Annica Sjölund

Annica Sjölund
Personal information
Full name	Annica Maria Sjölund
Date of birth	31 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Finström, Åland, Finland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	IF Finströms Kamraterna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002	Älvsjö AIK
2003–2005	FC United (Pietarsaari)
2006–2007	Åland United
2008–2009	AIK
2010–2013	Jitex BK
2014–2015	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
International career‡
2006–2014	Finland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:06, 20 July 2015 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:53, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Annica Maria Sjölund (born 31 March 1985) is a Finnish football striker, who last played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC United Pietarsaari and Åland United in Finland's Naisten Liiga and Jitex BK,^[2] Älvsjö AIK and AIK^[3] in Sweden.

Club career[edit]

In August 2012 Sjölund sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing for Jitex in a match against Örebro.^[4]

Sjölund left Jitex after the 2013 Damallsvenskan season. She was wanted by former club Åland United, but decided to stay in Sweden with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.^[5]

She is a member of the Finnish national team; scoring on her debut against Belgium in May 2006.^[6] She took part in the 2009 European Championship, where she scored one goal in the quarter-finals against England.^[7]

National coach Andrée Jeglertz selected Sjölund in Finland's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013,^[8] where she scored the team's only goal at the tournament – a late equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Denmark.

Sjölund also represented Åland at the Island Games football tournament in 2001 and 2007.^[9]

Her brother Daniel Sjölund is also an international footballer.^[1]

^ ^a ^b STENÅKE O. WALLTIN (2008-03-21). "Åländska Annica Sjölund starkt nyförvärv hos storsatsande AIK" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
^ 2011 squad in Jitex's web
^ Annica Sjölund till AIK Archived April 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine AIK Football Damer
^ Lund, Tore (26 August 2012). "Jitex nya dubbelsmäll – förlust och knäskada" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
^ Abrahamsson, Jonas (20 November 2013). "Annica Sjölund stannar i Göteborg - byter klubb" (in Swedish). Alands Tidningen. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ "Sjölund Annica" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
^ Statistics of the match in UEFA.com
^ "Jeglertz turns to youth for Finland". Uefa.com. UEFA. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "A football pro at your service". Natwest Island Games XIII. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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