Ellen Wangerheim
Ellen Ingergerd Wangerheim is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.
Club career
Spending her youth career at Nacka FC, Wangerheim joined Hammarby in 2020 as a 15-year-old when the club was promoted from the Elitettan. In May 2022, Wangerheim suffered a cruciate ligament injury just minutes after scoring a goal at Brommapojkarna and was sidelined for around 13 months.In 2023, she scored eight league goals to help Hammarby win both the OBOS Damallsvenskan title and the Svenska Cupen. This completed a historic domestic double for the club. In 2024, Wangerheim developed into a prolific goalscorer for Hammarby, netting 13 times in the league. On 21 November 2024, Wangerheim scored her first UEFA Women's Champions League goal in a 2-1 loss against Manchester City.
Wangerheim scored a career-best tally of 17 goals in the 2025 Damallsvenskan and she fired Hammarby to the 2024-25 Svenska Cupen trophy, remarkably scoring 11 times in just six matches to finish as the cup's top scorer. On 21 May 2025, Wangerheim scored both goals as Hammarby beat Norrköping 2-0 in the Swedish Cup final. Regarded as an emerging talent in Swedish women's football, the rising star reportedly attracted interest from several top European clubs, including Women's Super League clubs Chelsea and Manchester City and Frauen-Bundesliga club Wolfsburg. She scored 65 goals and made 136 appearances for Hammarby during her six years at the club.
On 16 January 2026, English Women's Super League club Manchester United announced that they had signed Wangerheim on a three-year contract until June 2029. The Swede made her United debut on 18 January in a 5-0 Women's FA Cup win over Burnley.
International career
Wangerheim played for Sweden's youth national teams between 2021 and 2023. On 4 April 2025, she made her senior debut for Sweden, coming on for Stina Blackstenius during a 3-2 UEFA Women's Nations League victory against Italy in Solna.She was included in Sweden's squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025. Wangerheim made two substitute appearances at the tournament as Sweden were knocked out on penalties by eventual winners England in the quarter-finals.