Therese Sjögran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Swedish association football player
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Place of Birth: Södra Sandby, Skåne County, Sweden
About Therese Sjögran
- Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish football manager and coach, and former player as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden women's national football team.
- A modern pioneer and source of inspiration in women's football, she is considered one of the greatest Swedish footballers of all time and imagined by some as a possible future head coach for the national team.
- Nicknamed Terre, Sjögran made her first Damallsvenskan appearances for Kristianstad/Wä DFF.
- She joined Malmö FF Dam in 2001 and remained with the club through its different guises as LdB FC and FC Rosengård.
- Sjögran spent the 2011 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Sky Blue FC. Sweden's all-time record appearance holder, Sjögran is the first player to win 200 caps for Blågult and is tied with Birgit Prinz at 214 for the most capped European footballer in national teams.
- She made her national team debut in October 1997 and represented her country in the 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups.
- She also played at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Football Tournaments, but missed out in 2012 due to injury.
- Sjögran twice won the Diamantbollen, the award for Sweden's female player of the year, in 2007 and 2010. Today she is sporting director in FC Rosengård.
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