# Frida Östberg

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Swedish footballer

Frida Östberg Frida Östberg in October 2015 Personal information Full name Frida Christina Östberg[1] Date of birth (1977-12-10) 10 December 1977 (age 48) Place of birth Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Position Midfielder Youth career 0000–1994 Hägglunds IoFK Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1995–2005 Umeå IK 2006–2007 Linköpings FC 2008 Umeå IK 22 (4) 2009 Chicago Red Stars 17 (0) 2010 Umeå IK 13 (0) International career 2001–2009 Sweden 78 (2) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Frida Christina Östberg** (born 10 December 1977) is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) retired [football](/source/Association_football) [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) who played for [Umeå IK](/source/Ume%C3%A5_IK), [Linköpings FC](/source/Link%C3%B6pings_FC) and [Chicago Red Stars](/source/Chicago_Red_Stars) of [Women's Professional Soccer](/source/Women's_Professional_Soccer). She is a former member of the [Sweden women's national football team](/source/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](/source/Ume%C3%A5_IK) where she stayed until 2005. For 2006 and 2007, Östberg played for [Linköpings FC](/source/Link%C3%B6pings_FC). She left Linköpings in November 2007.

Östberg made claims of moving back and playing for her former club [Umeå IK](/source/Ume%C3%A5_IK)[2] 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](/source/Diamantbollen) in 2008, which is awarded to the best Swedish women's soccer player.[3]

With the creation of a new top-flight women's league in the [United States](/source/United_States), [Women's Professional Soccer](/source/Women's_Professional_Soccer), Östberg was headed overseas. She was named as a post-draft discovery player by [Chicago Red Stars](/source/Chicago_Red_Stars) and played the [2009 Women's Professional Soccer season](/source/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](/source/Pregnancy).[4]

## International career

Östberg made her debut for [Sweden](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team) in 2001 against [Norway](/source/Norway_women's_national_football_team). She has appeared in the [2003](/source/2003_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) and [2007](/source/2007_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) editions of the [FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) for Sweden, as well as the [2004](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) and [2008](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games).

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Frida Östberg](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/102683) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [""Frida Östberg tillbaka i Umeå" - Sportnytt | SVT.se"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110515183620/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=21391&a=977523&lid=puff_977523&lpos=rubrik). Archived from [the original](http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d%3D21391%26a%3D977523%26lid%3Dpuff_977523%26lpos%3Drubrik) on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-diamantbollen_3-0)** ["Diamantbollen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111121082553/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/) (in Swedish). [Swedish Football Association](/source/Swedish_Football_Association). Archived from [the original](https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/) on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Sigurdsson, Gylfi (28 July 2010). ["Sweden: Frida Östberg leaves Umeå Ik"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161202035920/http://wsoccernews.com/fullStory.php?id=1098). *W Soccer News*. Archived from [the original](http://wsoccernews.com/fullStory.php?id=1098) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

## External links

- [Frida Östberg](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=186524/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

- [Sweden Football player profile](https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/spelarportratt-2008/?profile=16903) (in Swedish)

- [WPS player profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20100418084747/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/players/freeagents/ostberg-frida)

Sweden squads v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 runners-up 1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Marklund 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström 7 Larsson 8 Nordlund 9 Andersson (c) 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Thelin 13 Eriksson 14 Fagerström 15 Sjögran 16 Flyborg 17 Lundin 18 Östberg 19 Call 20 Johansson Coach: Domanski-Lyfors v t e Sweden squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up 1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Marklund 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström (c) 7 Larsson 8 Nordin 9 Andersson 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Lundgren 13 Johansson 14 Fagerström 15 Sjögran 16 Olsson 17 Sjöström 18 Östberg 19 Call 20 Öqvist Coach: Domanski-Lyfors v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Fourth place 1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Marklund 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström (c) 7 Larsson 8 Östberg 9 Andersson 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Öqvist 13 Schelin 14 Fagerström 15 Sjögran 16 Olsson 17 Sjöström 18 Lindahl Coach: Domanski-Lyfors v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 semi-finalists 1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Marklund 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström 7 Larsson 8 Östberg 9 Andersson (c) 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Lindahl 13 Schelin 14 Karlsson 15 Sjögran 16 Seger 17 Sjöström 18 Åström 19 Paulson 20 Öqvist Coach: Domanski-Lyfors v t e Sweden squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Lindahl 2 Westberg 3 Segerström 4 Marklund 5 Seger 6 Thunebro 7 Larsson 8 Schelin 9 Lundin 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson (c) 12 Lundgren 13 Östberg 14 Johansson 15 Sjögran 16 Paulson 17 Edlund 18 Fischer 19 Rohlin 20 Forsberg 21 Hammarström Coach: Dennerby v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Lindahl 2 Westberg 3 Segerström 4 Paulson 5 Seger 6 Thunebro 7 Larsson 8 Schelin 9 Landström 10 Almgren 11 Svensson (c) 12 Jönsson 13 Östberg 14 Öqvist 15 Sjögran 16 Forsberg 17 Rohlin 18 Fischer 19 Aronsson Coach: Dennerby

v t e Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year Årets fotbollstjej award 1980: Svenjeby 1981: Sundhage 1982: Börjesson 1983: Leidinge 1984: Videkull 1985: Andersson 1986: Axén 1987: Hultin 1988: Videkull 1989: Hultin Diamantbollen 1990: Zeikfalvy 1991: Leidinge 1992: Andelén 1993: Videkull 1994: Bengtsson 1995: Andersson 1996: Swedberg 1997: Karlsson 1998: Svensson 1999: Sandell 2000: Nordlund 2001: Moström 2002: Ljungberg 2003: Svensson 2004: Bengtsson 2005: Marklund 2006: Schelin 2007: Sjögran 2008: Östberg 2009: Seger 2010: Sjögran 2011: Schelin 2012: Schelin 2013: Schelin 2014: Schelin 2015: Lindahl 2016: Lindahl 2017: Asllani 2018: Fischer 2019: Seger 2020: Eriksson 2021: Rolfö 2022: Rolfö 2023: Rubensson 2024: Rytting Kaneryd 2025: Björn

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