Hanna Ljungberg

Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born January 8, 1979 in Umeå, Västerbotten) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.

She is not related to Swedish male football star Fredrik Ljungberg. Ljungberg is a fairly common Swedish surname formed by the words ljung (English: calluna) and berg (English: mountain).

Ljungberg can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

Career

Hanna Ljungberg was one of several professional players in the Swedish women's league, Damallsvenskan. She was chosen as Swedish Player of the Year in 2002, winning the Diamond Ball (Diamantbollen). She also scored a record setting number of goals that season with 39 goals (roughly 1.78 goals per game). Ljungberg made altogether 227 league appearances for Umeå IK and scored 196 goals.