Antonia Göransson

Antonia Pia Anna Göransson (born 16 September 1990) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a winger.

She played for various clubs in this period before signing for Malmö FF at youth level when the family returned to Skåne County in 2006.

At Malmö Göransson came under the influence of youth coach Lena Videkull, whom she credited for a rapid improvement in all aspects of her game.

Göransson was sent on loan to Malmö's lower division nursery club Husie IF.

She also spent part of the 2007–2008 season on loan to BK Skjold in Copenhagen, scoring three goals in the Danish Elitedivisionen.

A product of Malmö FF's youth system, Göransson began her Damallsvenskan career with Kristianstads DFF in 2008.

In summer 2008, Göransson quit Malmö for a low-key transfer to their Damallsvenskan rivals Kristianstads DFF.

After adjusting to first team football in the remainder of the 2008 season, Göransson flourished under the leadership of KDFF's Icelandic coach Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir in 2009.

She became an important part of the team, scoring five goals in 19 league matches and winning the Swedish Football Association's Rookie of the Year award.

Ambitious 18-year-old Göransson informed Kristianstads that the chances of her remaining at the club for another season were 50:50.

She moved to Germany in 2010, with SV Hamburg, before joining Turbine Potsdam a year later.

After making her debut for the senior Sweden women's national football team in October 2010, Göransson represented her country at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics and the 2013 UEFA Women's Championship.

A fast and skilful winger, Göransson can strike the ball equally well with either foot.

Born in Stockholm, Göransson moved to Sjöbo aged three, then Boden aged seven.

In 2010, she played 16 matches and scored three league goals for Kristianstads, before accepting a professional contract offer from SV Hamburg in August 2010.

Göransson performed well in 2010–11, her first season in the Frauen-Bundesliga, scoring six goals in her 17 appearances.

Hamburg were keen to extend the initial one-year contract she had signed.

Instead Göransson accepted a competing offer from Frauen-Bundesliga champions Turbine Potsdam, signing a two-year contract.

Feifel coached Göransson in Hamburg in 2010.

She has always praised the German training culture.

Leverkusen has according to Göransson a very professional environment.

Although she didn't get too many minutes under the belt in bundesliga she developed every training session.

She was the best she had ever been in the training sessions, but unfortunately she didn't (according to herself) play as well as she did in training when she got minutes in bundesliga.

This was a real shame.

In June 2014 Göransson left Turbine Potsdam and returned to Sweden to join Vittsjö GIK.

She signed a contract until the end of the 2015 season.

American National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign FC announced in November 2015 that they had signed Göransson for their 2016 season.

Weeks before she was due to leave for the United States, Göransson was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

She travelled to Seattle against medical advice, but returned to Sweden after only a short period with the team, during which she had felt unwell and stressed.

She signed for Mallbackens IF and was more settled living in a small town in a quiet area, closer to her family and support network.

Göransson signed for Norwegian Toppserien club Kolbotn Fotball in February 2017.

In spring 2017 she played 12 times for Kolbotn, including 10 league games, and scored one goal.

Her good form brought her to the attention of other clubs and in July 2017 she agreed a two-year contract with Fiorentina, reigning champions of the Italian Serie A.

She made one appearance for the team against AGSM Verona, being substituted after 57 minutes, then was released from her contract in December 2017.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen signed Göransson to a two-year contract in September 2019.

She was yet again coached by Achim Feifel.

The coach praised her performance several periods during 2019-20 as she was outstanding in training.

But like Göransson herself said.

It was unfortunate that she didn't reach the same level in bundesliga.

Feifel is one of her absolute favorite coaches.