*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2009
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedishfootball manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan,[3] she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time.[4][3] She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own.[5]
Career
In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year.[6][7] Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.
Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals.[2][1][8]
Sandell Svensson has been a sporting director for Djurgården, head coach for the Sweden women's F16 national team, and most recently in 2018–2020 coach for Tyresö FF[3]
On 6 May 2021 Victoria Sandell Svensson was presented as a new assistant coach for the women's national team.[4] She will assume office when the World Cup qualifiers starts in the autumn 2021. She was only contracted for 3 matches, but aims to stay longer if it works well.[9]
She will focus on individual training and performance analysis, particularly the offence.[9][3]
Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments
Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location
Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup
Start – played entire match onminute (offplayer) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time
offminute (onplayer) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain
Min
The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass
The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk
Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score
The match score after the goal was scored.
Result
The final score.
W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn
(W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match
(L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet
The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso
Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament