Eleonor Hultin

{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Eleonor Hultin | image = | caption = | fullname = Eleonor Hultin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|8|9}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Landslagsdatabasen|url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/landslagsdatabas/landslagsspelare/?fplid=3f7e91bb-dea7-491b-a3f0-cef636933f44&tab=stats|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|accessdate=5 June 2021|language=Swedish}}</ref> | birth_place =  | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = | clubs1 = [[GAIS]] | clubs2 = [[Jitex BK]] | nationalyears1 = 1983–1991 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] | nationalcaps1 = 24 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | manageryears1 = | manageryears2 = | managerclubs1 = | managerclubs2 = | pcupdate = 10:11, 5 June 2021 (UTC) | ntupdate = 10:11, 5 June 2021 (UTC) }}

'''Eleonor Hultin''' (born 9 August 1963) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[GAIS]] and [[Jitex BK]] of the [[Damallsvenskan|Swedish Championship]]. She won two editions of the ''Årets Fotbollstjej'' Award, the forerunner of the [[Diamantbollen]], in 1987 and 1989, and was [[Damallsvenskan]] top scorer in 1989. She won 24 [[Cap (sports)|caps]] and scored six goals for the [[Sweden women's national football team]].

==Club career== In 1987, while playing for the Gothenburg club [[GAIS]], Hultin was named [[Diamantbollen|Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year]]. After [[Transfer (association football)|transferring]] to [[Jitex BK]] based in nearby [[Mölndal]], she won the award again in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diamantbollen |url=https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/om-svff/historik/fotbollsgalan/diamantbollen/ |access-date=5 June 2021 |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |language=Swedish}}</ref> Her 25 goals that season made her the top goal scorer and helped Jitex secure the [[1989 Damallsvenskan]] title.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balkander |first1=Mattias |title=Lista: Göteborgs bästa damspelare |url=https://www.gp.se/sport/fotboll/lista-g%C3%B6teborgs-b%C3%A4sta-damspelare-1.91016 |access-date=5 June 2021 |publisher=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=18 May 2015 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

==International career== Hultin made her debut for [[Sweden women's national football team]] in the [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying]] series, as a [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]] in a 5–0 win over [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland]] in [[Ronneby]] on 24 August 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spelarporträtt |url=http://www.svenskdamfotboll.se/index_spelarprofil.php?spelare=73 |access-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113911/http://www.svenskdamfotboll.se/index_spelarprofil.php?spelare=73 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |language=Swedish}}</ref> She scored her first goal in Sweden's next fixture, a 2–1 win over rivals [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] in [[Elverum (town)|Elverum]] on 24 September 1983.

Sweden had a strong team during Hultin's national team career and, although she amassed a {{win-loss record|w=20|l=1|d=3}} record in her 24 appearances, she was not selected for the final stages of Sweden's victorious [[1984 European Competition for Women's Football]] campaign. She did participate in the squads which finished second in [[1987 European Competition for Women's Football|1987]] and third in [[1989 European Competition for Women's Football|1989]],<ref>{{cite web |title=EM-slutspel 1984-2017 |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/dam/historik-dam/em-slutspel-dam/ |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |access-date=5 June 2021 |language=Swedish}}</ref> and she featured in the 2–0 [[Exhibition game|friendly]] win over [[England women's national football team|England]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] in May 1989. Her final appearance was in February 1991, prior to the [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in November.

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