Elin Flyborg

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

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|fullname = Elin Maria Flyborg

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|position = Midfielder

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|years1 = 1993–2003

|clubs1 = Djurgården/Älvsjö

|caps1 = 220

|goals1 = 177

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|clubs2 = IFK Lidingö

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|nationalyears1 = 1993

|nationalteam1 = Sweden U17

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|nationalyears2 = 1998–2003

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Elin Maria Flyborg (born 5 October 1976) is a retired Swedish footballer.{{cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700382 | title=Olympedia – Elin Flyborg }}{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/landslagsdatabas/landslagsspelare/?fplid=74081 |title=SvFF Landslag - Svensk fotboll |publisher=Svenskfotboll.se |date= |accessdate=8 October 2018}} Flyborg was part of the Djurgården/Älvsjö Swedish champions' team of 2003.

Flyborg made her debut for Djurgårdens IF in the 1993 season, which Djurgården played in Division 1 norra, joining from IFK Lidingö, and becoming the internal top scorer in her first season.{{cite web | url=https://dif.se/om-oss/historia/djurgarden-damfotbolls-historia/1990-1999 | title=1990-1999 | date=18 March 2022 }} She played 11 seasons for Djurgården, playing 220 matches and scoring 177 goals.{{cite web | url=https://dif.se/om-oss/historia/djurgarden-damfotbolls-historia/2000-2009 | title=2000-2009 | date=18 March 2022 }} Flyborg then also played for IFK Lidingö.

Elin Flyborg made 30 appearances for Sweden women's national football team and scored ten goals between 2000 and 2003, making her debut on 13 January 2000 in a friendly against Czech Republic women's national football team.{{cite web | url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/elin-flyborg/471cfd59-2b36-4845-86d1-47c488668b61/ | title=Elin Flyborg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll | access-date=1 April 2023 | archive-date=1 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401121648/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/elin-flyborg/471cfd59-2b36-4845-86d1-47c488668b61/ | url-status=dead }} She also appeared in Sweden women's national under-17 football team on one occasion in 1998 and in the Sweden women's national under-23 football team three times between 2000 and 2003, scoring two goals.

Flyborg married Swedish footballer and Djurgårdens IF captain Markus Karlsson – both husband and wife were Swedish football champions in the 2003 season.{{cite web | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/a2b3E7/familjens-dubbel | title=Familjens dubbel | date=26 October 2003 }} She is the mother of Djurgårdens IF footballer Nea Flyborg.{{cite web | url=https://dif.se/nyheter/nyhetsarkiv/2022/nytt-kontrakt-for-nea-flyborg | title=Nytt kontrakt för Nea Flyborg | date=31 May 2022 }}