Lina Hurtig

Lina Mona Andréa Hurtig (born 5 September 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for English Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Sweden national team.

Club career
When she was 15 years old, Hurtig played the 2011 season with Gustafs GoIF in the Norrettan, which at the time was the second division of Swedish football. She scored 14 goals and made four assists in 20 games. At the end of that campaign she was approached by Damallsvenskan clubs LdB FC Malmö and Umeå IK. She joined the latter after a short training spell.

Upon Umeå's relegation following the 2016 season, Hurtig transferred to league champions Linköping FC on a two-year contract. In 2017, she and her team won the 2017 Damallsvenskan league title.

On 31 August 2020, Hurtig joined Juventus. She won back to back league titles with Juventus in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. In the 2021–22 Champions League, Hurtig scored the first goal in a 4-0 victory against Servette FC, helping send Juventus to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time.

On 18 August 2022, Hurtig joined Arsenal on a permanent transfer, for a fee later reported by Juventus as € 73k. She scored her first goal for Arsenal on 6 September 2023 in the 3-0 victory against her former club Linköping in the 2023–24 Champions League first qualifying round.

International career
As a Swedish under-19 international, Hurtig was a regular starter at the 2012 U-19 European Championship. She started the victorious Swedish team's 1–0 extra time win over Spain in the final.

In December 2012, national team coach Pia Sundhage called up 17-year-old Hurtig to a senior squad training camp at Bosön. Hurtig was also named in the senior squad for a 1–1 friendly draw with Brazil on 19 June 2013. She was hopeful of making the hosts' final squad for UEFA Euro 2013, but was not selected.

After leaving Hurtig out of the final pre-tournament friendly against Norway in May 2013, Sundhage described her as a potentially world class player.

Hurtig won her first senior cap as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Canada in November 2014.

Hurtig was selected in the Sweden squad that travelled to France for the 2019 World Cup. She scored her first goal in the tournament in a 5–1 win against Thailand. In July 2021, she was selected in the Sweden squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. On 21 July, she scored in the 3–0 victory over United States.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup. In the Round of 16, she successfully converted on a video-confirmed penalty in the shootout against the United States, knocking the two-time defending champions out of the tournament.

Personal life
On 16 August 2019, Lina Hurtig announced that she had married Lisa Lantz, her teammate at Umeå IK and Linköping FC. On 11 June 2021, Hurtig's daughter was born.

International

 * Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hurtig goal.

Honours
Linköpings FC
 * Damallsvenskan: 2017

Juventus Arsenal
 * Serie A: 2020–21, 2021–22
 * Coppa Italia:
 * Supercoppa Italiana: 2020–21, 2021–22


 * FA League Cup: 2022–23

Sweden
 * UEFA Under-19 Championship: 2012