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'''Gun Nathalie Björn''' (born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional [[footballer]] who plays for [[Women's Super League]] club [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] and the [[Sweden women's national football team|Swedish women's national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathalie Bjorn is a Blue! |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/nathalie-bjorn-is-a-blue |website=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> A versatile player, Björn can be deployed as a [[centre-back]], [[right-back]] or [[central midfielder]].
'''Gun Nathalie Björn''' (born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional [[footballer]] who plays for [[Women's Super League]] club [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] and the [[Sweden women's national football team|Swedish national team]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathalie Bjorn is a Blue! |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/nathalie-bjorn-is-a-blue |website=Chelsea F.C. |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=10 January 2024}}</ref> A versatile player, Björn can be deployed as a [[centre-back]], [[right-back]], or [[central midfielder]].


== Club career ==
On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2023]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65902530 |access-date=2023-06-20}}</ref>
Björn started at Vaksala SK, a sports club in Uppsala, for which she played in the Swedish Cup at age 14. In 2013, as a 16-year-old, she played for [[IK Sirius Fotboll|IK Sirius]] in the Elitettan, the second division in Swedish football that was newly founded that year. Finishing third, the club narrowly missed promotion to the [[Damallsvenskan]]. Björn then moved to second-placed [[AIK Fotboll (women)|AIK Solna]] and played for them in the first division the following season, where they narrowly avoided relegation as third-to-last. In the 2015 season, the club came last and was relegated again. Björn then moved to runners-up [[Eskilstuna United DFF|Eskilstuna United]]. With this she came third in 2016 and 2017 and took part in the [[2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League|2016/17 UEFA Champions League]], where she played over 90 minutes in the two wins against [[Glasgow City F.C.|Glasgow City FC]] in the round of 16. In the round of 16 against [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]] she was substituted in after 81 minutes.

After two seasons in Eskilstuna, she moved to runner-up [[FC Rosengård]], with whom she finished third in the 2018 season. On May 18, 2018, she became cup winner with Rosengård and won her first national title. In the [[2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League|2018/19 Champions League]], she played the full distance in four games, but was eliminated in the round of 16 after a 3-2 home defeat and a goalless away draw against [[SK Slavia Prague (women)|Slavia Prague]]. On the first matchday of the 2019 season, she scored the only goal of the game in the 90th minute against her old club Eskilstuna United, making her her first ever league goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eskilstuna United vs. Rosengård - 14 April 2019 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/04/14/sweden/damallsvenskan/eskilstuna-united/lait-de-beaute-fc-malmo/2952006/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-15 |title=Björn matchvinnare för FC Rosengård – FC Rosengård |url=https://fcrosengard.se/bjorn-raddade-tre-poang-till-rosengard/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Overall, she was used in 17 of 22 games in the season that ended with her team winning the championship. In the 2020 season she was used in all 22 games.

In 2021, after eight games in the current season, like two other Swedes, she moved to [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton FC]], where she received a three-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Björn Joins Everton |url=https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2187253/bjorn-joins-everton |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.evertonfc.com |language=en}}</ref>

== International career ==

=== Youth ===
Björn went through the Swedish junior national teams, became runner-up with the [[Sweden women's national under-17 football team|U17 team]] in 2013, failed to qualify for the U-17 European Championships in 2014, and was eliminated with the [[Sweden women's national under-19 football team|U19 team]] in the group phase of the U-19 European Championships in 2014 and then ultimately won a title at the U-19 European Championship in 2015. She then took part in the first qualifying round for the 2016 U-19 European Championship in September 2015, which the Swedes successfully completed with three wins. However, she was not taken into account for the elite round in April 2016, in which the Swedes were eliminated. She was also not nominated for the 2016 U-20 World Cup in November 2016, for which the Swedes qualified as European champions in 2015.

=== Senior ===
On October 21, 2016, she made her first appearance in the senior national team. In the 7-0 win against the Iranians, who were playing in Europe for the first time, she was in the starting line-up and was one of only three players not substituted.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-21 |title=Sverige - Iran - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-iran-landskamper-dam-senior/3472108/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>  Three days later she played in her second senior international match in a goalless draw against Norway, but was only substituted on four minutes before the end of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-24 |title=Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/norge-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/3472109/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref> She then had to wait almost two years for her third international match: after several games as captain with the U-23 team in 2018, she was back in the starting line-up on October 9, 2018 in the 0-1 away defeat against Italy the senior national team and was allowed to play as one of five players.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-09 |title=Italien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/italien-sverige-landskamper-dam-senior/4095822/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref> She came on as a substitute after an hour in the 2-0 win against England at the end of the international season. In the first six international matches of 2019, she was substituted three times and only played over 90 minutes in the 1-2 defeat against Portugal in the 2019 Algarve Cup, but scored her first international goal and thus one international goal before a goal in the national league.

On May 16th she was also nominated for the World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-16 |title=Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2019/5/dam-vm-trupp/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref> At the World Cup she was used for the first time in the group final against the USA and played over 90 minutes. The Swedes lost 2-0, but moved into the round of 16 as second in the group, where she came on as a substitute against Canada in the 79th minute. In the quarterfinals, the Swedes won a competitive game against the German team again after 24 years and thus qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games. Björn came on as a substitute four minutes before the end of the game. In the semi-finals they lost to European champions Netherlands after extra time, but were then able to win the game for third place against England, in which they were back in the starting line-up but were substituted after 72 minutes.

She was also nominated for the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-29 |title=Truppen till OS i Japan |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2021/06/svenska-os-truppen-2021/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>  During the games she was used in all of her team's games, coming on as a substitute twice in the second half. In the final penalty shootout against Canada she was the first Swede to be successful, but the Swedes won the silver medal, as in 2016.

In the successful qualification for the 2023 World Cup, she was used in five games, but only came on as a substitute in stoppage time in the first game. She was unable to take part in the games in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-21 |title=Larsson ersätter Björn |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/nyheter/landslag/2021/11/bjorn-larsson/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>  At the European Championship finals in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was used in her team's five games. With a 4-0 defeat against hosts England, the Swedes were eliminated in the semi-finals.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2023|2023 World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65902530 |access-date=2023-06-20 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> She played in six of her team's seven games, only resting along with some other regular players in the third group game; otherwise she didn't miss a minute. Due to a 1-2 defeat in the semifinals against eventual champions Spain, she and her team missed the final.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/de/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/scores-fixtures?intcmp=(p_fifaplus)_(d_)_(c_webheader-fwwc2023)_(sc_scoresandfixtures)_(ssc_)_(da_07072023)_(l_de)&country=US&wtw-filter=ALL&stage=none&team=Schweden |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.fifa.com}}</ref> She won the bronze medal with a 2-0 victory in the game for third place over the Australian national team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/de/match-centre/match/103/285026/285029/400258555?competitionEntryId=103 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.fifa.com}}</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==
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==Honours==
==Honours==
'''Sweden U19'''
'''Sweden U19'''
* [[UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship]]: [[2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship|2015]]
* [[UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship|UEFA Under-19 Championship]]: [[2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship|2015]]


'''Sweden U17'''
'''Sweden U17'''
* [[UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship]] runner-up: [[2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship|2013]]
* [[UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship|UEFA Under-17 Championship]] runner-up: [[2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship|2013]]


== Private life ==
== Private life ==

Revision as of 03:57, 11 January 2024

Nathalie Björn
Björn in 2018
Personal information
Full name Gun Nathalie Björn[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Uppsala, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Vaksala SK
2013 IK Sirius 8
2014–2015 AIK 34 (0)
2016–2017 Eskilstuna United 39 (0)
2018–2021 Rosengård 68 (4)
2021–2024 Everton 44 (2)
2024– Chelsea 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Sweden U17 11 (2)
2014–2015 Sweden U19 29 (5)
2016– Sweden 57 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Australia/New Zealand Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:35, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Gun Nathalie Björn (born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Swedish national team.[2] A versatile player, Björn can be deployed as a centre-back, right-back, or central midfielder.

Club career

Björn started at Vaksala SK, a sports club in Uppsala, for which she played in the Swedish Cup at age 14. In 2013, as a 16-year-old, she played for IK Sirius in the Elitettan, the second division in Swedish football that was newly founded that year. Finishing third, the club narrowly missed promotion to the Damallsvenskan. Björn then moved to second-placed AIK Solna and played for them in the first division the following season, where they narrowly avoided relegation as third-to-last. In the 2015 season, the club came last and was relegated again. Björn then moved to runners-up Eskilstuna United. With this she came third in 2016 and 2017 and took part in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League, where she played over 90 minutes in the two wins against Glasgow City FC in the round of 16. In the round of 16 against VfL Wolfsburg she was substituted in after 81 minutes.

After two seasons in Eskilstuna, she moved to runner-up FC Rosengård, with whom she finished third in the 2018 season. On May 18, 2018, she became cup winner with Rosengård and won her first national title. In the 2018/19 Champions League, she played the full distance in four games, but was eliminated in the round of 16 after a 3-2 home defeat and a goalless away draw against Slavia Prague. On the first matchday of the 2019 season, she scored the only goal of the game in the 90th minute against her old club Eskilstuna United, making her her first ever league goal.[3][4] Overall, she was used in 17 of 22 games in the season that ended with her team winning the championship. In the 2020 season she was used in all 22 games.

In 2021, after eight games in the current season, like two other Swedes, she moved to Everton FC, where she received a three-year contract.[5]

International career

Youth

Björn went through the Swedish junior national teams, became runner-up with the U17 team in 2013, failed to qualify for the U-17 European Championships in 2014, and was eliminated with the U19 team in the group phase of the U-19 European Championships in 2014 and then ultimately won a title at the U-19 European Championship in 2015. She then took part in the first qualifying round for the 2016 U-19 European Championship in September 2015, which the Swedes successfully completed with three wins. However, she was not taken into account for the elite round in April 2016, in which the Swedes were eliminated. She was also not nominated for the 2016 U-20 World Cup in November 2016, for which the Swedes qualified as European champions in 2015.

Senior

On October 21, 2016, she made her first appearance in the senior national team. In the 7-0 win against the Iranians, who were playing in Europe for the first time, she was in the starting line-up and was one of only three players not substituted.[6]  Three days later she played in her second senior international match in a goalless draw against Norway, but was only substituted on four minutes before the end of the game.[7] She then had to wait almost two years for her third international match: after several games as captain with the U-23 team in 2018, she was back in the starting line-up on October 9, 2018 in the 0-1 away defeat against Italy the senior national team and was allowed to play as one of five players.[8] She came on as a substitute after an hour in the 2-0 win against England at the end of the international season. In the first six international matches of 2019, she was substituted three times and only played over 90 minutes in the 1-2 defeat against Portugal in the 2019 Algarve Cup, but scored her first international goal and thus one international goal before a goal in the national league.

On May 16th she was also nominated for the World Cup.[9] At the World Cup she was used for the first time in the group final against the USA and played over 90 minutes. The Swedes lost 2-0, but moved into the round of 16 as second in the group, where she came on as a substitute against Canada in the 79th minute. In the quarterfinals, the Swedes won a competitive game against the German team again after 24 years and thus qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games. Björn came on as a substitute four minutes before the end of the game. In the semi-finals they lost to European champions Netherlands after extra time, but were then able to win the game for third place against England, in which they were back in the starting line-up but were substituted after 72 minutes.

She was also nominated for the 2020 Olympics, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]  During the games she was used in all of her team's games, coming on as a substitute twice in the second half. In the final penalty shootout against Canada she was the first Swede to be successful, but the Swedes won the silver medal, as in 2016.

In the successful qualification for the 2023 World Cup, she was used in five games, but only came on as a substitute in stoppage time in the first game. She was unable to take part in the games in November 2021.[11]  At the European Championship finals in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was used in her team's five games. With a 4-0 defeat against hosts England, the Swedes were eliminated in the semi-finals.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup.[12] She played in six of her team's seven games, only resting along with some other regular players in the third group game; otherwise she didn't miss a minute. Due to a 1-2 defeat in the semifinals against eventual champions Spain, she and her team missed the final.[13] She won the bronze medal with a 2-0 victory in the game for third place over the Australian national team.[14]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Björn goal.
List of international goals scored by Nathalie Björn
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 March 2019 Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal  Portugal 1–0 1–2 2019 Algarve Cup [15]
2 9 April 2019 Motion invest Arena, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria  Austria 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 8 October 2019 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Slovakia 4–0 7–0 Euro 2022 qualifying [16]
4 23 February 2021 Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta  Malta 3–0 3–0 Friendly
5 16 February 2023 Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain  China 4–1 4–1 [17]
6 11 April 2023 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Norway 2–2 3–3

Honours

Sweden U19

Sweden U17

Private life

Björn is in a relationship and lives together with Italian footballer Aurora Galli.[18]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Nathalie Bjorn is a Blue!". Chelsea F.C. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Eskilstuna United vs. Rosengård - 14 April 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Björn matchvinnare för FC Rosengård – FC Rosengård" (in Swedish). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Björn Joins Everton". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Sverige - Iran - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 24 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Italien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Gerhardssons VM-trupp presenterad". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Truppen till OS i Japan". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Larsson ersätter Björn". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 21 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. ^ www.fifa.com https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/de/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/scores-fixtures?intcmp=(p_fifaplus)_(d_)_(c_webheader-fwwc2023)_(sc_scoresandfixtures)_(ssc_)_(da_07072023)_(l_de)&country=US&wtw-filter=ALL&stage=none&team=Schweden. Retrieved 11 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ www.fifa.com https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/de/match-centre/match/103/285026/285029/400258555?competitionEntryId=103. Retrieved 11 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ "Portugal–Sverige – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Sweden-Slovakia". UEFA. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Sweden Women vs China Women". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  18. ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022

External links

https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2187253/bjorn-joins-everton


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