Åsa Lönnqvist is a Swedish retired football player who played in the defender position who played for the Sweden women's national football team and Tyresö FF.

Åsa Lönnqvist
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-04-14) 14 April 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Tyresö FF
International career
1993–2000 Sweden 76[1] (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

She represented Sweden at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Other work edit

Following her playing career, Lönnqvist was named to the board of Tyresö FF. In March 2011, she was also elected to the Board of Appeals at the Swedish Football Association.[4]

Lönnqvist has served on the boards of Tyresö FF and Swedish Football Association.

Honors and awards edit

  • Swedish Championship: 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Swedish Cup: 1997, 1999

References edit

  1. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2017". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ^ Gyllenberg, Björn (17 June 1997). "Lyfors nya lag ska upp till bevis i EM. Damfotboll. Sju spelare från Älvsjö i truppen" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Sweden - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ^ "SvFF:s årsmöte: Lagrell går in på sista året". Swedish Football Association. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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