Hedvig Lindahl
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Lindahl at the 2015 Algarve Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rut Hedvig Lindahl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Katrineholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1994 | Gropptorps IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Baggetorps IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | DFK Värmbol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Tunafors SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Malmö FF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | → IF Trion (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Linköpings FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Kristianstads DFF | 74 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Chelsea | 45 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Atlético Madrid | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Djurgården | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Eskilstuna United | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2022 | Sweden | 189 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:28 15 October 2023 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rut Hedvig Lindahl (born 29 April 1983) is a retired Swedish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played club football in Sweden for Damallsvenskan clubs including Malmö FF, Linköpings FC, Kristianstads DFF, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, Djurgården, and Eskilstuna United, as well as Chelsea in the English FA WSL. At international, Lindahl has accrued 189 caps for Sweden. On 3 August 2014, Lindahl played her 100th cap for Sweden against England. On 17 September 2015, Lindahl played her 113th cap and thereby broke Elisabeth Leidinge's record to become the most capped Swedish female goalkeeper.
She has kept goal for Sweden at the UEFA Women's Championship, the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. Lindahl was the Swedish women's goalkeeper of the year in 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. She won the 2015 and 2016 Diamantbollen, after being one of three nominations for Damallsvenskan's Most Valuable Player in 2014. In 2016, Lindahl was one of 5 nominees for Women's PFA Players' Player of the Year and was also picked for the WSL Team of the Year.