Emma Sofia Berglund (born 19 December 1988) is a Swedish

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. She currently play as a defender for FC Rosengård in the

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and on the Swedish national team.

Club career

Berglund joined Umeå IK in 2006 and later captained the team. She left Umeå after the

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season to sign with

champions FC Rosengård in December 2014. She served as their captain from the

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season. In July 2017, it was announced that Berglund had signed a two-year contract with

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team Paris Saint-Germain.

International career

Berglund made her debut for the senior

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team in a 1–1 draw with the

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on 20 November 2011. In June 2012 Berglund was named in the 18–player Sweden squad for the

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, where she played Sweden's four games. She missed the 2013 European Championship due to an

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sustained in April 2013.

International goal

Honours

Club

; Umeå IK *

: 2006, 2007, 2008 * Svenska Cupen: 2007 * Svenska Supercupen: 2007, 2008 ; FC Rosengård *

: 2015 * Svenska Cupen: 2016 * Svenska Supercupen: 2015, 2016 ; Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC *

: 2020

International

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: Silver Medal,

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: Bronze Medal,

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References

External links

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Profile
at SvFF * * * Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Umeå Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Damallsvenskan players Umeå IK players FC Rosengård players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players Division 1 Féminine players BK Häcken FF players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub