Emilia Appelqvist

Emilia Appelqvist

225px Emilia Appelqvist training with Tyresö FF in March 2013
Personal information
Full name	Emilia Elisabeth Appelqvist
Date of birth	(1990-02-11) 11 February 1990
Place of birth	Uppsala, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Djurgårdens IF
Number	12
Youth career
	Uppsala-Näs IK
	Sunnersta AIF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Bälinge
2009–2010	AIK	36	(0)
2011–2013	Tyresö	34	(0)
2013	→ Piteå (loan)	11	(1)
2014–2015	Piteå	30	(4)
2016–	Djurgårdens IF
International career‡
2014–	Sweden	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:28, 25 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:09, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Emilia Elisabeth Appelqvist (born 11 February 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Damallsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF. She joined previous club Piteå IF for the 2014 season, having been on loan from Tyresö FF for the second part of the 2013 season. She has also played top level club football for Bälinge IF and AIK. Appelqvist made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in February 2014.

Club career

Appelqvist, a defensive central midfielder, began her senior career with local team Bälinge IF. In October 2007, at the age of 17, she was given a four-year contract with the club and was described by the coach as a future national team player.

Appelqvist spent three seasons with Bälinge before their relegation from the Damallsvenskan in 2008. Ahead of the 2009 season, she rejected an offer from Tyresö FF and joined AIK instead. When AIK suffered relegation in 2010, a disappointed Appelqvist moved to Tyresö explaining that she had to keep playing Damallsvenskan football to be considered for the national team.

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Playing for Tyresö in 2013

Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Appelqvist collected her first league winner's medal. With competition for places increasingly fierce at Tyresö, Appelqvist moved to Piteå on loan during the 2013 mid-season break.

In November 2013 Appelqvist made her transfer to Piteå permanent, despite reported interest from other clubs. After helping Piteå to a third place finish in 2015, she left for Djurgårdens IF, explaining that the social aspect of living back in Stockholm had attracted her.

International career

As a Swedish under-19 international, Appelqvist played the 2009 U-19 European Championship where she was chosen one of the Top 10 players by UEFA.com as well as the 2010 U-20 World Cup, serving as the team's captain. At the latter competition Appelqvist played every minute of Sweden's campaign, which ended with a 2–0 defeat to Colombia in the quarter-final.

In February 2010, Appelqvist and Antonia Göransson were called up to train with the senior national team for the Algarve Cup. As of June 2013, Appelqvist had 11 caps for Sweden at the Under-23 level. National coach Pia Sundhage called Appelqvist up to a senior team training camp at Bosön in November 2013.

Appelqvist made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014. In May 2015, Appelqvist and Piteå team-mate Hilda Carlén were both confirmed in Sweden's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.

On 8 April 2016 she scored her first goal for the Swedish national senior team, scoring 1-0 as Sweden defeated Slovakia, 3-0, in Poprad during a qualifying game for the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands.

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
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 Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
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. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
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
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	#	Score	Result	Competition
1	2015-09-22	Poprad	Slovakia	1.1	5250.02005 0–1	5450.04005 0–3	Euro 2017 qualifying

Personal life

In 2009 Appelqvist was in a relationship with professional ice hockey player Daniel Brodin.

Honours

Club

Tyresö FF

• Damallsvenskan (1): 2012

External links

• Emilia Appelqvist – FIFA competition record
• Emilia Appelqvist – UEFA competition record
• Profile (Swedish) at SvFF
• Player domestic stats (Swedish) at SvFF
• Profile at Swedish Football Association (Swedish)
• Profile at Tyresö (Swedish)
• Emilia Appelqvist at Soccerway