Stina Blackstenius


Emma Stina Blackstenius is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Damallsvenskan club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She is a member of the Swedish national team.

Club career

Blackstenius began her career with local club Vadstena GIF. In the 2012 season, she played for the club in Division Three and scored 38 goals to finish as top scorer. She was subsequently nominated for Östergötland's Girls Player of the Year.
Prior to the 2013 season, Blackstenius signed a three-year contract with Linköpings FC. She enjoyed a successful debut season in the Damallsvenskan, scoring eight goals and posting three assists. In January 2014 she extended her Linköpings contract by a further three years.
In January 2017 she signed three-year deal with Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier HSC. Blackstenius helped Montpellier to finish second in her first year at the club.
In 2019 Blackstenius returned to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with her former club Linköpings FC. She made her second debut in a 5–0 win over Växjö DFF in the Damallsvenskan.

International career

As a Sweden under-19 international, Blackstenius featured prominently at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She finished as top goalscorer after hitting six goals for the victorious Swedish team, including two in the 3–1 final win over Spain.
Blackstenius made her debut for the senior Sweden team 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 goal for the senior Sweden national team, the third in Sweden's 3–0 win over Slovakia in Poprad during a qualifying game for the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands.
She was named in the Swedish team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, scoring as a substitute against the USA and in the gold medal match against Germany, where Sweden took the silver medals.
After helping Sweden qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup she was selected in the final squad to travel to France. She started the first game in a 2–0 win over Chile. In the Round of 16 match against Canada, she scored the only goal. In the quarter-final against Germany she also scored the decisive goal, in Sweden's 2–1 win.

International goals


Goal		DateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12016-04-08Poprad, SlovakiaEuro 2017 qualifying
22016-08-12Brasília, BrazilOlympics 2016
32016-08-19Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOlympics 2016
42017-07-21Deventer, NetherlandsUEFA Women's Euro 2017
52017-07-25Doetinchem, NetherlandsUEFA Women's Euro 2017
62018-02-28Parchal, Portugal2018 Algarve Cup
72018-03-02Parchal, Portugal2018 Algarve Cup
82018-04-05Szombathely, Hungary2019 World Cup qualification
92018-06-07Gothenburg, Sweden2019 World Cup qualification
102018-06-07Gothenburg, Sweden2019 World Cup qualification
112019-06-24Paris, France2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
122019-06-29Rennes, France2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
132019-10-08Gothenburg, SwedenEuro 2021 qualifying
142019-10-08Gothenburg, SwedenEuro 2021 qualifying

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Stina Blackstenius has appeared at one Olympic Games and one World Cup for Sweden.
Replacing an injured Fridolina Rolfö in the 18th minute of the 2016 Olympic Quarter-Final, Blackstenius would score in the second half to give Sweden a lead over the USA. Although the Americans tied the score, the Blackstenius goal was enough to give Sweden the opportunity of a penalty kick shoot-out, where they were victorious and advanced to the next stage. 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. No further goals were forthcoming, and Sweden walked away with a Silver Medal.
Blackstenius scored two crucial goals in Sweden's run to a third place finish in the 2019 World Cup. She netted two game winners in the knockout stage, beginning with the lone goal in a 1–0 win over Canada in the Round of 16. In the Quarter-Final, Blackstenius scored the deciding goal in the historic victory over Germany, giving Sweden its first win against the Germans in a major tournament since the 1995 World Cup.

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Stina Blackstenius has appeared in one European Championship tournament: Netherlands 2017

Honours

;Linköpings FC
;Sweden:
;Sweden U19
;France WWC 2019