Sofia Engström (born 3 July 1988) is a Swedish

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and member of the Swedish national ice hockey team, currently playing with

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of the

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(SDHL). As of the conclusion of the

2020–21 SDHL season The 2020–21 SDHL season was the 14th season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League ( sv, Svenska damhockeyligan; SDHL). The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 26 February 2021. All ten teams were able to complete a full 36-game r ...

, she is the longest tenured player in league history, having played 396 games across fourteen SDHL seasons,

Career

Engström joined Leksands IF during the 2007–08 Riksserien season. She made her National Series debut during the 2008–09 National Series against Brynäs. During 2009 to 2014 she served as the club's

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. On 26 February 2015, Engström played her 200th game with Leksands IF. She signed a one-year contract with Leksands IF on 24 July 2015. She played her 300th game with Leksands IF on 16 October 2017. She signed an extension with Leksands IF on 2 May 2018. In June 2019, she left Leksands to sign with Modo Hockey.

International career

While serving as captain of Leksands IF, Engström made her national team debut with Team Sweden at the

2012 4 Nations Cup The 2012 Four Nations Cup is a women's ice hockey tournament that was held in Tikkurila, Finland. Results Preliminary round Bronze medal game Gold medal game References See also * 2013 4 Nations Cup *2014 4 Nations Cup {{DEFA ...

. Engström was selected for the

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in the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

. She played in all six games, not recording a point.IIHF – Team Sweden Stats – 2014 Olympics
/ref> She was also named to Team Sweden's roster to compete at the 2018 4 Nations Cup in

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. She played for Sweden at the

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019 at the Espoo Metro Areena. The United States won thei ...

, scoring two goals in five games as the country finished in ninth and was relegated for the first time in history.

Career statistics

International career

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* * * 1988 births Living people People from Surahammar Municipality Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Modo Hockey (women) players Leksands IF (women) players Ice hockey people from Västmanland County {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub