{{Short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Annica Svensson | image = Annica Svensson June 2013.jpg | image_size = | caption = Svensson in June 2013 | fullname = Annica Birgitta Teres Svensson<ref>{{cite web |title=Annica Svensson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sv/annica-svensson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204733/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sv/annica-svensson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |accessdate=10 June 2013}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|3|3}} | birth_place = [[Björneborg, Sweden]] | height = 1.66 m | position = [[Defender (football)#Wing back|Defender]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Björneborgs IF | youthyears2 = 1989–1995 | youthclubs2 = Bäckhammars SK | years1 = 1997–2002 | clubs1 = Rävåsens IK | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = [[Älvsjö AIK]] | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2003–2005 | clubs3 = [[Djurgården/Älvsjö]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2006–2010 | clubs4 = [[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby IF DFF]] | caps4 = 52 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2010–2013 | clubs5 = [[Tyresö FF]] | caps5 = 53 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2013 | clubs6 = → [[Vittsjö GIK]] (loan) | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2014–2018 | clubs7 = [[Eskilstuna United DFF]] | caps7 = 67 | goals7 = 4 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national under-17 football team|Sweden U17]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = [[Sweden women's national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]] | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2010–2014 | nationalteam3 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012 |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx |publisher=Svenskfotboll.se |accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref> | nationalcaps3 = 33 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 13:06, 18 January 2014 (UTC) | ntupdate = 13:06, 18 January 2014 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's [[Association football|football]] }} {{Medal|Country | {{SWE}} }} {{Medal|Competition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] }} {{Medal|Bronze | [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011 Germany]] | Team }} }}
'''Annica Birgitta Teres Svensson''' (born 3 March 1983) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] former [[Association football|football]] [[Defender (football)#Wing back|defender]] who last played in Sweden for [[Eskilstuna United DFF]]. She previously played for [[Tyresö FF]], and spent the second half of the [[2013 Damallsvenskan|2013 season]] on loan at [[Vittsjö GIK]]. She represented [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] at the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012 London Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annica Svensson |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/annica-svensson |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Olympics}}</ref>
==Career== A late bloomer, Svensson made her Sweden debut at the age of 27, in a 1–1 draw with [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] on 30 July 2010.
Svensson played ten times for Sweden's national youth teams, with the last appearance in 2001. She was called into the senior national team two years after suffering an [[anterior cruciate ligament injury]] while [[Captain (association football)|captaining]] [[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby IF DFF]] in the [[Damallsvenskan]]. National coach [[Thomas Dennerby]] valued the versatility of Svensson, who can function in the [[centre back]] or [[Defender (football)#Full back|full back]] positions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/landslag/2010/06/dam-annica-svensson-skrall-i-dennerbys-trupp/ |title=Dam: Annica Svensson skräll i Dennerbys trupp |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |date=29 June 2010 |accessdate=18 May 2013 |first=Staffan |last=Stjernholm |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215121648/http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/landslag/2010/06/dam-annica-svensson-skrall-i-dennerbys-trupp/ |archive-date=15 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Annica Svensson.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Playing for [[Tyresö FF|Tyresö]] in May 2013]]
Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the [[2012 Damallsvenskan|2012 season]] and Svensson collected her first league winner's medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/tyreso-vann-sm-guld-efter-dramatik/ |title=Tyresö vann SM-guld efter dramatik |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=29 August 2013 |language=Swedish |first=Johannes |last=Cleris}}</ref>
As ambitious Tyresö continued to strengthen their squad, Svensson lost her place in the team and was not called up to Sweden's [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]] selection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vf.se/sport/fotboll/svensson-lanas-ut-%E2%80%93-mallbacken-visade-inget-intresse |title=Svensson lånas ut – Mallbacken visade inget intresse |publisher=[[Värmlands Folkblad]] |date=7 August 2013 |accessdate=18 January 2014 |language=Swedish |first=Mattias |last=Ardell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092758/http://www.vf.se/sport/fotboll/svensson-lanas-ut-%E2%80%93-mallbacken-visade-inget-intresse |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2013 she went on [[Loan (sports)|loan]] to Damallsvenskan team [[Vittsjö GIK]], in search of first team football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skanskan.se/article/20130806/SPORT/130809559/-/jakten-pa-speltid-slutade-i-vittsjo-gik |title=Jakten på speltid slutade i Vittsjö GIK |publisher=Skånska Dagbladet |date=6 August 2013 |accessdate=29 August 2013 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206220637/http://www.skanskan.se/article/20130806/SPORT/130809559/-/jakten-pa-speltid-slutade-i-vittsjo-gik |archive-date=6 December 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> She signed for newly [[Promotion and relegation|promoted]] [[Eskilstuna United DFF]] in January 2014, where she joined former Tyresö teammate [[Sara Thunebro]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/sport/svensson-klar-for-eskilstuna_8897688.svd |title=Svensson klar för Eskilstuna |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |date=15 January 2014 |accessdate=18 January 2014 |language=Swedish}}</ref>
In October 2018 Svensson officially ended her career.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=87&artikel=7075818 |title=Annica Svenssons sista match i karriären |newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=27 October 2018 |last1=Halvarsson |first1=Hans}}</ref>
==Personal life==
In December 2018, she [[Same sex marriage|married]] her former Eskilstuna team-mate [[Vaila Barsley]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mattsson |first1=Sebastian |title="Det var väldigt få som ens sett oss kyssas" |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/damallsvenskan/det-var-valdigt-fa-som-ens-sett-oss-kyssas/ |access-date=15 January 2022 |publisher=[[Expressen]] |date=12 December 2018 |language=sv}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Club=== '''[[Djurgårdens IF Dam|Djurgården/Älvsjö]]''' * [[Damallsvenskan]]<ref>[http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630143919/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf |date=30 June 2019 }}</ref> (2): 2003, 2004
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|328716}} * [https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/spelarportratt/?profile=27335 Sweden player profile] {{in lang|sv}} at [[Swedish Football Association|SvFF]] * {{Svenskfotboll|pid=5402|name=Player domestic stats}} * [https://archive.today/20130418122751/http://www.tyresoff.se/web/article.asp?artID=14 Tyresö FF player profile] * {{Soccerway|annica-svensson/6030}}
{{Sweden squad 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden women's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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