Karolina Westberg
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Karolina Walfridsson Westberg | ||
Birth name | Anna Karolina Westberg[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 May 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Kristianstad, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Skillinge IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2004 | Malmö FF Dam | ||
2005–2009 | Umeå IK | 253 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
1997–2008 | Sweden | 126[2] | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2019 |
Anna Karolina Walfridsson Westberg (née Westberg; born 16 May 1978) is a former Swedish footballer who played as a defender for Malmö FF Dam, Umeå IK and the Swedish national team.
International career
[edit]Karolina Westberg featured for Sweden in three World Cups (USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007) and two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000 Olympics, Athens 2004.) She was on the roster for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but did not appear in a match. Westberg played in three European Championship tournaments: Norway/Sweden 1997, Germany 2001, and England 2005.
Personal life
[edit]Westberg was born in Kristianstad, and now uses the surname Walfridsson Westberg.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Karolina Westberg at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2017". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Blågul back bjöd på frukostföredrag" [Blue back offered breakfast lecture]. Mera Österlen (in Swedish). 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1978 births
- Swedish women's footballers
- Olympic footballers for Sweden
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sweden women's international footballers
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Umeå IK players
- Damallsvenskan players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's association football central defenders
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- People from Kristianstad Municipality
- Footballers from Skåne County
- Swedish women's football biography stubs