Elin Maria Flyborg (born 5 October 1976) is a retired Swedish footballer.[1][2] Flyborg was part of the Djurgården/Älvsjö Swedish champions' team of 2003.[3]

Elin Flyborg
Personal information
Full name Elin Maria Flyborg
Date of birth (1976-10-05) 5 October 1976 (age 48)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2003 Djurgården/Älvsjö 220 (177)
IFK Lidingö
International career
1993 Sweden U17 1 (0)
1998–2003 Sweden U23 3 (2)
2000–2003 Sweden 30 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Flyborg made her debut for Djurgårdens IF in the 1993 season, which Djurgården played in Division 1 norra, joining from IFK Lidingö, and becoming the internal top scorer in her first season.[4] She played 11 seasons for Djurgården, playing 220 matches and scoring 177 goals.[4][5] Flyborg then also played for IFK Lidingö.[6]

Elin Flyborg made 30 appearances for Sweden women's national football team and scored ten goals between 2000 and 2003, making her debut on 13 January 2000 in a friendly against Czech Republic women's national football team.[6] She also appeared in Sweden women's national under-17 football team on one occasion in 1998 and in the Sweden women's national under-23 football team three times between 2000 and 2003, scoring two goals.[6]

Flyborg married Swedish footballer and Djurgårdens IF captain Markus Karlsson – both husband and wife were Swedish football champions in the 2003 season.[7] She is the mother of Djurgårdens IF footballer Nea Flyborg.[8]

Honours

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Club

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Djurgården/Älvsjö

References

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  1. ^ "Olympedia – Elin Flyborg".
  2. ^ "SvFF Landslag - Svensk fotboll". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Djurgårdens IF SM-guld på seniornivå" (PDF). difhistoria.se.
  4. ^ a b "1990-1999". 18 March 2022.
  5. ^ "2000-2009". 18 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Elin Flyborg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll".
  7. ^ "Familjens dubbel". 26 October 2003.
  8. ^ "Nytt kontrakt för Nea Flyborg". 31 May 2022.
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