Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak o ...

, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time. She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.

Career

In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the

Diamantbollen Diamantbollen, Swedish for the ''Diamond Ball'', an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, ''Gu ...

, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the

Damallsvenskan The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988. The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...

. Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to

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. She had 166 caps and 68 goals. Sandell Svensson can be seen in the

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documentary television series '' The Other Sport'' from 2013. Sandell Svensson has been a

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for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach for

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan between 19 ...

On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell Svensson was presented as a new assistant coach for the women's national team. She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well. She will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

International goals

Honours

Club

; Älvsjö AIK FF *

(2):1998, 1999 *

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

: 1999 ; Djurgården/Älvsjö: *

(2): 2003, 2004 *

(2):2004, 2005

Individual

* Damallsvenskan top scorers: 1998, 2001, 2003 *

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's association football, women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September ...

Silver Ball * 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup All star team * Best female player in Sweden (Diamantbollen) (2): 1998, 2003 * Fotbollsgalan 1997 ** Breakthrough of the Year * Fotbollsgalan 1998 **

: Best female player in Sweden 1998 * Fotbollsgalan 2003 **

: Best female player in Sweden 2003 ** Best female striker in Sweden 2003 * Fotbollsgalan 2004 ** Best female striker in Sweden 2004

International tournaments with the national team

FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted as well as ...

: Quarter-final *

FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...

: Runner-up *

FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak o ...

: Group stage * 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Group stage * 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Fourth place * 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: Quarter-final *

UEFA Women's Euro 1997 The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affilia ...

: Semi-finals *

UEFA Women's Euro 2001 The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany f ...

: Runner-up *

UEFA Women's Euro 2005 The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involvi ...

: Semi-finals *

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over ...

: Quarter-final *

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

(Participated from 1997 to 2009): Winner

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Four Nations Tournament: Fourth Place

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, Third Place

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

*Australia Cup: Runner-up 2000, Winner 2003

International tournaments with the national team U-20

* Nordic Cup: Winner 1994

International tournaments with the national team U-16

* Nordic Cup: Winner 1993

Footnotes

References

;Match reports

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandell Svensson, Victoria 1977 births Living people FIFA Women's Century Club Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swedish lesbian sportswomen Swedish LGBTQ footballers Olympic footballers for Sweden Sweden women's international footballers Swedish women's footballers Footballers from Borås Women's association football forwards Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Älvsjö AIK (women) players Damallsvenskan players