Stina Blackstenius

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Stina Blackstenius
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Stina Blackstenius in October 2015
Personal information
Full name Emma Stina Blackstenius
Date of birth (1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Vadstena, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 BK Häcken
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2011 Vadstena GIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Vadstena GIF 34 (59)
2013–2016 Linköpings 78 (37)
2017–2019 Montpellier 43 (25)
2019–2020 Linköpings 22 (9)
2020– BK Häcken 40 (25)
National team‡
2012–2013 Sweden U17 16 (11)
2013–2015 Sweden U19 29 (34)
2016 Sweden U20 5 (8)
2015– Sweden 72 (22)
Honours
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo
FIFA Women's World Cup
Third place 2019 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2021[1]

Emma Stina Blackstenius (born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken and the Sweden national team.

Club career[]

Vadstena[]

Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and joined local club Vadstena GIF in 2002 at the age of 6. On 20 April 2011, Blackstenius made her senior debut for the club against BK Kenty in the Östergötland region Division 3, the fifth tier of women's football in Sweden. She started the match and scored twice as Vadstena lost 5–4. In her debut season, Blackstenius started all 18 leagues games and scored 21 goals.[2] She played 16 games the following season and finished as the league's top scorer with 38 goals. She was named 2012 Östergötland player of the year.[3]

Linköpings[]

Prior to the start of the 2013 season, Blackstenius signed a three-year contract with Linköpings FC of the top-flight Damallsvenskan. She made her Damallsvenskan debut as a 68th-minute substitute on 17 April 2013 in a 1–1 draw with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She scored her first top-flight goal on 28 May 2013, in a 3–1 victory over Malmö FF. On 31 July 2013, Blackstenius played her first Svenska Cupen match for the club, scoring a hattrick during a 13–0 win against Landsbro IF. Having appeared in 9 of the first 11 league games of the season all as a substitute, Blackstenius was given a bigger role towards the end of the season. She started all of the 11 remaining league games and went on a run of scoring six goals in the final five games as Linköpings finished third.[4] Linköpings reached the 2013–14 Swedish Cup final. They beat Kristianstads DFF 2–1 with Blackstenius appearing as a 62nd-minute substitute. In October 2014, Blackstenius made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut away to English FA Women's Super League side Liverpool. Linköpings lost the first leg 2–1 but won 3–0 at home to progress. At the  [sv] awards, Blackstenius was named Breakthrough Player of the Year. In 2016, Linköpings won the 2016 Damallsvenskan title. Blackstenius was the second-highest scorer in the league with 19 goals behind teammate Pernille Harder.

Montpellier[]

In January 2017, Blackstenius signed two-and-a-half-year deal with French Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier HSC.[5] She made her debut on 4 January 2017, entering as a halftime substitute against Paris Saint-Germain and scored the 81st-minute winner in the 2–1 victory. On 19 February 2017, she scored four goals in a Coupe de France 16–0 win over fourth division side FC Domont.[6] Joining halfway through the 2016–17 season, Blackstenius helped Montpellier to finish second in the league behind Olympique Lyon, scoring seven goals in 11 league games. The following season, Blackstenius finished as the fourth-highest scorer in the league with 12 goals in 20 games as Montpellier finished third. Blackstenius fell out of favour at the start of the 2018–19 season, only starting in six of 12 appearances and opted to leave in January 2019.[7]

Return to Linköpings[]

On 30 January 2019, Blackstenius returned to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with her former club Linköpings FC.[8] She made her second debut in a 5–0 win over Växjö DFF in the Damallsvenskan. The team finished fifth with Blackstenius scoring nine goals.

BK Häcken[]

Ahead of the 2020 season, Blackstenius moved to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (later rebranded BK Häcken). A dispute between Linköpings and Göteborg in regard to the transfer had to be settled by the Swedish Football Association's arbitration committee with neither party wishing to comment on the nature of the dispute.[9] In her debut season with the club, Göteborg won the 2020 Damallsvenskan. On 4 April 2021, Blackstenius scored the only goal in a 2020–21 Svenska Cupen semi-final win over FC Rosengård before scoring again in the final as BK Häcken beat Eskilstuna United 3–0.[10] In the 2021 season, Häcken finished second behind Rosengård. Blackstenius led the league in both goals (17) and assists (8).[11] In November 2021, she was named to the 20-player Ballon d'Or shortlist.[12]

International career[]

Youth[]

On 30 October 2012, Blackstenius made her Sweden under-17 debut during 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, scoring a hattrick in a 9–0 win over Croatia. As an under-19 international, Blackstenius featured prominently at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She finished as tournament's top goalscorer after scoring six goals for the victorious Swedish team, including two in the 3–1 final win over Spain.[13] In total she scored 50 goals in 49 appearances while representing Sweden at various youth age groups.[14]

Senior[]

Blackstenius playing for Sweden in a match against the United States on November 7, 2019.

Blackstenius made her senior Sweden national team debut as a 79th-minute substitute in a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying win over Denmark on 27 October 2015, at Gamla Ullevi. On 8 April 2016, she scored her first sennior international goal on her fifth appearance, the third goal in Sweden's 3–0 win over Slovakia in Poprad during UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying.

In June 2016, Blackstenius was named in the Sweden squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Having appeared as a substitute against South Africa in the opening group match, Blackstenius was an unused substitute for the next two as Sweden progressed as one of the two best-ranked third place teams. In the quarter-final against the reigning World Cup and Olympic champions United States, she came of the bench to replace the injured Fridolina Rolfö in the 18th minute and scored in the second half to give Sweden a lead. With the game tied at 1–1, Sweden progressed following a penalty shoot-out.[15] Coming on again as a substitute in the Gold Medal match, Blackstenius scored in the 67th minute to pull Sweden within one score of Germany. The game finished 2–1 with Sweden winning the silver medal.[16]

The following summer, Blackstenius was called up to the squad for Euro 2017. She scored in consecutive group games against Russia and Italy before Sweden were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by host nation Netherlands.

Having helped helping Sweden qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with three goals, second on the team behind Kosovare Asllani, Blackstenius was selected in the final squad to travel to France. She made her World Cup debut starting the first game, a 2–0 win over Chile. She scored her first World Cup goal in the round of 16, the only goal in a 1–0 win over Canada.[17] She scored another game winniner in the following match, a 2–1 quarter-final win over Germany, Sweden's first win against Germany in a major tournament since the 1995 World Cup.[18][19] They lost the semi-final to Netherlands before winning the third-place match against England.

In July 2021, Blackstenius was named to her second successive Olympics for the delayed 2020 Tokyo games. Sweden repeated their silver medal run with Blackstenius having her most successful tournament to date, leading the team in goals with five.[20] She scored three goals during the group stage: a brace during a 3–0 win over the United States in the opening group game and another against Australia. In the knockout stage, she scored the go-ahead goal in a 3–1 quarter-final win over hosts Japan before again netting in an Olympic gold medal match, this time to give Sweden the lead over Canada. She was substituted in the 106th minute during extra-time with Canada eventually winning the gold medal on penalties 3–2 as four of Sweden's six penalty takers were unsuccessful.[21] Combined with her goals at Rio 2016, Blackstenius' seven Olympic goals surpassed the previous Swedish record of six in the competition set by Lotta Schelin.

Personal life[]

Blackstenius is the daughter of Magnus Blackstenius and Lena Wiberg. She has an older brother, Oscar, and her younger half-sister is Sweden international handball player Nina Koppang.[22] Blackstenius also grew up playing handball and did so competitively until 2013.[23] Blackstenius studied economics at Kungshögaskolan in Mjölby.

Career statistics[]

Club summary[]

As of 9 December 2021[14][24]
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vadstena GIF 2011 Division 3 18 21 ? ? — 18 21
2012 16 38 ? ? — 16 38
Total 34 59 ? ? 0 0 34 59
Linköpings 2013 Damallsvenskan 20 8 6 7 — 26 15
2014 17 3 5 4 2 0 24 7
2015 19 7 5 3 2 0 26 10
2016 22 19 2 5 — 24 24
Total 78 37 18 19 4 0 100 56
Montpellier 2016–17 D1 Féminine 11 7 3 4 — 14 11
2017–18 20 12 3 1 6 1 29 14
2018–19 12 6 1 0 — 13 6
Total 43 25 7 5 6 1 56 31
Linköpings 2019 Damallsvenskan 22 9 3 1 — 25 10
BK Häcken 2020 Damallsvenskan 19 8 1 3 2 0 22 11
2021 21 17 5 6 6 4 32 27
Total 40 25 6 9 8 4 54 38
Career total 195 146 31 33 18 5 244 184
  1. ^ Svenska Cupen and Coupe de France
  2. ^ Champions League

International[]

Statistics accurate as of match played 21 October 2021.[14]
Sweden
Year Apps Goals
2015 1 0
2016 12 3
2017 17 2
2018 10 5
2019 14 4
2020 4 0
2021 14 8
Total 72 22

International goals[]

As of match played 6 August 2021. Sweden score listed first, score column indicates score after each Blackstenius goal.
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 April 2016 5 NTC Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia  Slovakia 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying
2 12 August 2016 10 Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil  United States 1–0 1–1 (4–3 p) 2016 Summer Olympics
3 19 August 2016 12 Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Germany 1–2 1–2
4 21 July 2017 25 De Adelaarshorst, Deventer, Netherlands  Russia 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2017
5 25 July 2017 26 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Italy 2–2 2–3
6 28 February 2018 32 Estádio Municipal Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal  Canada 3–1 3–1 2018 Algarve Cup
7 2 March 2018 33  South Korea 1–0 1–1
8 5 April 2018 34 Haladás Sportkomplexum, Szombathely, Hungary  Hungary 3–1 4–1 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 7 June 2018 35 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Croatia 1–0 4–0
10 3–0
11 24 June 2019 47 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Canada 1–0 1–0 2019 FIFA World Cup
12 29 June 2019 48 Roazhon Park, Rennes, France  Germany 2–1 2–1
13 8 October 2019 53 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Slovakia 5–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying
14 6–0
15 13 April 2021 62 Stadion Widzewa, Łódź, Poland  Poland 1–1 4–2 Friendly
16 2–1
17 10 June 2021 63 Guldfågeln Arena, Kalmar, Sweden  Norway 1–0 1–0
18 21 July 2021 65 Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu, Japan  United States 1–0 3–0 2020 Summer Olympics
19 2–0
20 24 July 2021 66 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan  Australia 4–2 4–2
21 30 July 2021 67  Japan 2–1 3–1
22 6 August 2021 69 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan  Canada 1–0 1–1 (2–3 p)

Honours[]

Club[]

Linköpings FC
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

International[]

Individual[]

References[]

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