Swedish footballer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström Amcoff | ||
Birth name | Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström | ||
Date of birth | (1977-04-23) 23 April 1977 (age 47) | ||
Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2006 | Umeå | ||
International career | |||
2001–2006 | Sweden | 67 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström Amcoff (née Sjöström; born 23 April 1977) is a Swedish former football striker. She played for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan, winning two European Cups and five national championships before retiring in 2006.
She was a member of the Sweden women's national football team, taking part in the 2003 World Cup where Sweden won the silver medal, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 European Championship where she scored a winner against host England to qualify Sweden for the semifinals.
Personal life
Sjöström was born in Skellefteå, and now uses the surname Sjöström Amcoff.
Honours
- 2 UEFA Women's Cups (2003, 2004)
- 5 Swedish Leagues (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006)
- 3 Swedish Cups (2001, 2002, 2003)
References
- Anna Sjöström at Olympedia (archive)
- Umeå IK win the UEFA Women's Cup. FIFA
- Sweden start new era. UEFA
- Sjoström earns start against Canada. FIFA
- Spirited Sweden swoop to win group. Archived 17 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine FIFA
- Sjöström sparks Sweden joy. UEFA
- "Klart för finalerna Umeå–Falcao" [Ready for the Umeå–Falcao final] (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
- Profile at Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Sweden squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up | ||
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Sweden women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Fourth place | ||
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Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 semi-finalists | ||
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- Swedish women's footballers
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Sweden
- Sweden women's international footballers
- Umeå IK players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Women's association football forwards
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- People from Skellefteå Municipality
- Footballers from Västerbotten County
- UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players
- Swedish women's football biography stubs