Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan,[3] she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time.[4][3] She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.[5]
![]() Victoria Sandell Svensson at the Swedish Sports Awards inside the Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson | ||
Date of birth | (1977-05-18) 18 May 1977 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | Borås, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1981 | Gällstad IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991 | Nittorps IK | ||
1992–1997 | Jitex BK | ||
1998–2002 | Älvsjö AIK | ||
2003–2009 | Djurgårdens IF[lower-alpha 1] | ||
National team‡ | |||
1993 | Sweden U16 | 8[1] | (9) |
1993–1996 | Sweden U20 | 31[1] | (18) |
1996–2009 | Sweden | 166[2] | (68) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2009 |
In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year.[6][7] Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.
Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.[2][1][8]
Sandell Svensson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
Victoria has been a sporting director for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach for Tyresö FF[3]
On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell was presented as a new assistant coach for the women's national team. [4] She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well.[9] Vickan will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.[9][3]
Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”) | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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1 |
1999-6-19[m 1] | San Jose | ![]() |
Start |
1–2 L |
Group match | |||
2 |
1999-6-23[m 2] | Washington, DC | ![]() |
Start |
3–1 W |
Group match | |||
1 | 3 |
1999-6-26[m 3] | Chicago | ![]() |
Start | 58 | 1-0 |
2–0 W |
Group match |
2 | 86 | 2-0 | |||||||
4 |
1999-6-30[m 4] | San Jose | ![]() |
Start |
1–3 L |
Quarter Final | |||
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5 |
2000-9-13[m 5] | Melbourne | ![]() |
76.
off 76' (on Sjögran) |
0–2 L |
Group match | |||
6 |
2000-9-16[m 6] | Sydney | ![]() |
54.
off 54' (on Sjögran) |
1–1 D |
Group match | |||
7 |
2000-9-19[m 7] | Melbourne | ![]() |
59.
on 59' (off Swedberg) |
0–1 L |
Group match | |||
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3 | 8 |
2003-9-21[m 8] | Washington, DC | ![]() |
Start | 58 | 1-2 |
1–3 L |
Group match |
4 | 9 |
2003-9-25[m 9] | Philadelphia | ![]() |
Start | 7 | 1-0 |
1–0 W |
Group match |
10 |
2003-9-28[m 10] | Columbus | ![]() |
85.
off 85' (on Öqvist) |
3–0 W |
Group match | |||
5 | 11 |
2003-10-1[m 11] | Foxborough | ![]() |
Start | 23 | 1-0 |
2–1 W |
Quarter Final |
12 |
2003-10-5[m 12] | Portland | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Semi-Final | |||
13 |
2003-10-12[m 13] | Carson | ![]() |
Start |
1–2 L |
Final | |||
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14 |
2004-8-11[m 14] | Volos | ![]() |
Start |
0–1 L |
Group match | |||
15 |
2004-8-17[m 15] | Volos | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Group match | |||
16 |
2004-8-20[m 16] | Volos | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Quarter-Final | |||
17 |
2004-8-23[m 17] | Patras | ![]() |
Start |
0–1 L |
Semi Final | |||
18 |
2004-8-26[m 18] | Piraeus | ![]() |
43.
off 43' (on Sjögran) |
0–1 L |
Bronze Medal Match | |||
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6 | 19 |
2007-9-11[m 19] | Chengdu | ![]() |
Start | 50 | 1-0 |
1–1 D |
Group match |
20 |
2007-9-14[m 20] | Chengdu | ![]() |
Start |
0–2 L |
Group match | |||
21 |
2007-9-18[m 21] | Tianjin | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Group match | |||
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22 |
2008-8-6[m 22] | Tianjin | ![]() |
Start |
1–2 L |
Group match | |||
23 |
2008-8-9[m 23] | Tianjin | ![]() |
Start |
1–0 W |
Group match | |||
24 |
2008-8-12[m 24] | Beijing | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Group match | |||
25 |
2008-8-15[m 25] | Shenyang | ![]() |
Start |
0–2 L |
Quarter-Final | |||
Goal | Match | Date | Location | Opponent | Lineup | Min | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 |
1997-6-29[m 26] | Karlstad | ![]() |
Start |
2–1 W |
Group match | |||
1[note 1] | 2 |
1997-7-2[m 27] | Karlskoga | ![]() |
off 46' | 7 | 1–0 |
1–0 W |
Group match |
3 |
1997-7-5[m 28] | Karlstad | ![]() |
off 46' |
3–0 W |
Group match | |||
4 |
1997-7-9[m 29] | Karlstad | ![]() |
Start |
0–1 L |
Semi-Final | |||
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5 |
2001-6-23[m 30] | Erfurt | ![]() |
74.
on 74' (off Fagerström) |
1–3 L |
Group match | |||
6 |
2001-6-27[m 31] | Jena | ![]() |
53.
on 53' (off Flyborg) |
4–0 W |
Group match | |||
7 |
2001-6-30[m 32] | Erfurt | ![]() |
84.
off 84' (on Lundin) |
1–0 W |
Group match | |||
8 |
2001-7-4[m 33] | Ulm | ![]() |
78.
on 78' (off Nordlund) |
1–0 W |
Semi-Final | |||
9 |
2001-7-7[m 34] | Ulm | ![]() |
Start |
0–1 L |
Final | |||
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10 |
2005-6-5[m 35] | Blackpool | ![]() |
Start |
1–1 D |
Group match | |||
11 |
2005-6-8[m 36] | Blackpool | ![]() |
Start |
0–0 D |
Group match | |||
12 |
2005-6-11[m 37] | Blackburn | ![]() |
90+3.
off 90+3' (on Öqvist) |
1–0 W |
Group match | |||
13 |
2005-6-16[m 38] | Warrington | ![]() |
49.
off 49' (on Schelin) |
2–3 L |
Semi-Final | |||
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2 | 14 |
2009-8-25[m 39] | Turku | ![]() |
87.
off 87' (on Fischer) |
15 | 2–0 |
3–0 W |
Group match |
15 |
2009-8-28[m 40] | Turku | ![]() |
Start |
2–0 W |
Group match | |||
3 | 16 |
2009-8-31[m 41] | Turku | ![]() |
Start | 40 | 1–1 |
1–1 D |
Group match |
4 | 17 |
2009-9-4[m 42] | Helsinki | ![]() |
Start | 80 | 1–3 |
1–3 L |
Quarter-Final |
Profile at SvFF (in Swedish)
FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball | |
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Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year | |
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Årets fotbollstjej award | |
Diamantbollen |
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Damallsvenskan top scorers | |
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