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Hilda Petronella Ekroth(born 12 December 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club AS Roma.
Club career
Ekroth started her football career in the Damallsvenskan playing for Djurgårdens IF.She followed this with years atLinköpings FC, AIK, Tyresö FF, Jitex BK, Hammarby IF DFF and Djurgården.
After spending her entire professional career playing in Sweden, Ekroth signed with Juventus in Italy on July 17, 2018.Following one year in Italy Ekroth resigned to her former Djurgården on July 10, 2019.
International career
Ekroth has represented Sweden in several youth national team levels, gaining over 30 caps in the process.
Personal life
Ekroth's mother Yvonne is a football coach and Ekroth played for her during her time at Djurgården.Her little brother Oliver Ekroth also plays football, for Swedish club side Degerfors IF. Outside of her playing career Ekroth has worked in football as a commentator and studio analyst for Eurosport.
We Play Strong
Ekroth is one of UEFA's official ambassadors for #WePlayStrong, a social media and vlogging campaign which was launched in 2018. The series, which originally included professional footballers Sarah Zadrazil, Eunice Beckmann, Laura Feiersinger andLisa Evans and now also includes Ekroth and Shanice van de Sanden, follows the daily lives of female professional footballers.The campaign's"...aim is to promote women’s football as much as we can and to make people aware of women’s football, really,” Evans explains. “The ultimate goal is to make football the most played sport by females by 2020. So it’s a UEFA initiative to get more women and girls playing football, whether they want to be professional or not.”
Honours
- Damallsvenskan:
- Champion: 2009,
- Supercupen:
- Champion: 2010
- Seria A:
- Champion: 2019
- Coppa Italia:
- Champion: 2019
