Zecira Musovic

Zecira Musovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Зећира Мушовић; born 26 May 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the English Women's Super League club Chelsea and for the Sweden women's national football team.

Club Career

Musovic began playing football for Stattena IF as a nine-year-old. She spent two seasons with the club's senior women's team in Division 2 in 2011 and 2012, helping the club secure promotion in the latter campaign.

She transferred from Stattena to LdB FC Malmo in October 2012. In 2013 she understudied Þora Bjorg Helgadottir, who was named Goalkeeper of the Year as Malmo secured the 2013 Damallsvenskan championship. Malmo rebranded as FC Rosengard for the 2014 Damallsvenskan and Musovic was elevated to first team contention when Helgadottir left the club during the mid-season break.

German import Kathrin Langert then vied with Musovic for Rosengard's goalkeeper position. When Musovic secured increasing first team participation in the 2015 Damallsvenskan, the club announced they were pleased with her development and awarded a new 2.5-year contract in May 2015. Ambitious Musovic wanted to become the best goalkeeper in the world.

Musovic received two setbacks ahead of the 2016 Damallsvenskan season. First Rosengard signed Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod, then Musovic broke her arm while playing for Sweden U-23s. In the event McLeod suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, so the club had to bring in veteran Sofia Lundgren as cover.

After some long conversations with Rosengard director of football Therese Sjogran, Musovic agreed to remain at the club although she was unhappy at losing her place in the team once McLeod recovered from her injured knee. Instead of making a transfer request, she resolved to improve aspects of her own game by training alongside her experienced Canadian rival.

In October 2017 Musovic was given a new three-year contract by Rosengard. She declared: "FC Rosengard has always been and will always be the club in my

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