Helen Johansson

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Helen Johansson
Personal information
Full name Helen Johansson
Date of birth (1965-07-09) July 9, 1965 (age 59)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ahlafors IF
Jitex BK
GAIS
Öxabäck IF
International career
1981–1995 Sweden[1] 88 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:35, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

Helen Björk[2] (born 9 July 1965, as Helen Johansson) is a Swedish former association football forward who won 88 caps and scored 23 goals for the Sweden women's national football team. She helped Sweden win the 1984 European Championship and played at the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International career

Johansson made her senior Sweden debut on 26 September 1981; a 7–0 win over the Netherlands at Ryavallen in Borås.[3] She won the first UEFA championships for national women's teams in 1984. Sweden beat England in the final, in a penalty shootout at Kenilworth Road after a 1–1 aggregate draw. She missed the first leg with myocarditis. Restored to the team for the second leg, Johansson had her shot saved by Theresa Wiseman in the shootout, but Elisabeth Leidinge stopped two English penalties.[4]

In 1991 Johannson helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in Guangdong, China. Playing as a winger behind strikers Lena Videkull and Anneli Andelén, she featured in four of the team's six matches.[5]

References

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External links

Helen JohanssonFIFA competition record


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