Linda Sällström
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Linda Charlotta Sällström[1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 July 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland[2] | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Paris FC | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
KoPSe | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2007 | Tikkurilan Palloseura | ||
2008–2009 | Djurgårdens IF | 43 | (16) |
2010–2014 | Linköpings FC | 50 | (19) |
2015–2018 | Vittsjö GIK | 71 | (29) |
2018– | Paris FC | 33 | (16) |
International career‡ | |||
2007– | Finland | 104 | (46) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2020 |
Linda Charlotta Sällström (born 13 July 1988) is a Finnish international footballer. She currently plays for French club Paris FC in the Division 1 Féminine and the Finland women's national football team.
Career
She made her debut for the senior Finland team on 31 May 2007; playing 17 minutes against Norway.[3]
Sällström missed the entire 2012 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. She re–injured the knee in March 2013 and was ruled out of contention for a place in Finland's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squad.[4]
On 25 January 2014 Sällstrom injured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) again, making it likely she would miss the 2014 season.[5]
In total Sällström has endured three ACL injuries in her career. Coming back from injury to finish as second highest goalscorer in the 2017–18 Damallsvenskan season.
On 8 October 2019, Sällström scored four goals against Albania to become the all-time top scorer for Finland, surpassing Laura Österberg Kalmari.[6]
On 7 November 2019, Sällström played her 100th match against Cyprus.[7]
Personal life
Sällström is openly lesbian.[8]
References
- ^ "2009 UEFA European Women's Championship Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA. 24 August 2009. p. 5. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Linda Sällström Helsingin Kisa-Veikot kuva" (in Finnish). Tilastopaja Oy. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ "Sällström Linda" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Isaksson, Janne (5 March 2013). "Linda Sällström missar EM" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ Nyberg, Hannes (25 January 2014). "Sällström skadad igen" (in Swedish). Yle. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ @LindaSallstrom (9 October 2019). "Wow still can't believe it. 43 goals for Finland and becoming the all time top goal scorer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @LindaSallstrom (7 November 2019). "3 points and a goal, couldn't ask for a better way to celebrate my 100th cap!🇫🇮💯 Finland-Cyprus 4-0!⚽️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Linda Sällström hämmästelee jääkiekon homoseksuaalisuuskohua: "Minun ei ole ikinä pitänyt piilotella"". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 2 Frbruary 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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External links
- Linda Sällström Linköpings FC profile
- Linda Sällström – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Linda Sällström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Linda Sällström on Twitter
- Player's profile at Football Association of Finland (in Finnish)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Finnish women's footballers
- Sportspeople from Helsinki
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Finnish footballers
- Finland women's international footballers
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Damallsvenskan players
- Linköpings FC players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players
- Paris FC (women) players
- Vittsjö GIK players
- Women's association football forwards
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Division 1 Féminine players
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- FIFA Century Club
- Lesbian sportswomen
- LGBT association football players
- Finnish women's football biography stubs
- Finnish football forward stubs