Ulla-Karin Rönnlund

Ulla-Karin Rönnlund
Personal information
Full name Ulla-Karin Rönnlund
Date of birth (1977-02-19) 19 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Härnösand, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000 Älandsbro FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Bollsta IK
1998–2001 Umeå IK
2007–2009 Umeå IK
International career‡
1998–2009 Sweden[1] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 May 2013

Ulla-Karin Rönnlund (née Thelin; born 19 February 1977) is a Swedish former football goalkeeper for Umeå IK in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She represented Sweden at senior international level.

Club career

After suffering injuries during the 2001 season Rönnlund lost her motivation for football and decided to leave Umeå.[2]

She retired again after the 2009 season, to concentrate on her family. As Söberg also left, Umeå IK signed Caroline Jönsson as a replacement.[3]

International career

Rönnlund started playing for Sweden's national youth teams in 1993. At the 1995 edition of the Albena Cup, Rönnlund was pressed into service as a makeshift forward after a sickness bug swept through the Sweden under-20 squad. She scored the winning goal in the 1–0 final win over Ukraine.[4]

Rönnlund played seven times for Sweden's national team. She made her senior international debut against Norway on 10 October 1998.

References

  1. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Umeå tappar målvakten" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Umeå utan målvakt - Rönnlund slutar". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 26 November 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ^ Fadeyev, Sergey (28 September 2003). "Women's Tournament "Grand Hotel Varna" (Bulgaria) 1995". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 October 2013.


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