Magdalena Eriksson

Magdalena Lilly Eriksson (also Ericsson, born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea Women in the English Women's Super League as well as for the Swedish national team.[5] A left-back and centre-back, she used to play for Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. In November 2020, she was awarded the Diamantbollen award.[6]

Magdalena Eriksson
Eriksson after a match with Chelsea in 2019
Personal information
Full name Magdalena Lilly Eriksson[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993[2]
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 16
Youth career
Enskede IK
2009–2010 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Hammarby IF 19 (0)
2012 Djurgårdens IF 19 (1)
2013–2017 Linköpings FC 88 (5)
2017– Chelsea 102 (7)
International career‡
2008 Sweden U15 2 (0)
2009 Sweden U16 8 (1)
2009–2010 Sweden U17 18 (3)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 24 (0)
2013 Sweden U23 4 (0)
2014– Sweden 95[4] (10)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019 FranceTeam
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2012 Turkey
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:05, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Eriksson, like her partner Pernille Harder, is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.[7][8]

Club career

Eriksson began her football career with local team Enskede IK, but was encouraged by her father to join Hammarby IF in order to improve her game. Aged 17, she broke into Hammarby's first team in the 2011 Damallsvenskan season and made her debut against Umeå IK.[9]

In November 2011, Eriksson left relegated Hammarby for their Stockholm rivals Djurgårdens IF.[10] After scoring one goal in 19 appearances in the 2012 Damallsvenskan, she left Djurgårdens, who were facing relegation, and joined Linköpings FC.[11]

Eriksson (in blue) playing for Chelsea in 2021

In July 2017, after almost five years with Linköpings FC, Eriksson signed a two-year contract with Women's Super League team Chelsea Ladies.[12][13] In August 2018, she extended her contract until 2021,[14] and eventually became the team's captain in 2019.[15] She extended her contract once again in November 2020, this time until 2023.[16] On 9 December 2020, Eriksson made her 100th appearance for Chelsea in a 5–0 Champions League win over Benfica.[17]

For her performance over the years, and especially after Chelsea's WSL title-winning 2020–21 season, Eriksson was hailed as one of the best defenders in Europe.[18] After six years with Chelsea, for whom she made over 180 appearances and won over 10 trophies, Eriksson left the club at the end of the 2022–23 season along with her partner Pernille Harder.[19]

International career

As a Swedish under-19 international, Eriksson was part of the victorious squad at the 2012 U-19 European Championship.[20] In November 2013, national team coach Pia Sundhage called her to a senior squad training camp at Bosön.[21] Eriksson made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014. She was part of the Swedish squad that won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[22] Since then, Eriksson has represented Sweden at every major tournament, namely UEFA Women's Euro 2017, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup,[23] 2020 Summer Olympics,[24] and UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[25] At the 2020 Olympics, she won the silver medal after Sweden lost to Canada in the final after penalties.[26]

Personal life

Eriksson's mother is of Finnish descent.[27] She is openly lesbian and, since 2014, in a relationship with Danish international Pernille Harder.[28][29][30] She and Harder work with the charity Common Goal and pledged 1% of their salaries to help tackle social issues throughout football. The couple also both push for equality and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.[31]

During her upbringing, she assumed her last name was spelled with a C because that was how her father spelled it. When she was 17 and looked in her passport she realised it was actually spelled with a K. As such, her last name is often misspelled as "Ericsson" rather than the correct "Eriksson".[32]

Eriksson has a bachelor's degree in political science and took a course in feminist theory and intersectional power analysis.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 May 2022[4][34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Leagues National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hammarby IF 2011 Damallsvenskan 19 0 2 0 — — — 21 0
Djurgårdens IF 2012 Damallsvenskan 19 1 2 0 — — — 21 1
Linköpings FC 2013 Damallsvenskan 19 2 5 0 — — — 24 2
2014 16 0 4 0 — — — 20 0
2015 22 1 5 0 — 6 1 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 34 2
2016 21 2 5 2 — — 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 27 4
2017 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
Total 88 5 19 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 115 8
Chelsea 2017–18 Women's Super League 15 2 5 0 3 0 8 0 — 31 2
2018–19 19 2 4 0 5 0 7 0 — 35 2
2019–20 14 1 2 0 7 2 — — 23 3
2020–21 20 1 4 0 5 1 6 0 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 36 2
2021–22 16 1 2 1 0 0 6 0 — 24 2
Total 84 7 17 1 20 3 27 0 1 0 149 11
Career total 210 13 40 3 20 3 33 1 3 0 306 20
  1. Includes Svenska Cupen Damer and Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
  3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. Appearance(s) in Svenska Supercupen
  5. Appearance(s) in Women's FA Community Shield

International
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Eriksson goal.
List of international goals scored by Magdalena Eriksson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 January 2016 Prioritet Serneke Arena, Gothenburg, Sweden  Scotland

2–0

6–0

 Friendly
2 21 October 2016 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Iran

2–0

7–0

 Friendly
3

4–0

4

7–0

5 30 August 2018 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Ukraine

2–0

3–0

 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 4 October 2019 Diósgyőri Stadion, Miskolc, Hungary  Hungary

1–0

5–0

 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
7 17 September 2020 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Hungary

4–0

8–0

 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
8 22 October 2020 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Latvia

4–0

7–0

 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
9 30 July 2021 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan  Japan

1–0

3–1

 2020 Olympics
10 21 September 2021 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Georgia

2–0

4–0

 2023 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Linköpings FC

Chelsea

Sweden U19

Sweden

Individual

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