Caroline Seger is, with her 240 appearances in the national team, the football player in all of Europe who has made the most national team appearances for her country.
Her last national team match was against Italy on October 31 last year. The midfielder retired from the national team after the Nations League match away against Spain in early December last year. Then she got no playing time, but was tearful when she was thanked on La Rosaleda Stadium in Málaga.
"Not doing it without Marika"
The idea was that Seger would be honored in connection with the European Championship qualifying match against Ireland in June this year, but when the long-time national team manager Marika Domanski Lyfors announced that she had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, the tribute was postponed.
I don't want to do it without Marika, so I've told her that I'm waiting for her, said Seger to Aftonbladet.
Now the time has come for the tribute – it will take place on December 3 when the women's national team meets Serbia at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm.
"I'm looking forward to enjoying the atmosphere that the supporters always create", says Caroline Seger to the association's website.
"Nice to stop at the top"
Seger has previously said this year that she is in her last season, but when Rosengård secured the Swedish Championship gold in early October, the 39-year-old wavered about the future. Maybe it's just the end of the playing career in Rosengård.
It's nice to stop at the top, but I need to get to that place and feel that it's okay to leave football, said Seger then.
Against Serbia, the national team plays for a ticket to the European Championship in Switzerland this summer. The teams meet in Serbia on November 28 with a return match in Stockholm on December 3.
Born: March 19, 1985 in Gantofta (39 years old).
Position: Central midfielder.
Club: Rosengård.
Youth 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.
National team appearances/goals: 240/32.
Merits in selection: Olympic silver 2021 and 2016, World Championship bronze 2023, 2019 and 2011, European Championship bronze 2005, 2013 and 2022, Diamond Ball 2009 and 2019, Swedish Championship gold with Tyresö 2012, with Ldb Malmö 2011, with Linköping 2009 and with Rosengård 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. League winner in the USA with Western New York Flash 2011, French champion, cup winner and Champions League winner with Lyon 2017.
