Finnish footballer (born 1988)
Linda Charlotta Sällström (born 13 July 1988) is a Finnish international footballer. She currently plays for Vittsjö GIK in the Damallsvenskan and the Finland women's national football team .
Career
She made her debut for the senior Finland team on 31 May 2007; playing 17 minutes against Norway .[ 3]
Sällström missed the entire 2012 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury . She re–injured the knee in March 2013 and was ruled out of contention for a place in Finland's UEFA Women's Euro 2013 squad.[ 4]
On 25 January 2014 Sällstrom injured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) again, making it likely she would miss the 2014 season.[ 5] [ 6]
In total Sällström has endured three ACL injuries in her career. Coming back from injury to finish as second highest goalscorer in the 2017–18 Damallsvenskan season.
On 8 October 2019, Sällström scored four goals against Albania to become the all-time top scorer for Finland, surpassing Laura Österberg Kalmari .[ 7]
On 7 November 2019, Sällström played her 100th match against Cyprus .[ 8]
Personal life
Sällström is openly lesbian.[ 9]
International goals
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Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
29 September 2007
Helsinki , Finland
Scotland
1 –0
4–1
Friendly
2
28 May 2009
Helsinki, Finland
Italy
1 –1
3–2
Friendly
3
2 –2
4
22 July 2009
Pori , Finland
Sweden
1 –2
1–3
Friendly
5
3 September 2009
Turku , Finland
England
2 –3
2–3
UEFA Women's Euro 2009
6
24 February 2010
Lagos , Portugal
China
1 –1
1–1
2010 Algarve Cup
7
19 June 2010
Vantaa , Finland
Spain
4 –1
4–1
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8
23 June 2010
Vantaa, Finland
Italy
1 –1
1–3
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9
25 August 2010
Mariehamn , Finland
Slovenia
1 –0
4–1
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10
2 –1
11
4 –1
12
16 February 2011
Tammela , Finland
Russia
1 –1
5–4
Friendly
13
3 –2
14
5 –4
15
18 September 2011
Helsinki, Finland
Scotland
1 –0
1–0
Friendly
16
22 October 2011
Vantaa, Finland
Estonia
1 –0
6–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
17
4 –0
18
5 –0
19
27 October 2011
Maladzyechna , Belarus
Belarus
1 –0
2–2
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
20
2 –1
21
1 March 2012
Larnaca , Cyprus
France
1 –1
1–2
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
22
4 March 2012
Larnaca, Cyprus
Switzerland
1 –0
3–1
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
23
2 –0
24
3 –0
25
6 March 2012
Larnaca, Cyprus
South Korea
1 –0
1–1[ a]
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
26
14 February 2013
Tammela, Finland
Russia
4 –0
5–0
Friendly
27
21 September 2015
Dublin , Ireland
Republic of Ireland
2 –0
2–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
28
12 April 2016
Petrovac , Montenegro
Montenegro
1 –0
7–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
29
3 June 2016
Valkeakoski , Finland
Republic of Ireland
4 –1
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
30
22 January 2017
San Pedro del Pinatar , Spain
Slovakia
2 –0
3–0
Friendly
31
5 March 2017
Stara Pazova , Serbia
Serbia
1 –0
1–2
Friendly
32
11 June 2017
Changzhou , China
China
2 –3
2–4
Friendly
33
26 November 2017
Helsinki, Finland
Israel
2 –0
4–0
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34
4 –0
35
7 March 2018
Paralimni , Cyprus
Hungary
1 –0
2–0
2018 Cyprus Women's Cup
36
31 August 2018
Santander , Spain
Spain
1 –1
1–5
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
37
4 September 2018
Wiener Neustadt , Austria
Austria
1 –2
1–4
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
38
2 September 2019
Elbasan , Albania
Albania
1 –0
3–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
39
3 –0
40
8 October 2019
Vaasa , Finland
Albania
5 –0
8–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
41
6 –0
42
7 –1
43
8 –1
44
7 November 2019
Helsinki, Finland
Cyprus
1 –0
4–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
45
12 November 2019
Vila Nova de Famalicão , Portugal
Portugal
1 –1
1–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
46
11 March 2020
Larnaca, Cyprus
Slovakia
2 –1
4–2
2020 Cyprus Women's Cup
47
19 February 2021
Helsinki, Finland
Portugal
1 –0
1–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
48
23 February 2021
Larnaca, Cyprus
Cyprus
2 –0
5–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
49
21 October 2021
Tsibili, Georgia
Georgia
1 –0
3–0
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
50
25 November 2021
Gothenburg , Sweden
Sweden
1 –1
1–2
FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
51
9 July 2022
Milton Keynes , England
Spain
1 –0
1–4
UEFA Women's Euro 2022
52
16 February 2023
Larnaca, Cyprus
Croatia
2 –1
4–1
2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
53
19 February 2023
Hungary
4 –0
8–0
54
5 –0
55
6 –0
56
22 September 2023
Turku , Finland
Slovakia
1 –0
4–0
2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
57
27 October 2023
Helsinki, Finland
Croatia
1 –0
3–0
58
30 November 2023
Turku, Finland
Romania
1 –0
59
3 –0
Correct as of 24 July 2022 [ 10]
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