Lotta Schelin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lotta Schelin
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1984(1984-02-27)
Age	40
Birthplace	Vysotsk
Country	Russia
Birth City	Leningrad Oblast
Horoscope	Aquarius

Lotta Schelin Biography

Lotta Schelin is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on February 27, 1984 in Vysotsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Swedish striker who represented Sweden at some of the most important soccer events such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Summer Olympics. From 2006 to 2014, she was awarded the Diamond Ball award for Sweden’s top female soccer player five times.

She was accompanied by fellow Swede She played with fellow Swede Sara Larsson at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. during the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

In 2001, when she was 17 years old, Schelin made her debut in the Damallsvenskan for Landvetter FC, now known as Göteborg FC. Her debut season yielded eight goals in 19 appearances. After an injury in August 2002, she was out of the league for almost a year and a half, returning in June 2003. In 2004 Schelin was named Breakthrough Player of the Year after netting 14 goals in 15 games for Göteborg. In 2006, Schelin scored 21 goals in 21 league games. At the end of season Fotbollsgalan, she was named Forward of the Year, Player of the Year and Top Goalscorer. She was also shortlisted for the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year and was recognised by Swedish referees with a special award for her sporting treatment of opponents and officials. In 2007, she retained her top scorer title by scoring 26 league goals. Despite persistent interest from leading Damallsvenskan clubs including Umeå IK and Linköpings FC, Schelin opted to stay at her hometown team. She ultimately played in over 120 league matches with Göteborg, establishing herself as one of the club’s most prominent players.

Schelin began her senior club career with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (then known as Landvetter FC) in 2001. She developed into a prolific goalscorer in the Damallsvenskan then made a lucrative transfer to Olympique Lyon in 2008, rejecting a competing offer from the American Women’s Professional Soccer league. During her eight-season stay at Lyon she won eight consecutive Division 1 Féminine titles, five Coupes de France Féminine, three UEFA Women’s Champions Leagues and was the top goalscorer in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 Division 1 Féminine seasons. In 2013, she became the first foreign UNFP Player of the Year. In 2016, she returned to Swedish football with FC Rosengård, departing Lyon as the French club’s all-time record goalscorer with 225 goals in 225 appearances. She has been awarded Diamantbollen (the Diamond Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, a record five times, including four consecutive times from 2011 to 2014.

Camilla Schelin is her older sister and soccer player. Together, they were teammates at Kallereds SK.

Lotta Schelin Net Worth

Lotta Schelin is one of the richest Soccer Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lotta Schelin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a champion in track and field, table tennis, snowboarding and table tennis.

She scored a Swedish national record of 73rd goals in October 2014.

Charlotta Eva Schelin (born 27 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for FC Rosengård of the Damallsvenskan. She made her debut for the Sweden national team in March 2004 and was appointed joint captain alongside Caroline Seger in October 2012. Schelin has represented her country in the 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 editions of the UEFA Women’s Championship, as well as the 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups. She also played at the Olympic football tournaments in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Schelin is capable of playing as a winger. But when Dennerby deployed her wide in the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, her Göteborg coach Martin Pringle called for her to be given a more central role: “she is too good a player to play out there”. China’s coach Shang Ruihua highlighted Schelin as Sweden’s best player ahead of the countries’ opening match at the 2008 Summer Olympics: “Schelin has fast pace and excellent technique, and few defenders could keep up with her.” Although tall and slender, she is also physically strong; England captain Steph Houghton rated Schelin as the “toughest opponent” of her career.

Facts & Trivia

Lotta Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Lotta Schelin celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.

Schelin arrived in Lyon in poor condition, after a thigh injury disrupted her 2008 spring season with Göteborg and migraines and stomach aches afflicted her at the 2008 Olympic Games. When she told Lyon’s coach Farid Benstiti that she could also play on the wing, he shook his head and replied that he had signed her to score goals. Alongside Brazil’s Kátia Cilene Teixeira, Schelin formed a productive attack for Lyon as the club defended its French title and reached the 2008–09 UEFA Women’s Cup semi-final, where they lost to FCR 2001 Duisburg. The following season, Schelin was afflicted by injuries and was ruled out of Lyon’s 2010 UEFA Women’s Champions League Final defeat by Turbine Potsdam with ligament damage.