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Anna Sofia Perpetua Paulsson ( born 29 February 1984 ) is a former Swedish ___MASK36___ player . During her career she played as a defender for Umeå IK and the Swedish national team . Paulson debuted for the national team on 10 February 2004 against Finland where they tied 1 -- 1 . Umeå IK is a women ' s ___MASK83___ club based in the city of Umeå , Sweden . Established in 1917 as a general sports club , the women ' s football section began competing in 1985 . In 1996 the team reached the Premier Division ( Damallsvenskan ) only to be relegated the following year . In 1998 they were promoted again and have since remained in the top division . Umeå IK has won seven Swedish championships ( 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 and 2008 ), four Swedish Cups ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 and 2007 ) and the UEFA Women ' s Champions League twice , in 2003 and 2004 . They also reached the Champions League finals in 2002 , 2007 and 2008 . The UEFA Women ' s Champions League is an international women ' s ___MASK83___ club competition for teams that play in UEFA nations . The competition was first played in 2001  02 under the name " UEFA Women ' s Cup ", and renamed the UEFA Women ' s Champions League for the 2009  10 edition . The most significant change was including national runners - up from the top eight ranked nations and playing the final as a one - off final in the same city as UEFA Champions League final , as opposed to the two - legged ties in previous years . The Damallsvenskan , Swedish for " ladies ' all - Swedish ", is the highest division of women ' s ___MASK36___ in Sweden . It is also referred as to the women ' s Allsvenskan , this term being used alone to refer to the men ' s division . Women ' s ___MASK83___ , also commonly known as women ' s soccer , is the most prominent team sport played by women around the globe . It is played at the professional level in numerous countries throughout the world and 176 national teams participate internationally .