{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Elin Magnusson | fullname = Elin Maria Magnusson | image = Elin Magnusson 2.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|6|2}} | birth_place = [[Örebro]], [[Sweden]] | height = 1.73 m | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Hallsbergs BK | years1 = 1998 | clubs1 = [[IFK Kumla]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1999–2015 | clubs2 = [[KIF Örebro DFF]] | caps2 = 275 | goals2 = 29 | nationalyears1 = 2013–2014 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 01:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC) | ntupdate = 01:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC) }}
'''Elin Maria Magnusson''' (born 2 June 1982) is a retired [[Swedes|Swedish]] [[Association football|footballer]]. She played for [[KIF Örebro DFF]] and the [[Sweden women's national football team]]. A versatile player, who functioned as a [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|central midfielder]] as well as a [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|left back]].
== Club career ==
Magnusson joined KIF Örebro in 1999 when they were known as Karlslunds IF. She remained loyal to the club and later became [[Captain (association football)|captain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskdamfotboll.se/index_new.php?news_id=1114&start=0&category_id=0&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth=|title=Elin i KIF Örebro stor och mycket stark profil i Allsvenskan|publisher=Svensk Damfotboll|date=22 February 2009|accessdate=25 June 2013|language=Swedish|first=Stenåke O.|last=Walltin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100224/http://www.svenskdamfotboll.se/index_new.php?news_id=1114&start=0&category_id=0&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth=|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> After seventeen seasons at the club, 29 goals in 275 league matches and more than 400 matches in all competitions, she retired in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/cuper-serier/2015/11/orebro-utslaget-efter-0-0-i-paris/|title=Örebro eliminated after 0-0 in Paris|language=Swedish|work=[[Swedish Football Association]]|accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laget.se/kiforebrodffalag/news/4313418/Nr-12-Elin-Magnusson-hyllades-efter-matchen-mot-PSG|title=No: 12 Elin Magnusson praised after the game against PSG|language=Swedish|work=KIF Örebro DFF|accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref>
== International career ==
Magnusson made her debut for the senior [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] team, aged 31, in a 1–1 draw with [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] on 19 June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=159&artikel=5570282|title=Elin Magnusson från KIF Örebro debuterade i landslaget|date=20 June 2013|accessdate=25 June 2013|publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]]|language=Swedish}}</ref> She had represented the national team at Under 17 and Under 19 level, then spent several years in the international wilderness. [[Coach (sports)|Coach]] [[Pia Sundhage]] named Magnusson in the Sweden squad for [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/arkiv/landslag/2013/06/emtrupp2013/|title=Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp|date=25 June 2013|accessdate=25 June 2013|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|language=Swedish}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{UEFA player|250011259}} * [https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/spelarportratt/?profile=31836 National team profile] {{in lang|sv}} at [[Swedish Football Association|SvFF]] * {{Svenskfotboll|pid=5381|fid=151087|name=Player domestic stats}} * [https://archive.today/20130628025650/http://www.kiforebro.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=436:spelarpresentation-2012-elin-magnusson&catid=38:laguppstallning&Itemid=167 Club profile] * {{Soccerway|elin-magnusson/7621}}
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