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Karolina Westberg (born May 16, 1978) is a former Swedish footballer who played as a defender for Malmö FF Dam, Umeå IK and the Swedish national team.

Karolina Westberg

Personal information
Full name	Karolina Westberg
Date of birth	(1978-05-16) May 16, 1978 (age 44)
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)
National team‡
1997–2008	Sweden	126[1]	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 29, 2019

International career

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.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	1999-6-19[m 1]	San Jose	China PR	Start			1–2 L	Group match
	2	1999-6-23[m 2]	Washington, DC	Australia	Start			3–1 W	Group match
	3	1999-6-26[m 3]	Chicago	Ghana	Start			2–0 W	Group match
	4	1999-6-30[m 4]	San Jose	Norway	Start			1–3 L	Quarter Final
Sydney 2000 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	5	2000-9-13[m 5]	Melbourne	Brazil	Start			0–2 L	Group match
	6	2000-9-16[m 6]	Sydney	Australia	Start			1–1 D	Group match
	7	2000-9-19[m 7]	Melbourne	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Group match
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
	8	2003-9-21[m 8]	Washington, DC	United States	Start			1–3 L	Group match
	9	2003-9-25[m 9]	Philadelphia	North Korea	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	10	2003-9-28[m 10]	Columbus	Nigeria	Start			3–0 W	Group match
	11	2003-10-1[m 11]	Foxborough	Brazil	Start			2–1 W	Quarter Final
	12	2003-10-5[m 12]	Portland	Canada	Start			2–1 W	Semi-Final
	13	2003-10-12[m 13]	Carson	Germany	Start			1–2 L	Final
Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	14	2004-8-11[m 14]	Volos	Japan	Start			0–1 L	Group match
	15	2004-8-17[m 15]	Volos	Nigeria	Start			2–1 W	Group match
	16	2004-8-20[m 16]	Volos	Australia	Start			2–1 W	Quarter-Final
	17	2004-8-23[m 17]	Patras	Brazil	86. off 86' (on Öqvist)			0–1 L	Semi Final
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
	18	2007-9-18[m 18]	Tianjin	North Korea	Start			2–1 W	Group match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
1997 European Championship
	1	1997-6-29[m 19]	Karlstad	Russia	Start			2–1 W	Group match
	2	1997-7-2[m 20]	Karlskoga	Spain	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	3	1997-7-5[m 21]	Karlstad	France	Start			3–0 W	Group match
	4	1997-7-9[m 22]	Karlstad	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Semi-Final
2001 European Championship
	5	2001-6-23[m 23]	Erfurt	Germany	Start			1–3 L	Group match
	6	2001-6-27[m 24]	Jena	England	Start			4–0 W	Group match
	7	2001-6-30[m 25]	Erfurt	Russia	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	8	2001-7-4[m 26]	Ulm	Denmark	Start			1–0 W	Semi-Final
	9	2001-7-7[m 27]	Ulm	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Final
2005 European Championship
	10	2005-6-11[m 28]	Blackburn	England	75. on 75' (off Bengtsson)			1–0 W	Group match

References

Match reports

External links

• Club Profile^{[permanent dead link]}
• National Team Profile
• Article in Sydsvenskan
• Olympic Profile

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