{{Short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Cecilia Sandell | fullname = Ann Cecilia Sandell | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|6|10}} | birth_place = [[Karlskrona]], [[Sweden]] | height = {{height|m=1.74}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Cecilia Sandell|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/cecilia-sandell-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/cecilia-sandell-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|accessdate=31 December 2014}}</ref> | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Asarums IF FK|Asarum]] | years1 = 1984–1992 | years2 = 1993–2000 | clubs1 = [[Lindsdals IF|Lindsdal]] | clubs2 = [[Älvsjö AIK FF|Älvsjö]] | nationalyears1 = 1992–2000 | nationalteam1 = [[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=9 May 2013}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 62 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs1 = [[Älvsjö AIK FF|Älvsjö]] (assistant) }}

'''Ann Cecilia Sandell''' (born 10 June 1968) is a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] former [[association football]] [[midfielder]] who won 62 [[Cap (sports)|caps]] for the [[Sweden women's national football team]], scoring three goals. She represented Sweden at the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament in [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women|1996]] and [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women|2000]].

==Club career== In 1999 Sandell collected the [[Diamantbollen]] award for Sweden's best female footballer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2004/02/diamantbollen-1999/|title=Diamantbollen 1999|publisher=Swedish Football Association|language=Swedish|date=24 February 2004|accessdate=8 November 2011}}</ref> She had signed for Älvsjö from Lindsdals in 1993 and been part of the team which won five consecutive [[Damallsvenskan]] titles from 1995 to 1999. Although signed as a [[midfielder]], she was successfully converted to a central defender.<ref>{{cite news|title=Diamantbollen 1999|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2004/02/diamantbollen-1999/|accessdate=31 December 2014|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|date=24 February 2004|language=Swedish}}</ref>

==International career== Sandell made her senior [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] debut in August 1992; a 3&ndash;3 draw with [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html|title=Sweden's 2000 Olympic Roster|publisher=Women Soccer|accessdate=31 December 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823120413/http://womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html|archivedate=23 August 2000|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her early national team career was marked by injury and she did not play at [[UEFA Women's Euro 1993]] or the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]], which Sweden hosted. Restored to the squad for the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women|1996 Olympics]], Sandell also played at [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997]], the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]] and the [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women|2000 Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lundqvist|first1=Anders|title=Sveriges EM-trupp med spelarfakta|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/sveriges-em-trupp-med-spelarfakta/|access-date=31 December 2014|publisher=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|date=4 June 2005|language=Swedish}}</ref>

She went to [[UEFA Women's Euro 2001]] as Sweden's [[Press secretary|press officer]], as she had retired from playing to take up a position as Älvsjö's assistant coach.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cecilia Sandell gör comeback i seriefinalen|url=http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/sport/cecilia-sandell-gor-comeback-i-seriefinalen/|accessdate=31 December 2014|publisher=Kristianstadsbladet|date=13 October 2001|language=Swedish}}</ref>

==Personal life== Sandell has a [[twin]], Camilla, who is married to former footballer [[Victoria Sandell Svensson|Victoria Svensson]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Björkman|first1=Anna|title=Victoria Sandell Svensson: "Jag åkte från EM till IVF-kliniken"|url=http://www.mama.nu/Omslagsmama/Victoria-Sandell-Svensson-Jag-akte-fran-EM-till-IVF-kliniken|accessdate=31 December 2014|publisher=[[Mama (magazine)|Mama]]|date=31 August 2012|language=Swedish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231160333/http://www.mama.nu/Omslagsmama/Victoria-Sandell-Svensson-Jag-akte-fran-EM-till-IVF-kliniken|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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{{Diamantbollen}} {{navboxes |title=Sweden squads |bg= #FFF01C |fg= #005B99 |bordercolor= #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden Squad 1996 Summer Olympics (Women's Football)}} {{Sweden Squad 1997 UEFA Women's European Championship}} {{Sweden Squad 1999 Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden women's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}} }}

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