Anna Sjöström

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 (age 47)
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 (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Umeå IK win the UEFA Women's Cup.[dead link‍] FIFA
  3. ^ Sweden start new era. UEFA
  4. ^ Sjoström earns start against Canada.[dead link‍] 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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