Stina Segerström (born 17 June 1982) is a Swedish

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defender who last played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC and the Swedish national team. She was voted rookie of the year (Sweden) in 2006. She has captained

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and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.

Early life

Segerström spent her early years being raised in Vintrosa. As a youth, she spent two years in Pakistan when her family moved there as aid workers for

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. Upon her family's return to Sweden, they moved to

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and Segerström began playing football with

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at age 11.

Playing career

Club

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

Since 2009, Segerström has played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the

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, the highest division of football in Sweden. During her first season with the team, she started in all 20 matches in which she appeared. Göteborg finished fourth during regular season play with a 14–3–5 record. Segerström returned for the 2010 season and helped Göteborg finish second during regular season play with a 14–6–2 record as a starting defender for the squad. She played every minute of the season. Segerström made only three appearances for Göteborg during the 2011 season due to a torn Achilles tendon that she suffered during a match against

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. Göteborg finished second during regular season play with a 15–3–4 record. In 2012, Segerström started in all 19 of her appearances for the club She helped the team clinch the 2012

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playing every minute of the tournament. Göteborg defeated

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2–1 in overtime during the final. She returned in April 2013 and helped Göteborg defeat 2012 Damallsvenskan champions Tyresö to clinch the

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playing defense every minute of the match. Segerström sat out the 2014 season due to the birth of her son Charlie. In November 2014 she was appointed

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minnows Kungsbacka DFF, with Johanna Almgren as her boss.

International

Segerström made her debut for the

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on 2 March 2006 during a friendly match against England. Segerström was named as an alternate for the Sweden squad at the

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. She had missed the

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with a torn

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International goals

Honors and awards

Individual

* Fair Play Prize, 2006

Team

* Winner, Svenska Cupen Women, 2011–12 * Winner, Super Cup Women, 2013

References

External links

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Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC player profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Segerstrom, Stina 1982 births Swedish women's footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Living people Sweden women's international footballers BK Häcken FF players Damallsvenskan players KIF Örebro DFF players Women's association football central defenders 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Örebro Municipality Footballers from Örebro County 21st-century Swedish sportswomen