Victoria "Vickan" Svensson
(May 18, 1977 - living) Sweden
Soccer
Victoria is a female football player, and team captain on the Swedish Women's National Team and Djurgårdens IF Dam but is close to a transfer to Linköpings FC
Currently she is the captain of Djurgårdens IF Dam. She was the Swedish Women's National Team's captain during the 2007 FIFA World Cup.
In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan.
She is openly lesbian. She came out in an interview to Swedish newspaper Expressen.
Website: http://www.victoriasvensson.com/ (in Swedish).
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