Lena Videkull

Videkull won the Damallsvenskan championship six times in her career. She was the league's top goalscorer on a record six occasions.[3]

Videkull made her senior Sweden debut in the final of the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in May 1984.[4] Sweden beat England 1–0 in the first leg at Ullevi, then prevailed in a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road, Luton after a 1–0 defeat.

Sweden reached the final again in the next edition of the UEFA championships in 1987. Videkull scored in the final but the Swedes lost 2–1 to Norway. In May 1989 Videkull scored in a women's international match at Wembley Stadium, adding to Pia Sundhage's opening goal as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain–raiser for the Rous Cup.[5]

In 1991, Videkull helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. Videkull was Sweden's top scorer at that tournament,[6] and tallied her country's first ever World Cup goal in a 2–3 loss to the USA on match day one.[7] She also scored the fastest goal in a women's World Cup after 30 seconds in an 8–0 win against Japan.[8]

In 1993, she was given the Diamantbollen award for the best Swedish female footballer of the year.[9] Coming on as a second-half substitute in the second leg of the 1995 Women's Euro semi-final, Videkull scored a hat trick in a 4–1 win, ensuring the Swedes a spot in the final as they defeated Norway 7–5 on aggregate.[10] She briefly retired after featuring for Sweden in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which they hosted, but was tempted into a comeback for the 1996 Summer Olympics.[11]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & 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 on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – 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 parenthesis; 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

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	1	1991-11-17[m 1]	Panyu	United States	Start	65	1–3	2–3 L	Group match
2	2	1991-11-19[m 2]	Foshan	Japan	41. off 41' (on Hedberg)	1	1–0	8–0 W	Group match
3						11	2–0
	3	1991-11-24[m 3]	Guangzhou	China PR	Start			1–0 W	Quarter-Final
4	4	1991-11-27[m 4]	Panyu	Norway	Start	6	1–0	1–4 L	Semi-Final
5	5	1991-11-29[m 5]	Guangzhou	Germany	Start	29	3–0	4–0 W	3rd Place Match
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
	6	1995-6-5[m 6]	Helsingborg	Brazil	Start			0–1 L	Group match
	7	1995-6-7[m 7]	Helsingborg	Germany	Start			3–2 W	Group match
6	8	1995-6-9[m 8]	Vasteras	Japan	Start	66	1–0	2–0 W	Group match
	9	1995-6-13[m 9]	Helsingborg	China PR	Start			1–1 (pso 3–4) (L)	Quarter-Final
Atlanta 1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	10	1996-7-21[m 10]	Miami	China PR	Start			0–2 L	Group match
	11	1996-7-23[m 11]	Orlando	United States	Start			1–2 L	Group match
7	12	1996-7-25[m 12]	Orlando	Denmark	Start	76	3–0	3–1 W	Group match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
1984 European Championship
	1	1984-5-27[m 13]	Göteborg	England	Start			1–0 W	Final 1st Leg
	2	1984-5-27[m 14]	Luton	England	41. off 41' (on Uusitalo)			0–1 L[note 1]	Final 2nd Leg
1987 European Championship
	3	1987-6-11[m 15]	Moss	England	Start			3–2 W	Semi-Final
1	4	1987-6-14[m 16]	Oslo	Norway	Start	73	1–2	1–2 L	Final
1989 European Championship
2	5	1989-6-28[m 17]	Lüdenscheid	Norway	Start	54	1–2	1–2 L	Semi-Final
	6	1989-6-30[m 18]	Osnabrück	Italy	on 41'			2–1 W	3rd Place Match
1995 European Championship
	7	1995-2-26[m 19]	Kristiansand	Norway	Start			3–4 L	Semi-Final 1st Leg
3	8	1995-3-5[m 20]	Jönköping	Norway	46. on 46' (off Johansson)	59	2–1	4–1 W	Semi-Final 2nd Leg
4						61	3–1
5						76	4–1
	9	1995-3-26[m 21]	Kaiserslautern	Germany	Start			2–3 L	Final

Videkull is a lesbian and lives with her partner Nina and their daughter, Felicia.[13]

Match reports

• Lena Videkull – FIFA competition record