Linda Charlotta Sällström (born 13 July 1988) is a Finnish international footballer. She currently plays for

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in the

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and the

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Career

She made her debut for the senior

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team on 31 May 2007; playing 17 minutes against

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. Sällström missed the entire 2012 season with an

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. She re–injured the knee in March 2013 and was ruled out of contention for a place in Finland's

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squad. On 25 January 2014 Sällstrom injured her

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(ACL) again, making it likely she would miss the 2014 season. In total Sällström has endured three ACL injuries in her career. Coming back from injury to finish as second highest goalscorer in the 2017–18 Damallsvenskan season.

International career

On 8 October 2019, Sällström scored four goals against

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to become the all-time top scorer for Finland, surpassing

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. On 7 November 2019, Sällström played her 100th match against

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Personal life

Sällström is openly lesbian. On 19 June 2025, Sällström was called up to the Finland squad for the

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International goals

:''Correct as of 30 May 2025''

References

External links

Linda Sällström
Linköpings FC profile * * *
Player's profile at Football Association of Finland
1988 births Living people Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Finnish women's footballers Footballers from Helsinki Finnish expatriate women's footballers Finland women's international footballers Swedish-speaking Finns Damallsvenskan players Linköpings FC players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Paris FC (women) players Vittsjö GIK players Women's association football forwards Expatriate women's footballers in France Finnish expatriate sportspeople in France Première Ligue players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden FIFA Women's Century Club Finnish lesbian sportswomen Finnish LGBTQ footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Tikkurilan Palloseura players Korson Palloseura players 21st-century Finnish sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Finland-footy-forward-stub