Ulrika Kalte

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|fullname = Maria Ulrika Kalte{{cite web|title=Ulrika Kalte|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ulrika-kalte-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/ulrika-kalte-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=29 December 2014}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1970|05|19}}

|birth_place = Skärholmen, Sweden

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|position = Forward

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|youthclubs1 = Norsborgs FF

|years1 = 1988–1990

|clubs1 = Hammarby IF DFF

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|clubs2 = Älvsjö AIK

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|clubs3 = Shiroki F.C. Serena

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|clubs4 = Sundbybergs IK

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|nationalyears1 = 1989–1996

|nationalteam1 = Sweden{{cite web|title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013}}

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Maria Ulrika Kalte, born 19 May 1970 in Skärholmen, Sweden is a Swedish former association football player. She played for Älvsjö AIK and the Swedish national team during the 1995 World Cup in Sweden, where Sweden was knocked out in the quarterfinal game.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wwc95f.html|title=Women's World Cup 1995 (Sweden)|date=1995|website=RSSSF|access-date=4 November 2014}} and the 1996 Olympic Tournament in Atlanta, where Sweden ended up 6th.{{cite web|url=http://www.sok.se/5.b17e0a10832cc6a9a800021608.html|title=Ulrika Kalte|publisher=Sveriges olympiska kommitté|language=sv|access-date=14 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518052429/http://www.sok.se/5.b17e0a10832cc6a9a800021608.html|archive-date=18 May 2012}}

She began playing for Norsborgs FF, before becoming a professional in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://norsborgsff.se/index.php/278661|title=Välkommen till Norsborgs Flickfotboll|publisher=Norsborgs FF|language=sv|access-date=14 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206233538/http://norsborgsff.se/index.php/278661|archive-date=6 December 2012}} as she moved to Shiroki F.C. Serena after the 1995 World Cup.Fotbollextra 25 1995, 19 October 1995

International career

In May 1989 Kalte made her national team debut at Wembley Stadium, as Sweden beat England 2–0 in a curtain raiser for the Rous Cup.{{cite web|last1=Lindahl|first1=Jan-Åke|title=Vilken raket-karriär, Ulrika|url=http://www.hifhistoria.se/Historia/bilder/1989ulrikakalte.jpg|publisher=Hammarbyiten|access-date=30 December 2014|language=sv|date=1989}}

Down 0-1 to China in the Quarter-Finals of the 1995 World Cup, Ulrika scored an equalizer in the 3rd minute of second half stoppage time to draw level and keep the hosts alive. Her team kept the match tied through extra time, but were eliminated from the tournament in a penalty kick shootout.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4659/match=21921/index.html#nosticky |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702172101/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/round=4659/match=21921/index.html#nosticky |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Sweden - China: Quarter-Final|publisher=FIFA}}