Thelma Persson Welin
Thelma Persson Welin is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Växjö DFF in Sweden’s top division, the Damallsvenskan and the youth Sweden national team.
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Persson Welin comes from a football-oriented family where her four older sisters play, her father is a coach, and her mother, Annika Welin, played for Malmö FF.
She began playing football at the age of three in her hometown of Höllviken.
Thelma follows her older sister, Erica Persson Welin, to Växjö DFF, with both siblings having previously played together at Malmö FF and Trelleborgs FF.
Persson Welin identifies Lionel Messi as her favorite football player, citing him as "completely superior."
Her favorite food is tacos.
She made her senior debut in the Damallsvenskan for Trelleborgs FF in 2024 while still only 16 years old.
Despite her young age, she has already accumulated over 50 senior appearances across the top two divisions of Swedish football.
In early 2026, she scored two goals in a single UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying match for Sweden against Bulgaria.
Club Achievements
| Division 1 Södra (2023) | 1× |
Stats
| Year | Club | AP | GL |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2026
-
present
|
Växjö DFF | 1 | 0 |
|
2025
-
|
Trelleborgs FF (Elitettan) | 25 | 10 |
|
2024
-
|
Trelleborgs FF | 24 | 0 |
|
2023
-
|
Malmö FF | 13 | 4 |
|
2022
-
|
Södra Sandby IF | 22 | 11 |
| International Stats | |||
|
2025
-
present
|
Sweden U19 | 4 | 3 |
|
2024
-
2025
|
Sweden U17 | 7 | 6 |
|
2023
-
|
Sweden U16 | 3 | 4 |
Team: Växjö DFF
