Anna Oskarsson

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Anna Oskarsson
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Anna Oskarsson playing for Hammarby
Personal information
Full name Anna Klara Ellen Oskarsson [1]
Date of birth (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Eskilstuna, Sweden,
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Glasgow City
Number 27
Youth career
FC Gute
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 IFK Kalmar 23 (3)
2014–2015 Jitex BK 29 (1)
2015–2017 Hammarby 46 (5)
2017–2019 Linköpings FC 49 (3)
2020–2023 Eskilstuna United 65 (1)
2023– Glasgow City 8 (0)
International career‡
2018– Sweden 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:50, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Anna Klara Ellen Oskarsson (also spelled Oscarsson; born 23 June 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish club Glasgow City.

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Career

She started with Jitex Mölndal BK [2] as a youth player. Oskarsson has also represented FC Gute. [3]

Oskarsson represented Sweden in the U19 European Championships in Israel 2015 and the U20 World Championship in Papua New Guinea in 2016.

She made her debut for the senior national team at the 2018 Algarve Cup, substituting in for Jonna Andersson in the 77th minute of Sweden's opening fixture, a 3–1 win over Canada. [4] A thigh injury sustained in December 2018 caused Oskarsson to drop out of national team contention in the run up to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [5]

Before the 2020 season, Oscarsson was recruited by Eskilstuna United, where she signed a two-year contract. [6] Oscarsson played all 22 league matches during the 2020 season. [7] In November 2021, she extended her contract in Eskilstuna by two year. [8]

Oscarsson signed for Glasgow City of the Scottish Women's Premier League in February 2023. [9]

Honours

Sweden

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References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players – Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Women's Under-19 – Teams". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Damallsvenskan – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Häglund, Michael (1 March 2018). "Anna Oscarsson efter debuten: "Jättehäftigt såklart"" (in Swedish). Affärsliv Gotland. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Bergsten, Per (16 April 2019). ""Är nästan så att man blivit knäpp"" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten . Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Landslagsmeriterade backen klar för rival". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Anna Oskarsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "ANNA OSCARSSON HAR SKRIVIT PÅ FÖR TVÅ NYA ÅR MED UNITED". Eskilstuna United (in Swedish). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Glasgow City sign Sweden midfielder Oscarsson". BBC Sport. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.


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