Carola Söberg

Carola Söberg
Personal information
Full name Carola Britt Therese Söberg[1]
Date of birth (1982-07-29) July 29, 1982[1]
Place of birth Karlstad, Sweden[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 KIF Örebro DFF
Number 21
Youth career
Sommarro IF
1993–1999 QBIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2000 QBIK
2001–2006 Mallbackens IF
2007–2009 Umeå IK
2010–2014 Tyresö FF 79 (0)
2014 Avaldsnes IL 6 (0)
2015– KIF Örebro DFF 7 (0)
National team‡
2007– Sweden[3] 11[4] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:55, 25 June 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:11, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Britt Carola Therese Söberg (born 29 July 1982) is a Swedish football goalkeeper who plays for KIF Örebro DFF of the Damallsvenskan. She has represented Sweden at senior international level.

Club career

At the end of the 2006 season, Everton FC supporter Söberg left Mallbackens IF for reigning league champions Umeå IK.[5]

Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Söberg collected her third league winner's medal, in addition to two won with Umeå.[6] Despite the arrival of Tinja-Riikka Korpela, Söberg retained her place and played in Tyresö's 4–3 defeat by Wolfsburg in the 2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final.[7] When Tyresö FF folded during the 2014 Damallsvenskan season, Söberg signed for Avaldsnes IL of the Norwegian Toppserien.[8]

After the expiry of her six-month contract in Norway, Söberg returned to Sweden with KIF Örebro DFF.[9]

International career

Söberg played seven times for Sweden's national under–21 team. She made her senior international debut against Scotland on 17 February 2007.

Honours

Club

Umeå IK
Tyresö FF

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Walltin, Stenake (26 December 2006). "Carola Söberg den nya toppmålvakten hos Umeå IK" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Cleris, Johannes (3 November 2012). "Tyresö vann SM-guld efter dramatik" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Saffer, Paul (22 May 2014). "Müller the hero again as Wolfsburg win classic final". UEFA. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ny klubb klar för klubblösa Söberg" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Landslagsmålvakt klar för Kif Örebro" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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