Experienced goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl has signed a short-term contract with Eskilstuna United in Elitettan

Veteran goalkeeper who has played 189 international matches with Sweden, winning two Olympic silvers and two World Cup bronzes with Sweden, has joined Eskilstuna United from Djurgården. Hedvig has been handed squad number 12.

She played and won titles for such big clubs as Linköping, Kopparbergs/Göteborgs FC, Kristianstad, Chelsea, Wolfsburg, and Atlético Madrid.

The shot-stopper has the distinction of being the first goalkeeper to make the most international appearances for the Sweden national team, both for men and women players.

She is considered one of the world’s best shot-stoppers, as she was in the 2017 FIFPro Women’s World Best XI. Lindahl was ten times the Swedish women’s goalkeeper of the year. She won the 2015 and 2016 She won the 2015 and 2016 Sweden’s Best Female Football Player award ( Diamantbollen).