Ellen Wangerheim
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| Ein sex anaa gender | female  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Sweden |
| Name wey dem give am | Ellen |
| Ein date of birth | 1 September 2004 |
| Ein occupation | association football player |
| Position dem play for team top / speciality | forward |
| Member give sports team | Nacka FF, Djurgårdens IF Dam |
| Sport | football |
Ellen Ingergerd Wangerheim (born 1 September 2004) be a Swedish professional footballer wey dey play as a forward give Women's Super League club Manchester United den de Sweden national team.[1][2][3]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Hammarby IF
[edit | edit source]Spending ein youth career at Nacka FC, Wangerheim join Hammarby insyd 2020 as a 15-year-old wen na de club be promoted from de Elitettan.[1] Insyd May 2022, Wangerheim suffer a cruciate ligament injury just minutes after scoring a goal at Brommapojkarna wey na dem sideline am for around 13 months.[4]
Insyd 2023, she score eight league goals to help Hammarby win both de OBOS Damallsvenskan (Swedish league) title den de Svenska Cupen (Swedish Cup). Dis plete a historic domestic double give de club. Insyd 2024, Wangerheim develop into a prolific goalscorer give Hammarby, netting 13 times insyd de league. On 21 November 2024, Wangerheim score ein first UEFA Women's Champions League goal insyd a 2-1 loss against Manchester City.[5]
Wangerheim score a career-best tally of 17 goals insyd de 2025 Damallsvenskan wey she fire Hammarby to de 2024-25 Svenska Cupen trophy, remarkably scoring 11 times insyd just six matches to finish as de cup ein top scorer. On 21 May 2025, Wangerheim score both goals as Hammarby beat Norrköping 2-0 insyd de Swedish Cup final.[6] She be regarded as an emerging talent insyd Swedish women's football, de rising star reportedly attract interest from several top European clubs, wey dey include Women's Super League (WSL) clubs Chelsea den Manchester City den Frauen-Bundesliga club Wolfsburg.[7] She score 65 goals wey she make 136 appearances give Hammarby during ein six years at de club.[4]
Manchester United
[edit | edit source]On 16 January 2026, English Women's Super League club Manchester United announce say dem sign Wangerheim on a three-year contract til June 2029.[8][9] De Swede make ein United debut on 18 January insyd a 5-0 Women's FA Cup win over Burnley.
International career
[edit | edit source]Wangerheim play give Sweden's youth national teams between 2021 den 2023. On 4 April 2025, she make ein senior debut give Sweden, coming on for Stina Blackstenius during a 3-2 UEFA Women's Nations League victory against Italy insyd Solna.[10]
Na dem include am insyd Sweden's squad for de UEFA Women's Euro 2025. Wangerheim make two substitute appearances at de tournament as Sweden be knocked out on penalties by eventual winners England insyd de quarter-finals.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 16 May 2026[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Oda | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hammarby | 2020 | Elitettan | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | Damallsvenskan | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||
| 2023 | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | 14 | 8 | |||||
| 2024 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 13 | ||||
| 2025 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | — | 38 | 29 | |||
| 2026 | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 109 | 42 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 7 | — | 133 | 63 | |||
| Manchester United | 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 63 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Hammarby IF
Manchester United
- Women's League Cup runner-up: 2025–26[11]
References
[edit | edit source]- 1 2 3 "Soccerway. E. Wangerheim profile". au.soccerway.com (in English). Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "UEFA.com. Ellen Wangerheim". UEFA.com (in English). Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "Manchester United sign Wangerheim, Birmingham make 'statement of intent'" (in English).
- 1 2 "Ellen Wangerheim säljs till Manchester United". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ UEFA.com. "History: Hammarby 1-2 Man City | UEFA Women's Champions League 2024/25". UEFA.com (in English). Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ "Hammarby - IFK Norrköping FK - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll".
- ↑ "Top clubs eye Hammarby for reinforcements". Women's Football News (in American English). 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ↑ "Manchester United sign Swedish international Ellen Wangerheim from Hammarby". ESPN.com (in English). 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ↑ "Ellen Wangerheim joins United Women". www.manutd.com (in English). Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ UEFA.com. "Sweden-Italy | UEFA Women's Nations League 2027". UEFA.com (in English). Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ Sanders, Emma (15 March 2026). "Chelsea 2-0 Manchester United: Lauren James and Aggie-Beever Jones score in League Cup final". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
External links
[edit | edit source]
- Ellen Wangerheim at Soccerway
- CS1 English-language sources (en)
- CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
- CS1 American English-language sources (en-us)
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Human
- 2004 births
- Women's association football forwards
- Damallsvenskan players
- Elitettan players
- Hammarby Fotboll (women) players
- Manchester United W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- Swedish expatriate women's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople insyd England
- Expatriate women's footballers insyd England
- Swedish women's footballers
- Sweden women's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen
- UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players
- Sweden women's international footballers
