Elin Ingrid Johanna Rubensson (born 11 May 1993) is a Swedish football

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currently playing in the

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for

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and the

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. She was part of and played an important role for Sweden at the Under 19 Championship in 2012. Between 2008 and 2012, Rubensson scored nearly 50 goals for the Sweden U17 and U19 youth national teams.

Club career

Rubensson started playing football at Marieholms IS. From 2010 she played for

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

in the

, with which she became champion in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 and won the 2012 Supercup. She also took the team to the Champions League four times, with the best showing being reaching the quarter-finals in 2011/12 and 2012/13. In May 2013 Malmö converted Rubensson from a forward to a

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. She left champions Malmö (who had become known as FC Rosengård) in December 2014, to sign a two-year contract with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. On 4 August 2018 she signed a 5-year contract extension with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.

International career

Rubensson made her debut for the Swedish national team in October 2012. She was named to Sweden's squad for the

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and appeared in 4 matches. Rubensson appeared in all 6 matches for Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the Silver Medal. In July 2017 Rubensson was named to the Sweden roster for the

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, she appeared in two matches as Sweden lost to the Netherlands in the Quarterfinals. She scored in the 5-1 win over

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at the 2019 Women's World Cup. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

International goals

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Personal life

Rubensson has two siblings, Jacob and Cajsa. Cajsa is also a footballer and plays for the youth teams of Sweden and

FC Rosengård FC Rosengård, formerly Malmö FF Dam (1970–2007) and LdB FC Malmö (2007–2013), is a professional football club based in Malmö, Scania, Sweden. The team was established as Malmö FF Dam in 1970. It started out with playing 7 seasons in th ...

. In 2018, Rubensson married fellow footballer

Filip Stenström Filip Rubensson, formerly Stenström (born 3 July 1991) is a Swedish former footballer. He played as a defender. Club career Malmö FF Rubensson made his Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, ...

, who took her surname afterwards. The couple have a son, Frans, born in 2020. Rubensson is also a certified interior designer.

Honours

; LdB FC Malmö / FC Rosengård *

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, 2011,

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* Svenska Supercupen: 2011,

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Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC *

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;Sweden U19 *

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Sweden *

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third place:

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* Summer Olympic Games Silver Medal: 2016 *

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References

;Match reports

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubensson, Elin 1993 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers People from Ystad FC Rosengård players Damallsvenskan players BK Häcken FF players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Ystad Municipality Olympic footballers for Sweden Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Women's association football forwards 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Skåne County UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players