Anna Anvegård

Anna Elin Astrid Anvegård (born 10 May 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for FC Rosengård in the Swedish top flight Damallsvenskan as well as for the Swedish national team.

Anna Anvegård
Anna Anvegård in 2018
Personal information
Full name Anna Elin Astrid Anvegård[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997
Place of birth Bredaryd, Sweden
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Rosengård
Number 9
Youth career
Bredaryd Lanna IK
BIK/FIF/LGoIF
RÅs LB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Växjö DFF 101 (109)
2019– FC Rosengård 30 (25)
National team‡
2013–2014 Sweden U17 14 (3)
2015–2016 Sweden U19 13 (4)
2016–2018 Sweden U23 8 (3)
2018– Sweden 19 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020[2]

Club career

Växjö DFF

Anvegård made her senior debut with Växjö in the third-tier Division 1 in 2015. She finished as top scorer with 27 goals in 17 appearances as the team was promoted to the Elitettan. The following two Elitettan seasons she once again finished as top scorer as Växjö finished in third-place in 2016 before winning the league title in 2017.[3] In her first season in the Damallsvenskan, Anvegård scored a joint-second most 14 goals behind only Anja Mittag as Växjö finished in seventh-place. Her form earned her a call-up to the national team, the first in Växjö's history.[3] At the Fotbollsgalan 2018 awards she was nominated for forward of the year and breakthrough player of the year, winning the latter.[4][5]

FC Rosengård

Anvegård's impressive goalscoring records made her a transfer target for several bigger clubs, both in Sweden and abroad.[6] In August 2019, she completed a transfer to Damallsvenskan leaders FC Rosengård.[7] During the 2019 season she finished as top scorer with a combined 14 goals for Växjö and Rosengård as Rosengård won a record 11th Damallsvenskan title. As well as the golden boot, Anvegård was named 2019 Most Valuable Player at the end of season awards.[8] She clinched her fifth career golden boot and second at first division level in 2020 with 16 goals as Rosengård finished in second-place behind Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. In December 2020 she made her Champions League debut, scoring three goals across two legs against Georgian team Lanchkhuti during the round of 32.[9][10] She was also named to the The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World for the first time in 2020, ranking at 85.[11]

International career

Youth

Anvegård was part of the Sweden under-17 squad during 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. She scored once in an 8–0 win over Israel as Sweden progressed to the elite round before missing out on qualification, finishing second in the group to France. She scored three goals for the under-19 team during 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification as Sweden once again finished as runners-up during the elite round. In November 2016, Anvegård was called-up for the FIFA U20 World Cup. She scored one goal in a 6–0 over host nation Papua New Guinea as Sweden were eliminated at the group stage behind North Korea and Brazil.

Senior

In June 2018, Anvegård was called-up to the senior national team for the first time and made her debut in a 4–0 friendly win against Croatia, entering as a 71st-minute substitute for Jonna Andersson on 7 June 2018.[3][12] She was praised by coach Peter Gerhardsson for her striking instincts: "She has the classic nose for the target and knows where it is."[13] She scored her first senior international goal on the occasion of her fourth cap, as part of a 2–0 friendly victory over England on 11 November 2018.[14]

In May 2019, Anvegård was named as part of the Swedish squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[15] She made three appearances, making her World Cup debut as a 65th-minute substitute in a 2–0 opening group stage win over Chile.[16] She started the next game, a 5–1 win over Thailand. Sweden finished third, losing the semi-final to Netherlands in extra-time before beating England in the bronze medal match.

On 8 November 2019, Anvegård scored her first international brace in a 3–2 friendly loss to reigning world champions United States.[17] In her next appearance she scored a hat-trick against Hungary during UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying.[18]

Career statistics

Club summary
As of 16 December 2020.[2][19]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Växjö DFF 2015 Division 1 172721—1928
2016 Elitettan 263020—2830
2017 253325—2738
2018 Damallsvenskan 211431—2415
2019 12500—125
Total 1011099700110116
FC Rosengård 2019 Damallsvenskan 9911—1010
2020 211600232319
Total 302511233329
Career total 13113410823143145
  1. Svenska Cupen
  2. Champions League

International
Statistics accurate as of match played 1 December 2020.[2]
Sweden
YearAppsGoals
201841
2019102
202055
Total198

International goals
As of match played 22 October 2020. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Anvegård goal.
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 November 2018 4 New York Stadium, Rotherham, England  England 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 8 November 2019 10 Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, United States  United States 1–3 2–3
3 2–3
4 17 September 2020 11 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Hungary 2–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
5 3–0
6 7–0
7 22 September 2020 12 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Iceland 1–0 1–1
8 22 October 2020 13 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Latvia 2–0 7–0

Honours

Club

Växjö DFF

FC Rosengård

International

Individual

References
  1. "List of Players - Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. "Anna Anvegård Spelarstatistik". Svenskfotboll (in Swedish).
  3. Magnusson, Peter (1 June 2018). "Anna Anvegård – en fotbollsresa utan motgångar". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish).
  4. "Fotbollsgalan 2018: Här är alla vinnare". www.expressen.se (in Swedish).
  5. "Fotbollsgalan 2018 - alla vinnare - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish).
  6. "Tidig julklapp, Anna Anvegård förlänger!". www.svenskalag.se (in Swedish).
  7. "Anna Anvegård klar för FC Rosengård". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  8. "Fotbollsgalan 2019 - vinnarna". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish).
  9. "Lanchkhuti 0 - 7 Rosengård: Match Report". UEFA.com.
  10. "Rosengård 10 - 0 Lanchkhuti: Match Report". UEFA.com.
  11. "85: Anna Anvegård". The Offside Rule. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  12. "Sverige - Kroatien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish).
  13. "Anvegård fokuserar bara på nuet" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  14. "Defeat in Houghton's 100th cap a 'jolt'". BBC Sport.
  15. "Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 16 May 2019.
  16. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Matches - Chile - Sweden - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  17. "USA 3 - Sweden 2: Match Report & Stats". www.ussoccer.com.
  18. "Sweden 8–0 Hungary match report". UEFA.com.
  19. "Anna Anvegård - Soccerway profile". int.soccerway.com.
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