1. Lisa Karolina Viktoria Dahlkvist was born on 6 February 1987 and is a Swedish professional football midfielder who played for Umea IK and the Sweden national team.
17 Facts About Lisa Dahlkvist
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Lisa Dahlkvist represented her country at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups, the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, as well as the 2009,2013 and 2017 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
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Lisa Dahlkvist found the adjustment to a higher standard of football difficult and was close to quitting Umea on several occasions during the first two seasons.
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Lisa Dahlkvist played in Umea's two UEFA Women's Cup final defeats in 2007 and 2008.
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Lisa Dahlkvist scored a penalty in the away leg of the 2008 final.
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When Lisa Dahlkvist's contract expired in 2011, Goteborg wanted to keep her, but she was linked with a transfer to league champions Malmo.
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Tyreso won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and Lisa Dahlkvist collected her fourth league winner's medal, in addition to three won with Umea.
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The Stockholm County Administrative Board published the players' salaries, showing Lisa Dahlkvist was one of the higher earners at SEK 39 000 per month.
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Former club Umea were not interested in re-signing Lisa Dahlkvist, claiming they already had better players than her.
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Lisa Dahlkvist told the Expressen newspaper that salary was of secondary importance and she was prepared to take a pay cut in order to join the right team.
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Lisa Dahlkvist attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics as one of the squad's reserve players and had been considered for the main squad when the more experienced midfielder Caroline Seger had a pre-tournament injury scare.
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Lisa Dahlkvist's form had dipped since the previous year's World Cup.
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Sundhage described the decision as "a gamble" and hoped Lisa Dahlkvist could rediscover the excellent form she had shown at the previous World Cup four years earlier.
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Lisa Dahlkvist remained with the squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Sweden took home the Silver Medal.
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Lisa Dahlkvist is a central midfield player whose main strength is her range of passing.
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Lisa Dahlkvist is seen as a player who thrives on the big occasion and won praise for calmly converting her 2011 World Cup penalty past the United States' celebrated goalkeeper Hope Solo, a feat she repeated in the Rio Olympics.
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Lisa Dahlkvist identifies as a lesbian and came out publicly in 2008.