Lisa Ek

{{short description|Swedish former football midfielder|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lisa Ek

| image = Lisa Ek 2014.jpg

| caption = Ek in May 2014

| fullname = Lisa Ek

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|15}}

| birth_place = Sweden

| height = 1.68 m

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = Barkarby SK

| years1 = 1996–1998

| years2 = 1999–2002

| years3 = 2003–2004

| years4 = 2005–2012

| years5 = 2012–2014

| years6 = 2014–2015

| years7 = 2015–2016

| clubs1 = Vasalund

| clubs2 = AIK

| clubs3 = Hammarby

| clubs4 = Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

| clubs5 = FC Rosengård

| clubs6 = Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

| clubs7 = Fiorentina

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| caps4 = 118

| caps5 = 13

| caps6 = 16

| caps7 = 21

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| goals4 = 20

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 1

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| pcupdate = 15 November 2016

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Lisa Ek (born 15 September 1982) is a Swedish former football midfielder who last played for Fiorentina. She has also played for AIK Fotboll, Hammarby IF, FC Rosengård and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Damallsvenskan.[http://www.goteborgfc.se/Fotboll/KGFC.nsf/0/7E58A9D55169B4C7C1256F6C005C48C6 Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221032921/http://www.goteborgfc.se/Fotboll/KGFC.nsf/0/7E58A9D55169B4C7C1256F6C005C48C6 |date=2012-02-21 }} in Göteborg FC's website[https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/lisa-ek-fran-goteborg-till-malmo/ Lisa Ek leaves Göteborg for Malmö.] Dagens Nyheter The 2011-12 season marked her Champions League debut.

In September 2012 Ek suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling her out of action for at least six months.{{cite web|title=Ek missar guldstriden|url=http://www.skanskan.se/article/20120928/SPORT/120929712/-/ek-missar-guldstriden|publisher=Skånska Dagbladet|date=28 September 2012|language=Swedish|accessdate=9 June 2013}}

Ek has been an under-19 international.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170923130754/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=54055/profile/index.html Profile] in UEFA She is also an accomplished bandy and ice hockey player. In 2013 her partner was male lower division footballer Per Broberg.{{cite web|title=Lisa Ek – Alltid 150 procent|url=http://www.tidningenkora.se/nr2/frontbilar-nr2/lisa-ek-alltid-150-procent|publisher=KÖRA|language=Swedish|accessdate=9 June 2013}}

Ek retired from football in 2016, after spending a season in Italy playing for Fiorentina. She intended to remain in Italy having become romantically attached to an Italian boyfriend.{{cite news|last1=Piauger|first1=Alexander|title=Ek: "Tur att vi inte ska se den tillsammans"|url=http://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/ek-tur-att-vi-inte-ska-se-den-tillsammans/|accessdate=16 September 2017|publisher=Expressen|date=17 June 2016|language=Swedish}} She attended UEFA Women's Euro 2017 as a pundit for Sveriges Television, where she attracted notice for her dyed-blue hairstyle.{{cite news|last1=Friberg|first1=Anna|title=SVT-experten förklarar: "Därför har jag blått hår"|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/svt-experten-forklarar-darfor-har-jag-blatt-har/|accessdate=16 September 2017|publisher=Expressen|date=22 July 2017|language=Swedish}}

Ek currently works as an Agent for the global football agency CMG, representing players and coaches within women's football.