Petronella Ekroth

Last updated
Petronella Ekroth
Petronella Ekroth.jpg
Personal information
Full name Hilda Petronella Ekroth
Date of birth (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Askim, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Rödsle BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Linköping 3 (0)
2010–2011 Tyresö 10 (0)
2010 → AIK (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 Jitex 6 (0)
2013–2015 Hammarby IF 52 (5)
2016–2018 Djurgårdens IF 57 (0)
2018–2019 Juventus 12 (2)
2019 Djurgårdens IF 12 (1)
2020 Roma 4 (0)
2020–2021 Hammarby IF 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2021

Hilda Petronella Ekroth (born 12 December 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender.

Contents

Club career

Ekroth started her football career in the Damallsvenskan playing for Djurgårdens IF. She followed this with years at Linköpings FC, AIK, Tyresö FF, Jitex BK, Hammarby IF and Djurgårdens IF. [1] [2] [3]

After spending her entire professional career playing in Sweden, Ekroth signed with Juventus in Italy on July 17, 2018. [4] Following one year in Italy Ekroth resigned to her former Djurgården on July 10, 2019. [5]

In 2020, Ekroth returned to Hammarby IF in Elitettan, Sweden's second tier, and the club immediately got promoted back to Allsvenskan. Ekroth suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury that kept her sidelined throughout the whole 2021 season, before she left the club at the end of the year. [6] [7]

International career

Ekroth has represented Sweden in several youth national team levels, gaining over 30 caps in the process. [8]

Personal life

Ekroth's mother Yvonne is a football coach and Ekroth played for her during her time at Djurgården. Her younger brother Oliver Ekroth also plays football, for Swedish club side Degerfors IF in the men's Allsvenskan. Outside of her playing career, Ekroth has worked in football as a commentator and studio analyst for Eurosport. [9]

We Play Strong

Ekroth is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The series, which originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger and Lisa Evans and now also includes Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers. [10] The campaign's "...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.” [11]

Honours

Champion: 2009,
Champion: 2010
Champion: 2019
Champion: 2019

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hammarby Fotboll</span> Association football club in Stockholm, Sweden

Hammarby IF Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Hammarby Fotboll or Hammarby, is a Swedish professional football club from Stockholm founded in 1915. The club is based at Tele2 Arena in Johanneshov but founded in the neighbouring Södermalm district of Stockholm City Centre, the area that is the clubs heartland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)</span> Football club

Djurgårdens IF is a football club from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The team play their home games on Stockholm Olympic Stadium The team colours are white and blue. The club is affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund.

Hammarby IF Fotbollförening, commonly known as Hammarby IF, Hammarby Fotboll or simply Hammarby, is a women's football club from Stockholm founded in 1970.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tele2 Arena</span> Multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm

The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football matches, hosting home matches of Allsvenskan teams Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF. The arena has a capacity of 30,000 to 35,000 spectators for football matches, depending on the number of people standing, and its facilities fulfill the requirements of FIFA and UEFA for hosting international games and tournaments. When configured for concerts, the arena has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jessica Landström</span> Swedish footballer

Jessica Elin Maria Landström is a former Swedish football forward who has represented the Sweden women's national football team at the 2008 Olympic Football Tournament, the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At club level she has played for Damallsvenskan teams Djurgårdens IF, Hammarby IF DFF, Linköpings FC and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She has also played for 1. FFC Frankfurt of Germany and Sky Blue FC of the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eunice Beckmann</span> German footballer

Eunice Nketiah Beckmann is a German professional footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shanice van de Sanden</span> Dutch footballer

Shanice Janice van de Sanden is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laura Feiersinger</span> Austrian footballer

Laura Feiersinger is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German Frauen-Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Austria women's national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emilia Brodin</span> Swedish footballer

Emilia Elisabeth Brodin is a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for the Damallsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF. She joined previous club Piteå IF for the 2014 season, having been on loan from Tyresö FF for the second part of the 2013 season. She has also played top-level club football for Bälinge IF and AIK. Appelqvist made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in February 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Evans</span> Scottish footballer

Lisa Catherine Evans is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for West Ham United in the FA WSL, the top-tier for women's football in England, and for the Scotland national team. She previously played club football for Glasgow City in her native country, and for Turbine Potsdam and FC Bayern Munich in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga, winning the domestic league title in all three nations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katrin Schmidt</span> Swedish-German footballer

Katrin Schmidt is a Swedish-German footballer who played as a midfielder for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.

Kim Hilding Bergstrand is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK and Hammarby IF, he is the manager of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF together with Thomas Lagerlöf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magdalena Eriksson</span> Swedish footballer

Magdalena Lilly Eriksson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich and the Swedish national team. A left-back and centre-back, she used to play for Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Chelsea in the English Women's Super League. In November 2020, she was awarded the Diamantbollen award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Zadrazil</span> Austrian footballer (born 1993)

Sarah Zadrazil is an Austrian footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Austria national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johanna Rytting Kaneryd</span> Swedish footballer (born 1997)

Anna Johanna Rytting Kaneryd is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Chelsea FC and the Sweden women's national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Jansson</span> Swedish footballer (born 1996)

Emma Jansson is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Hammarby IF in Damallsvenskan. She has previously also represented Eskilstuna United and KIF Örebro DFF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madelen Janogy</span> Swedish footballer

Madelen Fatimma Maria Janogy is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Hammarby IF in the Swedish Damallsvenskan and for the Sweden national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filippa Angeldahl</span> Swedish footballer

Ingrid Filippa Angeldal, known as Filippa Angeldahl, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Sweden national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hjalmar Ekdal</span> Swedish footballer

Hjalmar Ekdal is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Burnley and the Sweden national team. Beginning his professional career with IK Frej in 2018, he briefly represented Assyriska FF, Hammarby IF, and IK Sirius before signing with Djurgårdens IF in 2021.

The 2023 Damallsvenskan is the 36th season of the Swedish women's association football top division, Damallsvenskan. The league will begin on 24 March 2023, and end on 11 November 2023. The league will have an eight-week break between rounds 17 and 18.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sweden – P. Ekroth – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ekroth till Göteborgsklubb" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Petronella Ekroth till Hammarby" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Officiellt: Ekroth flyttar till Italien - klar för italienska mästaren" (in Swedish). July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Klart: Petronella Ekroth återvänder till Djurgården" (in Swedish). July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Petronella Ekroth korsbandsskadad" (in Swedish). 7 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Thörnqvist, Ekroth och Ståhl lämnar Hammarby" (in Swedish). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Petronella Ekroth joins CMG" . Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Petronella får mamma som tränare: "Jättespeciellt"" (in Swedish). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Arsenal's Lisa Evans launches scheme to get more women playing football". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "ARSEBLOG EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARSENAL'S LISA EVANS". Arseblog. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.