Anna Sjöström
Personal information
Full name Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström Amcoff
Birth name Anna Maria Kristina Sjöström[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-23) 23 April 1977
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,[2] winning two European Cups and five national championships before retiring in 2006.[3]

She was a member of the Sweden women's national football team, taking part in the 2003 World Cup[4] where Sweden won the silver medal, the 2004 Summer Olympics[5] and the 2005 European Championship where she scored a winner against host England to qualify Sweden for the semifinals.[6]

Personal life

Sjöström was born in Skellefteå, and now uses the surname Sjöström Amcoff.[7]

Honours

References

  1. Anna Sjöström at Olympedia
  2. Umeå IK win the UEFA Women's Cup. FIFA
  3. Sweden start new era. UEFA
  4. Sjoström earns start against Canada. FIFA
  5. Spirited Sweden swoop to win group. Archived 17 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine FIFA
  6. Sjöström sparks Sweden joy. UEFA
  7. "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.


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