Lena Videkull

Lena Mari Anette Videkull (born 6 December 1962) is a Swedish former association football forward who won 111 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring 71 goals. Videkull can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

Lena Videkull
Personal information
Full name Lena Mari Anette Videkull[1]
Date of birth (1962-12-09) 9 December 1962
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Göta BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Trollhättans IF
1986 Kronängs IF
1987–1988 Öxabäck IF
1989–1998 Malmö FF Dam
International career‡
1984–1996 Sweden[2] 111 (71)
Managerial career
1999–2002 Malmö FF Dam
2005–2007 Husie IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2007

Club career

Videkull won the Damallsvenskan championship six times in her career. She was the league's top goalscorer on a record six occasions.[3]

International career

Videkull made her senior Sweden debut in the final of the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in May 1984.[4] Sweden beat England 1–0 in the first leg at Ullevi, then prevailed in a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road, Luton after a 1–0 defeat.

Sweden reached the final again in the next edition of the UEFA championships in 1987. Videkull scored in the final but the Swedes lost 2–1 to Norway. In May 1989 Videkull scored in a women's international match at Wembley Stadium, adding to Pia Sundhage's opening goal as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain–raiser for the Rous Cup.[5]

In 1991, Videkull helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. Videkull was Sweden's top scorer at that tournament,[6] and tallied her country's first ever World Cup goal in a 2–3 loss to the USA on match day one.[7] She also scored the fastest goal in a women's World Cup after 30 seconds in an 8–0 win against Japan.[8]

In 1993, she was given the Diamantbollen award for the best Swedish female footballer of the year.[9] Coming on as a second-half substitute in the second leg of the 1995 Women's Euro semi-final, Videkull scored a hat trick in a 4–1 win, ensuring the Swedes a spot in the final as they defeated Norway 7–5 on aggregate.[10] She briefly retired after featuring for Sweden in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which they hosted, but was tempted into a comeback for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[11]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments
Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain

Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Result The final score.

W – match was won
L – match was lost to opponent
D – match was drawn
(W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match
(L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
China China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1
1
 1991-11-17[m 1] Panyu  United States Start 65 1–3

2–3 L

 Group match
2 2 1991-11-19[m 2] Foshan  Japan 41.

off 41' (on Hedberg)

 1 1–0

8–0 W

 Group match
3
 11 2–0
3
 1991-11-24[m 3] Guangzhou  China Start

1–0 W

 Quarter-Final
4
4
 1991-11-27[m 4] Panyu  Norway Start 6 1–0

1–4 L

 Semi-Final
5
5
 1991-11-29[m 5] Guangzhou  Germany Start 29 3–0

4–0 W

 3rd Place Match
Sweden Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
6
 1995-6-5[m 6] Helsingborg  Brazil Start

0–1 L

 Group match
7
 1995-6-7[m 7] Helsingborg  Germany Start

3–2 W

 Group match
6
8
 1995-6-9[m 8] Vasteras  Japan Start 66 1–0

2–0 W

 Group match
9
 1995-6-13[m 9] Helsingborg  China Start

1–1 (pso 3–4) (L)

 Quarter-Final
United StatesAtlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
10
 1996-7-21[m 10] Miami  China Start

0–2 L

 Group match
11
 1996-7-23[m 11] Orlando  United States Start

1–2 L

 Group match
7
12
 1996-7-25[m 12] Orlando  Denmark Start 76 3–0

3–1 W

 Group match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments
Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
1984 European Championship
1
 1984-5-27[m 13] Göteborg  England Start

1–0 W

 Final 1st Leg
2
 1984-5-27[m 14] Luton  England 41.

off 41' (on Uusitalo)

0–1 L[note 1]

 Final 2nd Leg
Norway 1987 European Championship
3
 1987-6-11[m 15] Moss  England Start

3–2 W

 Semi-Final
1
4
 1987-6-14[m 16] Oslo  Norway Start 73 1–2

1–2 L

 Final
Germany 1989 European Championship
2
5
 1989-6-28[m 17] Lüdenscheid  Norway Start 54 1–2

1–2 L

 Semi-Final
6
 1989-6-30[m 18] Osnabrück  Italy on 41'

2–1 W

 3rd Place Match
1995 European Championship
7
 1995-2-26[m 19] Kristiansand  Norway Start

3–4 L

 Semi-Final 1st Leg
3
8
 1995-3-5[m 20] Jönköping  Norway 46.

on 46' (off Johansson)

 59 2–1

4–1 W

 Semi-Final 2nd Leg
4 61 3–1
5 76 4–1
9
 1995-3-26[m 21] Kaiserslautern  Germany Start

2–3 L

 Final

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 October 1985Jönköping, Sweden Belgium1–05–01987 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
2.4–0
3.1 October 1986Aalst, Belgium Belgium2–12–1
4.14 June 1987Oslo, Norway Norway1–21–21987 European Competition for Women's Football
5.15 October 1988Odense, Denmark Denmark1–06–11989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
6.2–0
7.26 October 1998Borås, Sweden Denmark1–01–1
8.28 June 1989Lüdenscheid, Germany Norway1–21–21989 European Competition for Women's Football
9.10 June 1990Gorzów, Poland Poland2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying
10.14 October 1990Mariestad, Sweden France2–04–1
11.23 October 1991Palencia, Spain Spain2–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
12.17 November 1991Guangzhou, China United States1–32–31991 FIFA Women's World Cup
13.19 November 1991Foshan, China Japan1–08–0
14.2–0
15.27 November 1991Guangzhou, China Norway1–01–4
16.29 November 1991 Germany2–04–0
17.20 September 1992Borås, Sweden Republic of Ireland4–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
18.6–0
19.7 November 1992Hjørring, Denmark Denmark1–01–1
20.18 August 1993Nynäshamn, Sweden Latvia2–09–0UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
21.2–0
22.9–0
23.22 May 1994Ozolnieki, Latvia Latvia1–05–0
24.4 March 1995Jönköping, Sweden Norway2–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 1995
25.3–1
26.4–1
27.9 June 1995Västerås, Sweden Japan1–02–01995 FIFA Women's World Cup
28.25 July 1996Orlando, United States Denmark3–03–11996 Summer Olympics

Personal life

Videkull is a lesbian and lives with her partner Nina and their daughter, Felicia.[13]

Notes
  1. The 1984 European Championship was won by Sweden on penalty kicks when both legs ended 1-0.[12]

References
  1. "Lena Videkull". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2011" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. "Lena Videkull: Utvald till SFS "Hall of Fame"" (in Swedish). Sveriges Fotbollshistoriker & Statistiker. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  4. "Spelarporträtt" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  5. Longmore, Andrew (24 May 1989). "Swedes spoil the party; Football. (Sport)". The Times. Retrieved 6 May 2012.(subscription required)
  6. "FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991 Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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  8. @FIFAWWC (19 November 2019). "#OTD in 1991, Lena Videkull scored the fastest goal in Women's World Cup history" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  10. "1995 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Norway: Semi-Final Leg 2". worldfootball.net.
  11. Thomsen, Ian (14 December 1996). "Women's Soccer : For Swedish Star, the Joy Might Soon Be Gone". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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Match reports
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Sweden – USA: Group matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  2. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Japan – SWE: Group matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  3. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: China - Sweden: Quarter-Final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  4. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Sweden - Norway: Semi-Final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  5. "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Sweden - Germany: Third Place Match". FIFA. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  6. "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden - Brazil: Group matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  7. "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden - Germany: Group matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  8. "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden - Japan: Group matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  9. "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden - China: Quarter-Final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  10. "1996 Olympic Games: MATCH Report: Sweden - China: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  11. "1996 Olympic Games: MATCH Report: USA - Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
  12. "1996 Olympic Games: MATCH Report: Denmark - Sweden: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013.
  13. "1984 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - England: Final first leg". worldfootball.net.
  14. "1984 European Championship: MATCH Report: England - Sweden: Final second leg". worldfootball.net.
  15. "1987 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - England: Semi-final". worldfootball.net.
  16. "1987 European Championship: MATCH Report: Norway - Sweden: Final". worldfootball.net.
  17. "1989 European Championship: MATCH Report: Norway - Sweden: Semi-Final". worldfootball.net.
  18. "1989 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Italy: Third Place Match". worldfootball.net.
  19. "1989 European Championship: MATCH Report: Norway - Sweden: Semi-Final Leg 1". worldfootball.net.
  20. "1995 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Norway: Semi-Final Leg 2". worldfootball.net.
  21. "1995 European Championship: MATCH Report: Germany - Sweden: Final". worldfootball.net.
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