Catarina Gjellan

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Catarina Gjellan
Personal information
Full name Catarina Gjellan
Date of birth (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963 (age 58)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Alnö IF
Gideonsbergs IF
National team
1983 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Catarina Gjellan (born 1 October 1963) is a Swedish former footballer. A defender, Gjellan was a member of the Sweden women's national football team that won the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. [1]

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Club career

With her club Gideonsbergs IF Gjellen won one Damallsvenskan title in 1992. In November 2007 she was named among 11 nominees for the Medelpads Fotbollförbund's best ever player. [2]

International career

Gjellen won her first cap for the Sweden women's national football team on 8 June 1983, in a 5–0 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying win over Finland in Sollefteå. [3] She made another appearance on 30 October 1983 in a 2–2 friendly draw with England at The Valley. [4] Gjellen was a non-playing member of Sweden's victorious 1984 European Competition for Women's Football-winning squad [5] but never added to her two national team appearances. [6]

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