Magdalena Eriksson

Magdalena Eriksson
Eriksson playing for Chelsea in 2021
Personal information
Full name Magdalena Lilly Eriksson
Date of birth (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
Bayern Munich
Number 5
Youth career
Enskede IK
2009–2010 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Hammarby IF 19 (0)
2012 Djurgårdens IF 19 (1)
2013–2017 Linköpings FC 88 (5)
2017–2023 Chelsea 185 (11)
2023– Bayern Munich 24 (5)
International career
2008 Sweden U15 2 (0)
2009 Sweden U16 8 (1)
2009–2010 Sweden U17 18 (3)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 24 (0)
2013 Sweden U23 4 (0)
2014– Sweden 120 (14)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
2019 France
2023 Australia/New Zealand
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2012 Turkey
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025

Magdalena "Magda" Eriksson (also Ericsson; born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich and the Sweden national team. Primarily a centre-back, she can also play as a left-back.

At the beginning of her professional career, Eriksson played for the Stockholm clubs Hammarby IF and Djurgårdens IF until she moved to Linköpings FC in 2013, where she won two cup titles and the league title in 2016 during her five years at the club.

In 2017, Eriksson moved to England and signed for Chelsea in the Women's Super League (WSL). There, she established herself as one of the best central defenders in Europe and was named team captain in 2019. With Chelsea, she won five WSL titles, and also reached the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League in the 2020–21 season. In 2020, she was named Swedish Footballer of the Year.

Eriksson, like her fiancée Pernille Harder, is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy and LGBTQ+ rights in sport.