Elin Rubensson

Rubensson started playing football at Marieholms IS. From 2010 she played for Malmö FF in the Damallsvenskan, with which she became champion in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 and won the 2012 Supercup. She also took the team to the Champions League four times, with the best showing being reaching the quarter-finals in 2011/12 and 2012/13. In May 2013 Malmö converted Rubensson from a forward to a left back.[6]

She left champions Malmö (who had become known as FC Rosengård) in December 2014, to sign a two-year contract with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.[7]

On 4 August 2018 she signed a 5-year contract extension with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.[8]

Rubensson made her debut for the Swedish national team in October 2012.[9][10] She was named to Sweden's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and appeared in 4 matches. Rubensson appeared in all 6 matches for Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the Silver Medal.[11]

In July 2017 Rubensson was named to the Sweden roster for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, she appeared in two matches as Sweden lost to the Netherlands in the Quarterfinals.[12] She scored in the 5-1 win over Thailand at the 2019 Women's World Cup.[13]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[14]

International goals

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2018-06-07	Gothenburg, Sweden	Croatia	2–0	4–0	2019 World Cup qualification
2	2018-08-30		Ukraine	1–0	3–0
3	2019-06-16	Nice, France	Thailand	5–1	5–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
4	2023-08-02	Hamilton, New Zealand	Argentina	2–0	2–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	2015-6-8[m 1]	Winnipeg	Nigeria	Start			3–3 D	Group match
	2	2015-6-12[m 2]	Winnipeg	United States	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	3	2015-6-16[m 3]	Edmonton	Australia	76. off 76' (on Thunebro)			1–1 D	Group match
	4	2015-6-20[m 4]	Ottawa	Germany	67. off 67' (on Asllani)			1–4 L	Round of 16
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	5	2016-8-3[m 5]	Rio de Janeiro	South Africa	46. on 46' (off Dahlkvist)			1–0 W	Group match
	6	2016-8-6[m 6]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Start			1–5 L	Group match
	7	2016-8-9[m 7]	Brasília	China	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	8	2016-8-12[m 8]	Brasília	United States	71. off 71' (on Eriksson)			1–1 (pso 4–3) (W)	Quarter-Final
	9	2016-8-16[m 9]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Start			0–0 (pso 4–3) (W)	Semi-Final
	10	2016-8-19[m 10]	Rio de Janeiro	Germany	70. off 70' (on Eriksson)			1–2 L	Gold Medal Match
France 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
	11	2019-6-11[m 11]	Rennes	Chile	81. off 81' (on Janogy)			2–1 W	Group match
1	12	2019-6-16[m 12]	Nice	Thailand	Start	90+6	5-1	5–1 W	Group match
	13	2019-6-24[m 13]	Paris	Canada	79. off 79' (on Björn)			1–0 W	Round of 16
	14	2019-6-29[m 14]	Rennes	Germany	86. off 86' (on Björn)			2–1 W	Quarter-Final
	15	2019-7-3[m 15]	Lyon	Netherlands	79. off 79' (on Janogy)			0–1 L	Semi-Final

Rubensson has two siblings, Jacob and Cajsa. Cajsa is also a footballer and plays for the youth teams of Sweden and FC Rosengård.[15] In 2018, Rubensson married fellow footballer Filip Stenström, who took her surname afterwards.[16] The couple have a son, Frans, born in 2020.[17] Rubensson is also a certified interior designer.[18]

LdB FC Malmö / FC Rosengård

• Damallsvenskan: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
• Svenska Supercupen: 2011, 2012

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

• Damallsvenskan: 2020

Sweden U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2012

Sweden

• FIFA Women's World Cup third place: 2019, 2023

• Summer Olympic Games Silver Medal: 2016

• Algarve Cup: 2018

Match reports

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elin Rubensson.

• Elin Rubensson – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Elin Rubensson – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Elin Rubensson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Elin Rubensson at Soccerway