sveriges Television zooming in on the conditions of Women's football in Sweden since the first clubs got stru ...

'' from 2013. Victoria has been a

sporting director A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many types of sports. The sport ...

for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach for

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Sweden, Swedish association football, football club in Tyresö, a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which compe ...

On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell was presented as a new assistant coach for the women's national team. She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well. Vickan will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Honours

Club

; Älvsjö AIK FF *

(2):1998, 1999 *

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: 1999 ; Djurgården/Älvsjö: *

(2): 2003, 2004 *

(2):2004, 2005

Individual

* Damallsvenskan top scorers: 1998, 2001, 2003 * 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball * 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team * Best female player in Sweden (Diamantbollen) (2): 1998, 2003 * Fotbollsgalan 1997 ** Breakthrough of the Year * Fotbollsgalan 1998 **

: Best female player in Sweden 1998 * Fotbollsgalan 2003 **

: Best female player in Sweden 2003 ** Best female striker in Sweden 2003 * Fotbollsgalan 2004 ** Best female striker in Sweden 2004

International tournaments with the national team

* FIFA Women's World Cup 1999: Quarter-final *

FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...

: Runner-up *

FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but t ...

: Group stage * 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Group stage * 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Fourth place * 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: Quarter-final *

UEFA Women's Euro 1997 The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affili ...

: Semi-finals *

UEFA Women's Euro 2001 The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany wi ...

: Runner-up *

UEFA Women's Euro 2005 The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tourname ...

: Semi-finals *

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over ...

: Quarter-final *

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious an ...

(Participated from 1997 to 2009): Winner

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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* Four Nations Tournament: Fourth Place 1998, Third Place 2004 *Australia Cup: Runner-up 2000, Winner 2003

International tournaments with the national team U-20

* Nordic Cup: Winner 1994

International tournaments with the national team U-16

* Nordic Cup: Winner 1993 Nordic cup 1993
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Footnotes

References

;Match reports

External links

Profile
at

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