Wilma Leidhammar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilma Maria Leidhammar | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2022 | BK Astrio | ||
| 2022–2025 | IFK Norrköping | 87 | (26) |
| 2026- | Birmingham City | 10 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Sweden U17 | 9 | (3) |
| 2022 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023- | Sweden U23 | 24 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2026 | |||
Wilma Maria Leidhammar (born 16 June 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Women's Super League club Birmingham City.
Early life
[edit]Leidhammar was born on 16 June 2003. Born in Sweden, she started playing football at the age of four.[1]
Club career
[edit]Leidhammar started her career with Swedish side BK Astrio. Following her stint there, she signed for Swedish side IFK Norrköping in 2022, where she made eighty-seven league appearances and scored twenty-six goals and helped the club achieve promotion from the second tier to the top flight. Subsequently, she signed for English Birmingham City WFC.[2] She scored in both halves of Birmingham's last game of the 2025-26 season as the club won promotion to the Women's Super League.[3]
International career
[edit]Leidhammar is a Sweden youth international. During the summer of 2022, she played for the Sweden women's national under-19 football team at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[2]
Style of play
[edit]Leidhammar plays as a midfielder or forward. English news website WSL Football wrote in 2026 that "comfortable as an attacking midfielder or in central areas, she is the kind of player who resists categorisation. She links play with ease, carries forward efficiently, and arrives in the final third with purpose".[4]
Honours
[edit]Birmingham City
References
[edit]- ↑ "Birmingham's major move shows where fiscal power lies in women's football". The Guardian. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- 1 2 Wilma Leidhammar at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Drury, Sam (4 May 2026). "Birmingham, Palace promoted to WSL as Charlton fall to play-off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ↑ "Wilma Leidhammar: The Swede Making Her Mark in the English Second Tier". WSL Football. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ VAVEL.com (2026-05-02). "WSL2 Final Day Report: Birmingham champions, Palace promoted as Charlton crumble into third". VAVEL. Retrieved 2026-05-02.
External links
[edit]- Wilma Leidhammar at WorldFootball.net
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Swedish women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's association football midfielders
- Birmingham City W.F.C. players
- IFK Norrköping (women) players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Elitettan players
- Women's Super League 2 players
- Sweden women's youth international footballers
- Swedish expatriate women's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen
