We talked about it for a few days, it's now official. Stina Blackstenius has signed a three-season contract with Montpellier. The Swedish striker is a reinforcement of choice for the club Herault who recruits a player already compared in Sweden to the huge Lotta Schelin. Above all, it has achieved a remarkable 2016 and should be able to make further progress with Jean-Louis Saez's team.

Silver medalist with Sweden in the last Olympic Games, Stina Blackstenius was particularly successful in 2016. The previous year, she led Sweden to win the U19 European Championship title, completed by a distinction of best female player in the world. tournament. This year, she won the silver medal in Rio with two goals against two of the best selections in the world, Germany and the United States. At 20, Stina Blackstenius is not afraid of big matches and rarely trembles in front of the opposition goals.

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In Damallsvenskan, she participated in the title of Swedish champions won by Linköpings, a club that this season counted several players of this new generation Swedish who progressively wins in selection. In the league, she scored 20 goals (in 22 games) and finished second scorer behind her teammate Pernille Harder, also in recent days to Wolfsburg.

Stina Blackstenius and Pernille Harder, two attackers on the start after a successful season with Linköpings

On the field, she often evolves at the forefront of the attack. His athleticism and speed allow him to play in different registers: as well on fast attacks, against as in a position of pivot / relay on placed attacks, and to be able to weigh on the opposing defenses.

In Montpellier, she will be grafted to an offensive sector already dense, including his teammate in selection, Sofia Jakobsson, current top scorer of D1. A player profile that matches the game developed by the team of Jean-Louis Saez and Blackstenius could prove invaluable in high-level games and why not help the MHSC to achieve a feat in the Coupe de France.