# Sara Thunebro

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Swedish footballer (born 1979)

Sara Thunebro With FFC Frankfurt in 2011 Personal information Full name Sara Kristina Thunebro[1] Date of birth (1979-04-26) 26 April 1979 (age 47)[1] Place of birth Strängnäs, Sweden[2] Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] Position Defender Youth career IK Viljan Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1997–1998 Gideonsbergs IF 1999–2001 Djurgårdens IF 2002 Älvsjö AIK 2003–2009 Djurgårdens IF[a] 230 (19) 2009–2013 FFC Frankfurt 56[3] (6) 2013 Tyresö FF 21 (0) 2014–2015 Eskilstuna United DFF 42 (3) International career‡ 1995 Sweden U17 10[4] (0[4]) 1997–1998 Sweden U19 8[4] (0[4]) 2004–2015 Sweden 132[5] (5[5]) Medal record Women's football Representing Sweden FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany Team * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:15, 25 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:22, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

**Sara Kristina Thunebro** (born 26 April 1979) is a Swedish former [footballer](/source/Association_football) who was a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for the [Sweden women's national team](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team). At club level Thunebro played for [Eskilstuna United DFF](/source/Eskilstuna_United_DFF), [Tyresö FF](/source/Tyres%C3%B6_FF) and [Djurgårdens IF](/source/Djurg%C3%A5rdens_IF_Fotboll_(women)) of the [Damallsvenskan](/source/Damallsvenskan), as well as [FFC Frankfurt](/source/1._FFC_Frankfurt) of the [Frauen-Bundesliga](/source/Frauen-Bundesliga). Making her international debut in 2004, Thunebro won 132 [caps](/source/Cap_(sports)) and represented her country at the [2009](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2009) and [2013](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2013) editions of the [UEFA Women's Championship](/source/UEFA_Women's_Championship). She also played at the [2007](/source/2007_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup), [2011](/source/2011_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) and [2015](/source/2015_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) [FIFA Women's World Cups](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup), as well as the [2008](/source/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) and [2012](/source/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament) [Olympic football tournaments](/source/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics). An attacking [left-back](/source/Defender_(association_football)), her trademark on the field was her white headband.

## Club career

Thunebro began playing at the age of six, eventually rising to the youth club [IK Viljan](/source/IK_Viljan). She advanced through the [Damallsvenskan](/source/Damallsvenskan) to one of the top-tier teams [Djurgårdens IF](/source/Djurg%C3%A5rdens_IF_Fotboll_(women)). With Thunebro on the team, Djurgården won the Swedish Championship in 2003 and 2004. Djurgården also won the [Swedish Cup](/source/Svenska_Cupen) in both 2004 and 2005, securing qualification for the [UEFA Women's Cup](/source/UEFA_Women's_Cup). In 2005 Djurgården reached the [final](/source/2005_UEFA_Women's_Cup_Final) but were beaten by [Turbine Potsdam](/source/Turbine_Potsdam).

After twice being voted the best defender in Sweden, Thunebro joined [FFC Frankfurt](/source/1._FFC_Frankfurt) in 2009. She extended her contract with the German club for another two years in April 2011.[6]

After playing only three games in the first half of the season she left Frankfurt in March 2013 to join [Tyresö FF](/source/Tyres%C3%B6_FF) in Sweden. She aimed to get more match practice ahead of the [UEFA Women's Euro 2013](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2013) in her home country.

After one season at Tyresö she moved on again, to newly [promoted](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) Damallsvenskan club [Eskilstuna United DFF](/source/Eskilstuna_United_DFF). In announcing the [transfer](/source/Transfer_(association_football)) in December 2013, Thunebro admitted she moved to be based closer to her family.[7] After the [2015 season](/source/2015_Damallsvenskan) in which Eskilstuna finished as runners-up to [FC Rosengård](/source/FC_Roseng%C3%A5rd), Thunebro made the difficult decision to retire from playing. Coach Viktor Eriksson thanked Thunebro for her part in establishing the club in the top league and described it as an honour to have worked with her for two years.[8]

## International career

A 3–0 defeat to the [United States](/source/United_States_women's_national_soccer_team) in January 2004 was Thunebro's first appearance for the senior Swedish national team. She had already collected 32 caps at Under-23 level, eight at Under-19 and 10 at Under-17.[9] She remained on the fringes of the squad but was left out of the selection for [UEFA Women's Euro 2005](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2005). Thunebro travelled to China for the [2007 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2007_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) but made just one appearance during Sweden's exit at the group stage. Returning to China for the following year's [Olympic football tournament](/source/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics), Thunebro had become a regular starter in the team which reached the quarter-finals.

Thunebro playing for Sweden in 2013

By 2009 Thunebro was an important part of an in–form Swedish team who were enjoying victories over [Germany](/source/Germany_women's_national_football_team), [Brazil](/source/Brazil_women's_national_football_team) and the United States. "Each year I've taken small steps forward," she explained. "I feel in great form now, but I haven't reached my peak yet."[10] At [UEFA Women's Euro 2009](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2009) Sweden reached the quarter-finals only to be eliminated by [Norway](/source/Norway_women's_national_football_team).

At the [2011 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2011_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) in Germany Thunebro won a bronze medal with Sweden, who were beaten by eventual winners [Japan](/source/Japan_women's_national_football_team) in the semi-final. Third place secured Sweden's qualification for the [2012 Olympic football tournament](/source/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics) in [London](/source/London). In September 2011 Thunebro announced her intention to retire from international football after the [UEFA Women's Euro 2013](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2013) tournament in her home country.[11]

After the tournament, Thunebro relented and was selected by national [coach](/source/Coach_(sports)) [Pia Sundhage](/source/Pia_Sundhage) for Sweden's [2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification](/source/2015_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_4) campaign.[12] In May 2015, Thunebro and Eskilstuna team-mates [Olivia Schough](/source/Olivia_Schough) and [Malin Diaz](/source/Malin_Diaz) were confirmed in Sundhage's Sweden squad for the [2015 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2015_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) in Canada.[13]

Following Sweden's second round elimination in Canada Thunebro quit international football. She had received only 15 minutes of playing time as the team failed to win any of their four matches at the tournament. Thunebro felt that she no longer had coach Sundhage's confidence and did not want to sit on the substitute's bench to make up the numbers.[14]

### Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals") Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Lineup Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) Score The match score after the goal was scored. Result The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time Pink background color – Olympic women's football tournament Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 2007-9-11[m 1] Chengdu Nigeria Start 1–1 D Group match 2 2007-9-18[m 2] Tianjin North Korea 40. on 40' (off Ljungberg)89. off 89' (on Lundin) 2–1 W Group match Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament 3 2008-8-6[m 3] Tianjin China Start 1–2 L Group match 4 2008-8-9[m 4] Tianjin Argentina Start 1–0 W Group match 5 2008-8-12[m 5] Beijing Canada 86. off 86' (on Paulson) 2–1 W Group match 6 2008-8-15[m 6] Shenyang Germany Start 0–2 L Quarter-Final Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 7 2011-6-28[m 7] Leverkusen Colombia Start 1–0 W Group match 8 2011-7-2[m 8] Augsburg North Korea Start 1–0 W Group match 9 2011-7-6[m 9] Wolfsburg United States Start 2–1 W Group match 10 2011-7-10[m 10] Augsburg Australia Start 3–1 W Quarter-Final 11 2011-7-13[m 11] Frankfurt Japan Start 1–3 L Semi-Final 12 2011-7-16[m 12] Sinsheim France Start 2–1 W Third Place Match London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament 13 2012-7-25[m 13] Coventry South Africa Start 4–1 W Group match 14 2012-7-28[m 14] Coventry Japan Start 0–0 D Group match 15 2012-7-31[m 15] Newcastle Canada Start 2–2 D Group match 16 2012-8-3[m 16] Glasgow France Start 1–2 L Quarter-Final Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 17 2015-6-16[m 17] Edmonton Australia 76. on 76' (off Rubensson) 1–1 D Group match

### Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition 2009 European Championship 1 2009-8-25[m 18] Turku Russia Start 3–0 W Group match 2 2009-8-28[m 19] Turku Italy Start 2–0 W Group match 3 2009-8-31[m 20] Turku England Start 1–1 D Group match 4 2009-9-4[m 21] Helsinki Norway Start 1–3 L Quarter-Final 2013 European Championship 5 2013-7-10[m 22] Gothenburg Denmark Start 1–1 D Group match 6 2013-7-13[m 23] Gothenburg Finland Start 5–0 W Group match 7 2013-7-16[m 24] Halmstad Italy 79. off 79' (on Schough) 3–1 W Group match 8 2013-7-21[m 25] Halmstad Iceland Start 4–0 W Quarter-Final 9 2013-7-24[m 26] Gothenburg Germany Start 0–1 L Semi-Final

## International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 2 October 2004 Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa, Finland Finland 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying 2. 26 August 2006 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland 2–0 4–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 3. 25 April 2009 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Brazil 1–1 3–1 Friendly 4. 6 March 2013 Stadium Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal China 1–1 1–1 2013 Algarve Cup 5. 8 March 2013 Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal Iceland 2–0 6–1

## Personal life

Thunebro enjoys playing [golf](/source/Golf) and rides a [motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle). Throughout her career she did not employ an [agent](/source/Sports_agent).[15] Part of the reason she wore her trademark headband was to allow her [grandmother](/source/Grandparent) to easily identify her while watching on the television.[16]

## Honours

### Club

**Djurgården/Älvsjö**

- [Damallsvenskan](/source/Damallsvenskan) (2):[17] 2003, 2004

- [Svenska Cupen](/source/Svenska_Cupen_(women)) (3): 1999–00, 2004, 2005

**[FFC Frankfurt](/source/1._FFC_Frankfurt)**

- [DFB-Pokal](/source/DFB-Pokal_(women)) (1): [2011](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_DFB-Pokal_(women))

### Country

**[Sweden](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team)**

- [2007 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2007_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup): Group stage

- [2011 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2011_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup): **Third place**

- [2015 FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/2015_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup): Round of 16

- [2004 Summer Olympics in Athens](/source/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament): **Fourth place**

- [2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing](/source/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament): Quarter-final

- [2012 Summer Olympics in London](/source/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_tournament): Quarter-final

- [UEFA Women's Euro 2009](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2009): Quarter-final

- [UEFA Women's Euro 2013](/source/UEFA_Women's_Euro_2013): **Semi-finals**

- [Algarve Cup](/source/Algarve_Cup) (Participated from 2004 to 2015): **Winner** [2009](/source/2009_Algarve_Cup)

**[Sweden U19](/source/Sweden_women's_national_under-19_football_team)**

- [UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship](/source/UEFA_Women's_Under-19_Championship): Semi-Finalists 1998

### Individual

- [Swedish Defender of the Year](/source/Fotbollsgalan):[18] [2008](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotbollsgalan_2008), [2009](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotbollsgalan_2009)

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** 2003–2006 as [Djurgården/Älvsjö](/source/Djurg%C3%A5rden%2F%C3%84lvsj%C3%B6).

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- [Club Statistics](http://www.difdam.nu/index.php?exec=inc&page=117&nID=592)

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Sweden squads 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 Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 1 Lindahl 2 Rohlin 3 Segerström 4 Paulson 5 Seger 6 Thunebro 7 S. Larsson 8 Schelin 9 Landström 10 Asllani 11 Svensson (c) 12 Hammarström 13 Lissel 14 Fors 15 Sjögran 16 P. Larsson 17 Dahlkvist 18 Fischer 19 Lindén 20 Liljegärd 21 Rönnlund 22 Nilsson Coach: Dennerby v t e Sweden squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup third place 1 Lindahl 2 Rohlin 3 Sembrant 4 Svensson 5 Seger (c) 6 Thunebro 7 Larsson 8 Schelin 9 Landström 10 Jakobsson 11 Göransson 12 K. Hammarström 13 Nilsson 14 Öqvist 15 Sjögran 16 Forsberg 17 Dahlkvist 18 Fischer 19 Edlund 20 M. Hammarström 21 Lundgren Coach: Dennerby v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Lindahl 2 Sembrant 3 Berglund 4 Svensson 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Göransson 12 Hammarström 13 Nilsson 14 Almgren 15 Seger 16 Edlund 17 Levenstad 18 Lundgren Coach: Dennerby v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 semi-finalists 1 K. Hammarström 2 Rohlin 3 Segerström 4 Ilestedt 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin (c) 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Göransson 12 Lindahl 13 Konradsson 14 Öqvist 15 Sjögran 16 Nilsson 17 Seger 18 Samuelsson 19 Magnusson 20 M. Hammarström 21 Lundgren 22 Schough 23 Hjohlman Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Lindahl 2 Rohlin 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Thunebro 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin (c) 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Hjohlman 12 Carlén 13 Diaz 14 Ilestedt 15 Sjögran 16 Nilsson 17 Seger (c) 18 Samuelsson 19 Lundh 20 Appelqvist 21 Söberg 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Sundhage

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