Elsa Pelgander (born 2 August 2006) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

On 17 January 2025, she went to

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on loan for the 2025 season.

Personal life

Elsa Pelgander is the daughter of former football player

Jonas Pelgander Leif Jonas Pelgander (born 19 March 1975) is a former Swedish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Örebro SK, BK Häcken, Falkenbergs FF, BK Forward and Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officiall ...

and has a sister, Emilia, who is also a professional player.

References

2006 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Damallsvenskan players KIF Örebro DFF players Sweden women's youth international footballers Juventus FC (women) players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Serie A (women's football) players Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy 21st-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-women-footy-bio-stub