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Goalkeeper icon Hedvig Lindahl ends her soccer career. She plays her last match on Saturday.
– My mission is completed, says the 41-year-old goalkeeper to DN.
Hedvig Lindahls last match will be on Saturday when her Eskilstuna host Alingsås in Elitettan.
Lindahl had to leave women’s league club Djurgården in the middle of last season, and in March she instead signed a short-term contract with Eskilstuna United.
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Now she chooses to end her career for good.
“It feels good to end a long football career here, with friends, as this is where the career really took off one day long ago. Thank you for giving me the gift of a dignified end to a long career, it is something I will always be grateful for,” says Hedvig Lindahl in a press release from the club.
Lindahl is one of Sweden’s most successful national team players of all time. She played 189 international matches over just over 20 years in the national team, with the Olympic silver in 2016 and the WC silver in 2003 as highlights.
Lindahl has previously also represented Linköping, Kopparbergs/Göteborgs FC, Kristianstad, Chelsea, Wolfsburg and Atletico Madrid.
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Facts about Lindahl:
Born: 29 April 1983 in Katrineholm.
Mother Club: Gropptorps IF.
Position: Goalkeeper.
A international matches/goals: 189/0.
Senior clubs: Värmbol (1996–1998), Tunafors (1998–2000), Malmö FF (2001–2003), Trion (loan, 2003), Linköping (2004–2008), Gothenburg (2009–2010), Kristianstad (2011–2014), Chelsea (2015–2019), Wolfsburg (2019–2020), Atlético Madrid (2020–2022), Djurgården (2022–).
Merits: Olympic Silver (2021 and 2016), World Cup Silver (2003), World Cup Bronze (2011, 2019), English League Champion (2015, 2018), German League Champion (2020) English FA Cup Champion (2015, 2018), German Cup Champion (2020), Swedish cup champion (2006, 2008), Diamantbollen (2015, 2016), goalkeeper of the year in Sweden (2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), goalkeeper in Fifa and Fifpro’s world eleven in 2018 .
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