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Anna Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Swedish: [jʊˈhânːa ˈrʏ̂tːɪŋ ˈkɑ̂ːnɛˌryːd];[2] born 12 February 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club OL Lyonnes and the Sweden national team.

Full name Anna Johanna Rytting Kaneryd[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Kolsva, Sweden
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
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Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
Rytting Kaneryd with Sweden in 2026
Personal information
Full name Anna Johanna Rytting Kaneryd[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Kolsva, Sweden
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
OL Lyonnes
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Tyresö FF 5 (0)
2014–2015 Älta IF 7 (1)
2016–2017 Djurgårdens IF 41 (5)
2018–2020 FC Rosengård 41 (3)
2021–2022 BK Häcken 36 (9)
2022–2026 Chelsea 78 (11)
2026– OL Lyonnes 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Sweden U17 3 (1)
2016 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2016 Sweden U20
2021– Sweden 68 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:30, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:05, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
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In December 2024, she was awarded the Diamond Ball Award, the highest award in Swedish women's football.[3][4]

Club career

Early career

Rytting Kaneryd started her career at Forsby FF in Köping.

After starting the 2014 season with Tyresö FF, making her debut in Damallsvenskan, gaining five appearances out of eight matches played in the league, in June the club announced its withdrawal from the league due to lack of players and economic resources.[5] In July of that same year she therefore decided to accept Älta's proposal by signing a one-and-a-half-year contract and leaving for Elitettan again.[6] In this period, however, she found little space, for her five appearances and a goal in 2014, but only two appearances in the following championship.

Djurgården

In February 2016, Rytting Kaneryd signed a contract with Djurgården.[7] With coach Yvonne Ekroth she made her debut with the new team a few rounds after her arrival in the meeting with Ilves.[8] Later Ekroth gave her full confidence in her, using her as a starter in all 22 matches of the 2016 Damallsvenskan, where she shares with her teammates a middle-ranking championship finished in 6th place. Thanks to her performances during the season, at Fotbollsgalan 2016, Rytting Kaneryd was named "Årets genombrott" (Breakthrough of the year).[9] She stayed with the club Stockholm also the following season, the team's new coach Joel Riddez continues to trust her, using her in 19 championship matches, also finishing 6th in the standings for 2017.

Rosengård

Ahead of the 2018 season Rytting Kaneryd was signed by Rosengård, signing a two-year deal.[10] On the same day the move was completed, she injured her cruciate ligament in a training session with Djurgården, causing her to miss the entire 2018 season.[11][12] On 1 November 2019 she captured her first career trophy, the 2019 Swedish Championship, and extended her contract for three years.[13] She played both home and away matches against Georgian side Lanchkhuti, scoring a goal in both matches.

BK Häcken

However, before the expiry of the terms of the contract, in December 2020 she moved to Kopparbergs/Göteborg.[14] On 28 January 2021, the company's passage under the control of Bollklubben Häcken was announced, thus becoming its women's section and taking over company logo and colors.[15] Rytting Kaneryd therefore faces the new season in yellow and black gear.

Chelsea

In August 2022, she moved to Chelsea, signing a three-year deal with an option to extend for a further year.[16] On 8 March 2023, she scored her first goal with Chelsea against Brighton.[17] In the 2022–23 season, she helped her team win the domestic double.[18] On 10 December 2023, Rytting Kaneryd scored a goal in front of the then largest Super League crowd of 59,042.[19] In the 2023–24 FA Cup, she provided two assists in the 3–1 victory over West Ham.[20]

In the 2024-25 season, Rytting Kaneryd played 36 games in all competitions as Chelsea secured a domestic treble of the FA Women's Cup, Women's League Cup and the Women's Super League, going unbeaten in the latter and securing a record points haul. She scored five goals in all competitions, including a volley against Tottenham Hotspur which was nominated for WSL Goal of the Season.[21] Her volley against Tottenham was named as Chelsea's 2024–25 Women's Goal of the Season.[22]

In June 2025, Chelsea announced that Rytting Kaneryd had signed a new contract to 2027.[23]

OL Lyonnes

On 6 July 2026, it was announced that Rytting Kaneryd signed a three-year contract with Première Ligue club OL Lyonnes until 2029.[24]

Shortly after joining OL, in August 2026, Kaneryd was ruled out for several month after rupturing her ACL during a training session.[25]

International career

Youth

Rytting Kaneryd was called up by the Swedish Football Association in 2012, initially for the under-15 team, making two friendly appearances before moving on to the under-17 team that same year. Inserted in the squad with the team facing the first phase of qualifying for the 2013 U-17 European Championship, on this occasion she also scored her first goal with the national team, on 3 November, bringing the result with the teams to 2–1 level with Austria before they managed to equalize 2–2 before the end of the match.

Apart from a single appearance with the under-18 team in 2014, Rytting Kaneryd has been in the squad with the under-19 team since 2016, with whom, after two matches at the La Manga tournament, she played in the elite qualifying phase for the 2016 U-19 European Championship in Slovakia.

In the summer of that same year, she played for the under-23 team, with which she faced the Nordic Cup, before a series of unofficial tournaments, remaining with the largest of the youth teams until 2020, earning 20 appearances.

Meanwhile, thanks to the first place obtained at the 2015 Under-19 European Championship in Israel, Sweden obtained the right to participate with an under-20 team in the 2016 U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea. Inserted in the squad by the pair of federal coaches Calle Barrling and Anneli Andersen, after having tested her in a couple of friendlies, Rytting Kaneryd played in the tournament in all three matches for the national team in group A of the group stage. It was a 2–0 defeat against North Korea, in the 6–0 victory over Papua New Guinea, where she scored the Swedes' fifth goal, and in a 1–1 draw with Brazil, a national team who, despite finishing the group on equal points, already eliminated them in this phase due to a better goal difference.

Senior

On 19 February 2021, Rytting Kaneryd made her senior Sweden debut, in a 6–1 friendly win over Austria in Paola, Malta.[26] She was a 61st-minute substitute for Fridolina Rolfö.[27] Coach Peter Gerhardsson put her in the squad for the 2022 Algarve Cup, where the Swedes won first place. On 28 June 2022 she got her first international goal in a friendly against Brazil, tying the game 1–1 in an eventual 3–1 victory for Sweden.[28]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup.[29] She played in each of her team's seven games, being substituted six times and coming on in the 76th minute in the third group game against Argentina, when some regular players rested. She and her team were defeated 1–2 in the semi-finals against Spain.[30] She won the bronze medal with a 2–0 win in the game for third place against Australia.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 May 2026[32][33]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tyresö 2014 Damallsvenskan 5020—0070
Älta IF 2014 Elitettan 5110——61
2015 Elitettan 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 7110——81
Djurgårdens IF 2016 Damallsvenskan 22441——265
2017 Damallsvenskan 19 1 1 0 — — 20 1
Total 41 5 5 1 — — 46 6
Rosengård 2018 Damallsvenskan 0 0 3 1 — — 3 1
2019 Damallsvenskan 21 1 1 2 — — 22 3
2020 Damallsvenskan 20 2 1 0 — 2 2 23 4
Total 41 3 5 3 — 2 2 48 8
BK Häcken 2021 Damallsvenskan 21 5 5 1 — — 26 6
2022 Damallsvenskan 15 4 6 4 — 8 1 29 9
Total 36 9 11 5 — 8 1 55 15
Chelsea 2022–23 Women's Super League 2014030100371
2023–24 Women's Super League 1844020100344
2024–25 Women's Super League 214403180365
2025–26 Women's Super League 192303362317
Total 781115011434213817
Career total 2082939911444530247
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International

As of match played 18 April 2026[34]
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 202180
2022131
2023172
2024124
2025151
202630
Total688
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Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rytting Kaneryd goal.
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List of international goals scored by Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 June 2022 Solna Municipality, Sweden  Brazil 1–1 3–1 Friendly
2. 16 February 2023 Marbella, Spain  China 1–0 4–1
3. 26 September 2023 Castel di Sangro, Italy  Italy 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
4. 31 May 2024 Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A
5. 3–0
6. 25 October 2024 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs
7. 29 October 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden 8–0
8. 3 June 2025 Solna Municipality, Sweden  Denmark 6–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League A
9. 5 June 2026 Odense, Denmark 1–1 1–2 2027 FIFA World Cup qualification
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