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Felicia Schroder: Why Real Madrid have made Sweden's teenage goal-machine the most expensive…

After spending her formative years playing with local side IFK Bjorko, Schroder signed for Hacken in April 2023, shortly before her 16th birthday. Within weeks, she was making her debut for the club and, in a sign of things to come, would mark it with a goal, netting in stoppage time as Hacken beat Vittsjo 3-0. It was one of 15 appearances she would make in that first season, scoring three times and providing one assist despite being granted just seven starts.

In the time since, those numbers have improved at an impressive rate. In 2024, she made 24 appearances, 12 of them starts, and scored 12 goals while providing two assists. Then, in 2025, she exploded, racking up 30 goals and nine assists in 26 games, all of them starts as she blossomed into a key player for a Hacken side that won the Damallsvenskan for just the second time. Amid interest from all over Europe, it was midway through this season that Schroder signed a new contract until 2029, one which made her the highest-paid player in the league, aged 18.

While she was steadily growing in stature at club level, the striker,who ranked third in the women'sNXGN 2026 list, was also thriving with the youth national teams. Rising through from the Under-17s through to the U23s, Schroder scored 19 goals in 28 caps before a first senior call-up came in May 2025. She's now a regular in Tony Gustavsson's squads.

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