Josefine Öqvist
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Öqvist in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anna Lenita Josefine Öqvist | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Uppsala, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Storvreta IK | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Danmarks IF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Bälinge IF | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Linköpings FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Tyresö FF | 19 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Kristianstads DFF | 10 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Montpellier | 22 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2013 | Sweden | 80 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:11, 7 June 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:11, 7 June 2014 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Anna Lenita Josefine Öqvist (born 23 July 1983) is a Swedish former footballer who played for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Féminine and the Swedish national team. She scored a critical goal in the 86' minute of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinals against Canada to put Sweden through to the final. Nicknamed Jossan, she was named the Swedish Rookie of the Year in 2003.
While her primary position is a forward, she was named as a midfielder for the 2008 Summer Olympics. During the tournament she was injured and replaced by Maria Aronsson. Along with Caroline Jönsson, Öqvist tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) before the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was consequently removed from the roster to recover.
Pin-up girl Öqvist attracted attention for a bikini photoshoot in the magazine, Slitz, in the Spring of 2004. She was also filmed swapping jerseys with a male supporter at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.