{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Frida Östberg | image = Frida Östberg (22087368672).jpg | caption = Frida Östberg in October 2015 | fullname = Frida Christina Östberg<ref>{{Olympedia}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Örnsköldsvik]], [[Sweden]] | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthclubs1 = Hägglunds IoFK | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994 | clubs1 = [[Umeå IK]] | years1 = 1995–2005 | caps1 = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY--> | goals1 = | clubs2 = [[Linköpings FC]] | years2 = 2006–2007 | caps2 = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY--> | goals2 = | clubs3 = [[Umeå IK]] | years3 = 2008 | caps3 = 22 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY--> | goals3 = 4 | clubs4 = [[Chicago Red Stars]] | years4 = 2009 | caps4 = 17 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY--> | goals4 = 0 | clubs5 = [[Umeå IK]] | years5 = 2010 | caps5 = 13 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY--> | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] | nationalyears1 = 2001–2009 | nationalcaps1 = 78 | nationalgoals1 = 2 }} '''Frida Christina Östberg''' (born 10 December 1977) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] retired [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]] who played for [[Umeå IK]], [[Linköpings FC]] and [[Chicago Red Stars]] of [[Women's Professional Soccer]]. She is a former member of the [[Sweden women's national football team]].

==Club career== Östberg started her career with Hägglunds IoFK, who she played for until 1994. For the 1995 season, she moved to [[Umeå IK]] where she stayed until 2005. For 2006 and 2007, Östberg played for [[Linköpings FC]]. She left Linköpings in November 2007.

Östberg made claims of moving back and playing for her former club [[Umeå IK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d%3D21391%26a%3D977523%26lid%3Dpuff_977523%26lpos%3Drubrik |title="Frida Östberg tillbaka i Umeå" - Sportnytt &#124; SVT.se |access-date=24 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515183620/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21391&a=977523&lid=puff_977523&lpos=rubrik |archive-date=15 May 2011 }}</ref> On 30 November 2007, Östberg announced her return to Umeå IK after two seasons with Linköpings. She played for Umeå for the 2008 season before once again leaving the team. She won the [[Diamantbollen]] in 2008, which is awarded to the best Swedish women's soccer player.<ref name="diamantbollen">{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/ |title=Diamantbollen |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121082553/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/ |archive-date=21 November 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=1 December 2016 }}</ref>

With the creation of a new top-flight women's league in the [[United States]], [[Women's Professional Soccer]], Östberg was headed overseas. She was named as a post-draft discovery player by [[Chicago Red Stars]] and played the [[2009 Women's Professional Soccer season]] with the club. She played in 17 games (16 starts, 1416 total minutes), but did not record any goals or assists. Following the conclusion of the season, she was waived by the club making her a free agent.

Östberg returned to Umeå IK but retired during the 2010 season after announcing her [[pregnancy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wsoccernews.com/fullStory.php?id=1098|title=Sweden: Frida Östberg leaves Umeå Ik|first=Gylfi|date=28 July 2010|website=W Soccer News|access-date=1 December 2016|author=Sigurdsson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202035920/http://wsoccernews.com/fullStory.php?id=1098|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International career== Östberg made her debut for [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] in 2001 against [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]. She has appeared in the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003]] and [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007]] editions of the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] for Sweden, as well as the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] [[Olympic Games]].

In total, she appeared 78 times for the senior national team, scoring twice.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FIFA player|186524}} * [https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/spelarportratt-2008/?profile=16903 Sweden Football player profile] {{in lang|sv}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100418084747/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/players/freeagents/ostberg-frida WPS player profile] <br> {{navboxes |title=Sweden squads |bg= #FFF01C |fg= #005B99 |bordercolor= #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden squad UEFA Women's Euro 2001}} {{Sweden squad 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden women's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}} {{Sweden squad UEFA Women's Euro 2005}} {{Sweden squad 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden women's football squad 2008 Summer Olympics}} }} {{Diamantbollen}}

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