Sunday, December 18, 2011

Female Football Player - Sara Caroline Seger, Sweden


Sara Caroline Seger (born March 19, 1985), is a Swedish football player from Helsingborg. She plays for the Swedish Women's National Team. From 2005 to 2009, she played for Linköpings FC. In 2011, she signed with LdB FC Malmö from 2011 onwards. She also signed a 2-year contract with Tyresö FF for the 2012 season. She won the Diamantbollen in 2009, which is awarded to the best Swedish women's soccer player.

Seger played for Linköpings FC as a midfielder from 2005 to 2009. She was also the club's captain. Linköpings FC finished in the top four of the Damallsvenskan in all four of Seger's seasons with the team. Their highest finishes were 2nd place in 2008 and 1st place in 2009.

She was honored as the rookie of the year in the Damallsvenskan 2005 and midfielder of the year in 2006.

She signed a new one-year contract, for 2009 season, with Linköping in the autumnn of 2008. In September of 2009, the expansion Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer announced their intention to draft her with their first pick in the 2009 international draft. In December 2009, she signed a three-year contract with Philadelphia. Her first season with the Independence will begin in April 2010.

Seger was traded to Western New York Flash in December 2010 in exchange for draft picks. She joins the franchise in their first season in the Women's Professional Soccer league and wears the captain's armband. On August 14, 2011 the Seger-led Flash secured the best record in the league, a bye in the playoffs, and played at home for the league championship on August 27. They won against Philadelphia Independence in the Championship game 1-1 (5-4) in PKs.