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Caroline Seger quits: "Then I'm done"

One of Sweden's greatest footballers thanks himself. Caroline Seger confirms that she is ending her career after this season. I don't think you can push yourself as long as you want, Seger says to SVT.

» Updated: 04 October 2024, 22:23

» Published: 07 June 2024

Caroline Seger quits: "Then I'm done"
Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

One of Sweden's greatest thanks for herself.

Caroline Seger confirms that she will be ending her career after this season.

The former national team captain's contract with Rosengård expires after this season. Already in April, Seger told TT that this season will likely be her last.

Now the 39-year-old midfielder confirms that there will be no extension.

Her elite football career spans 21 years, she was 18 years old when she made her debut in the Swedish league with Helsingborg's Stattena in 2003. Since 2005, she has been a national team player, and most often with the captain's armband around her arm.

No European football player has made more A-team appearances, 240 in total, and the medals are many: two Olympic silver medals, three World Cup bronze medals, and three European Championship bronze medals. Twice she has been awarded the Diamantbollen, the prize given to the best Swedish player of the year on the women's side.

But when she announced in the fall that she had done it with the national team, it was clear that her playing career would also be singing its swan song.

Now Seger hopes to end with another SM-gold with Rosengård, which tops the Swedish league table with eight wins after eight rounds.

Born: March 19, 1985, in Gantofta (39 years old).

Position: Inner midfielder.

Club: Rosengård.

Parent club: Stattena.

Clubs: Stattena 2001-2004, Linköping 2005-2009, Philadelphia 2010, Western New York Flash 2011, Ldb FC Malmö 2011, Tyresö 2012-2014, Paris Saint-Germain 2014-2016, Lyon 2016-2017, Rosengård 2017-2024.

International matches/goals: 240/32.

Achievements in selection: Olympic silver medals in 2021 and 2016, World Cup bronze medals in 2023, 2019, and 2011, European Championship bronze medals in 2005, 2013, and 2022, Diamantbollen in 2009 and 2019, SM-gold with Tyresö 2012, with Ldb Malmö 2011, with Linköping 2009, and with Rosengård in 2019, 2021, and 2022. League winner in the USA with Western New York Flash 2011, French champion, cup winner, and Champions League winner with Lyon 2017.

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