Amanda Ilestedt

Early career

Ilestedt started playing football in her hometwon with Sölvesborgs GIF and moved up to their first team in 2006. After one season, she signed with Karlskrona FF in 2007.

FC Rosengård

In 2009 she moved to LdB FC Malmö (now known as FC Rosengård) in the Damallsvenskan, initially playing for the B team. She broke into the first team in 2010, playing ten league games and winning the Damallsvenskan league title. In August 2011, was loaned to the second division club Vittsjö GIK for the 2011–12 season. Rosengård reached the quarter-finals of the 2014–15 Champions League, in which they were elimated by defending champions VfL Wolfsburg due to the away goals rule.

Turbine Potsdam

In June 2017, Ilestedt joined Frauen-Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam on a two-year deal.

Bayern Munich

In May 2019, she moved to fellow German side Bayern Munich, signing a contract until June 2021. She made her debut for Bayern on 17 August 2019 in a 3-1 away win against SC Freiburg. On 6 December 2019, also against Freiburg, she scored her first goal for Bayern. She scored four goals from 18 league matches in 2020–21 season, helping the club to win their first league title in five years.

Paris Saint-Germain

On 12 July 2021 Ilestedt joined Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal. On 17 June 2023 PSG announced she would leave at the end of her contract.

Arsenal

On 27 June 2023, Ilestedt signed with Women's Super…

Youth

Ilestedt was called up to the under-17 national team in 2009, during qualification for the 2010 Under-17 European Championship. Sweden were eliminated in the second qualification round following defeat to the Republic of Ireland. In 2012 she won the Under-19 European Championship with the U19 national team, of which she was captain.

Senior

Ilestedt made her seniot debut for Sweden in a 4–1 win over England in a European Championship preparation game on 4 July 2013. Coach Pia Sundhage named Ilestedt to the Sweden squad for Euro 2013. In May 2015, she was selected for Sweden's team ahead of the 2015 World Cup. She was used in all four games, but the team was eliminated in the round of 16 against by Germany. On 16 May, she was called up for the 2019 World Cup. Sweden finished as group runners-up to eventual champions USA and, in the quarter-finals, beat Germany for the first time in 24 years, qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Football Tournament. She was used as a 72nd minute substitute in the third place match against England, which Sweden won 2–1. She was called up to national team squad for the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19 postponement). During the tournament, in which Sweden won the silver medal, she was used in all games. Ilestedt was named in Sweden's squad for the 2022 European Championship in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a 4–0 defeat to hosts (and eventual champions) England,…

Ilestedt is renowned for her heading technique. Three of her four 2023 World Cup goals were headers. Her Arsenal fan chant included the line: "It's Amanda Ilestedt - Better in the air than Ryanair or Easyjet."

Oliver Ekman-Larsson of the National Hockey League is Ilestedt's cousin. Their grandfather is ice hockey player Kenneth Ekman and their first cousins, twice removed are cyclists, the Fåglum brothers. Her great uncle is ice hockey player Sven Tumba. On 13 March 2024, Ilestedt announced her first pregnancy with her partner Rainer Müller. On 30 August 2024, she gave birth to a baby girl.