Magdalena Eriksson is a notable celebrity whenever Swedish women’s football is mentioned. The footballer has won hearts with her display as a defender on the pitch. She is signed to the English club Chelsea. In addition to this, she also plays for the Swedish National Women’s team.
This article has put together the latest update about Magdalena Eriksson’s biography, career, net worth, personal life, height, weight, and other important facts.
Magdalena Eriksson Biography
Magdalena Eriksson was born on the 8th of September 1993. The footballer was born in Stockholm, Sweden. It was also in Stockholm that she grew up. There is inadequate information about her parents and siblings. It is believed, though that she had a very encouraging family
According to sources, it was from her earliest childhood days that Eriksson fell in love with football. As a child, she spent most of her free time watching football games, and later, she decided to get herself into the pitch in pursuance of her craving for the field game.
And as of 2009, Eriksson had joined the Enskede IK club at the age of 17, before she later joined the Hammarby IF DFF So as to improve her skills.
The talented soccer player has a bachelor’s degree in political science and she is said to be taking a course in Feminist Theory and Intersectional Power Analysis.
Magdalena Eriksson Current Player Profile 2021/2022
Full Name: Magdalena Lilly Eriksson
Date of Birth: 8 September 1993
Age: 31 years old
Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Star Sign: Virgo
Nationality: Swedish
Parents: N/A
Siblings: N/A
Marital status: Single
Partner: Pernille Harder
Occupation: Professional soccer player
Current club: Chelsea women
Position: Defender
Number: 16
Girlfriend: Pernille Harder
Height:5 ft 8 inches
Net worth: N/A
Net Worth and Salary
Just like any other Chelsea defender, it is believed that Magdalena Eriksson is placed under a good payroll as the club is known for motivating its players with huge bank accounts.
However, Eriksson’s official net worth is still under review at the moment. We shall update you as soon as we have the exact figure
Personal Life, Lesbian, Dating, Partner
It has been revealed that the 26 year Magdalena Eriksson is a lesbian who has openly acknowledged Pernille Harder a Danish footballer as her partner and with whom she is in a relationship. It is believed that Eriksson met her partner while they both played for the Linköpings FC.
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5 Other Facts about Magdalena Eriksson
1. Magdalena Eriksson Professional Football Career
Reports have shown that We have learned that Magdalena Eriksson set the ball rolling in her career when she joined the Enskede IK, which is a home base club. As said earlier she enjoys the support of her family.
In fact, it was her dad who later advised her to move to a bigger club so as to advance in her career. This led her to join the Hammarby IF DFF, and while with the team she featured in the 2011 Damallsvenskan season making her first appearance in the game against Umeå IK.
However, Hammarby could not make any significant impact in their league and fell into relegation.
This development made Magdalena Eriksson leave the team for the Djurgårdens club, here, she was able to feature in 19 games and scoring a lone goal during Damallsvenskan in the 2012 season
The Djurgårdens ran into relegation and Eriksson then moved to join the Linköpings FC. Her stay with this club spanned for 5 years and was able to help the club to win Damallsvenskan in 2016 as well as the Svenska Cupen twice in 2013/2014, and 2014/2015, back-to-back while they became they came second place during 2015/2016 season.
She then decided to move higher to join the English team, Chelsea, in July 2017 she signed a two-year contract with Chelsea and featured in the Women’s Super League, where she is playing hitherto. She has made 31 appearances for the club so far.
2. Magdalena Eriksson International Career
In the international scene, Magdalena Eriksson has flown the flag of her country high while she played for the Swedish National under-19 team. Her efforts helped the Swedish team to win the 2012 U-19 European Championship.
Following her shinning skills in the championship, Eriksson was invited to join the National Senior team in November 2013, and she first played during the friendly match between Sweden and France in Amiens that was on the 8th of February 2014.
Sadly, in the wake of the 2014 season, Magdalena Eriksson ran into a knee injury which kept her off the pitch for over 3 months. However, she became fit later and joined the Swedish team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she strived hard enough to win a silver medal alongside her teammates.
And in July 2017 Eriksson was named among Sweden’s team for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017. During the 2020 Summer Olympics, Eriksson and her teammates made it to the final stage. They lost to Canada making them the first runner-up.
Her presence in the Sweden team is indeed a morale booster for the team, due to her accurate defending skills.
3. Height, weight, and other body measurements
Magdalena Eriksson is such a stunning and hot woman whose height stands at 5 ft. 8 inches or 1.72m tall, she has a flexible weight that keeps her fit and agile in her sports career, she has a charming Light brown eye color with a stylist blonde hair which makes her a comely woman.
4. She misspelled her surname until she was 17
Another weird thing about Eriksson is that it has been said that Eriksson has been unconsciously misspelling her surname with the letter C instead of the letter K, from her childhood, until when she was 17 years before she realized that mistake that explains why sometimes you may see her name spelled as Ericson instead of Eriksson.
5. Awards and honors
Magdalena Eriksson has been described as one of the best defenders in Europe. Her incredible performances over the years have earned her the following honors:
Individual
- Diamantbollen: 2020
- Defender of the year: 2020
International
- Sweden U19: UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship: 2012
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver medal: 2016
- FIFA Women’s World Cup: third place 2019
- 2020 Summer Olympics: Runner-up
Chelsea
- FA Women’s Super League: 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2020-21
- FA Community Shield: 2020
- Women’s FA Cup: 2017-18
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