Anna Elin Astrid Anvegård (born 10 May 1997) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Växjö DFF

Anvegård made her senior debut with Växjö in the third-tier

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in 2015. She finished as top scorer with 27 goals in 17 appearances as the team was promoted to the

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. The following two Elitettan seasons she once again finished as top scorer as Växjö finished in third-place in 2016 before winning the league title in 2017. In her first season in the

, Anvegård scored a joint-second most 14 goals behind only

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as Växjö finished in seventh-place. Her form earned her a call-up to the national team, the first in Växjö's history. At the awards she was nominated for forward of the year and breakthrough player of the year, winning the latter.

FC Rosengård

Anvegård's impressive goalscoring records made her a transfer target for several bigger clubs, both in Sweden and abroad. In August 2019, she completed a transfer to Damallsvenskan leaders

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. During the

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season she finished as top scorer with a combined 14 goals for Växjö and Rosengård as Rosengård won a record 11th Damallsvenskan title. As well as the golden boot, Anvegård was named 2019 Most Valuable Player at the end of season awards. She clinched her fifth career golden boot and second at first division level in

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with 16 goals as Rosengård finished in second-place behind Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. In December 2020 she made her Champions League debut, scoring three goals across two legs against Georgian team

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during the

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. She was also named to

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for the first time in 2020, ranking at 85. Having not yet scored during the 2021 season, Anvegård netted in a 5–0 win over her former club

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on 8 July 2021, her final appearance before departing.

Everton

On 10 July 2021, Anvegård signed a two-year contract with Everton of the English

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. In her debut season she made 19 appearances in all competitions and finished as the team's top goalscorer in both the league (four goals) and in total (seven goals).

BK Häcken

After one season in England, Anvegård completed a free transfer back to Sweden with

on 20 July 2022.

International career

Youth

Anvegård was part of the Sweden under-17 squad during

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. She scored once in an 8–0 win over Israel as Sweden progressed to the elite round before missing out on qualification, finishing second in the group to France. She scored three goals for the under-19 team during

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as Sweden once again finished as runners-up during the elite round. In November 2016, Anvegård was called-up for the

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. She scored one goal in a 6–0 over host nation Papua New Guinea as Sweden were eliminated at the group stage behind North Korea and Brazil.

Senior

In June 2018, Anvegård was called up to the senior national team and made her debut on 7 June 2018 in a 4–0 friendly win against

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, entering as a 71st-minute substitute for

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. She was praised by coach

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for her striking instincts: "She has the classic nose for the target and knows where it is." She scored her first senior international goal on the occasion of her fourth cap, in a 2–0 friendly victory over

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on 11 November 2018. In May 2019, Anvegård was named as part of the Swedish squad for the

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in France. She made three appearances, making her World Cup debut as a 65th-minute substitute in a 2–0 opening group stage win over

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. She started the next game, a 5–1 win over

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. Sweden finished third, losing the semi-final to

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in extra-time before beating

in the bronze medal match. On 8 November 2019, Anvegård scored her first international brace in a 3–2 friendly loss to reigning world champions

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. In her next appearance she scored a hat-trick against

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during

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. In July 2021, Anvegård was named to the squad for the delayed

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in Tokyo. She made her Olympic debut on 27 July in the final group game, scoring in a 2–0 win over

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Career statistics

Club summary

International

:''Statistics accurate as of match played 23 February 2022.''

International goals

: ''As of match played 27 July 2021. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Anvegård goal.''

Honours

Club

Växjö DFF *

winner: 2015 *

winner: 2017 FC Rosengård *

winner: 2019

International

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third-place:

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silver medal:

Individual

Golden Boot: 2015 *

Golden Boot: 2016, 2017 *

Golden Boot: 2019, 2020 * SvFF Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2018 *

Most Valuable Player: 2019

References

External links

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