Angelica Burevik

Angelica Burevik Törnqvist (born 7 December 1958) is a Swedish former association football defender who won 30 caps for the Sweden women's national football team. She is nicknamed Agge.

Angelica Burevik
Personal information
Full name Angelica Burevik Törnqvist[1]
Date of birth (1958-12-07) December 7, 1958
Place of birth Helsingborg, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stattena IF
National team‡
1981–1985 Sweden[2] 30 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 18, 2007

Club career

Burevik's performances for local team Stattena IF earned her a place in the Helsingborgs Idrottsmuseum Hall of Fame in 1983.[3] She later served the club as chairperson.[4]

International career

Burevik made her senior Sweden debut in a 6–1 win over France in Montauban on 23 May 1981.[5] She won the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in 1984. Sweden beat England in the final, on a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road after a 1–1 aggregate draw.[6] Burevik's break down the right wing and cross had created Pia Sundhage's headed goal for Sweden in the first leg at Ullevi.[7] Her exertions in central defence on the muddy Kenilworth Road pitch left her too exhausted to participate in the shootout.[8]

Burevik played 30 games in a row for Sweden, the last of which was on 9 October 1985. Only two games were lost while 22 resulted in Swedish victories.[8]

References
  1. "Damer EM Matchinformation: Sverige - England". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2011". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. "Hall of Fame" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Idrottsmuseum. Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. "Ny damfotbollsklubb i Helsingborg" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen.se. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  5. "Spelarporträtt". Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  6. Leighton, Tony (2009-05-19). "England's shoot-out jinx begins - England, 1984". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  7. Nilsson, Andreas (2009-08-27). "EM för damer 1984" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  8. Andersson, Jan (2009-05-27). "25 år sedan enda EM-guldet" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-20.


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