Sweden's Rubensson wants pregnant players to get more support

GOTHENBURG, Sweden : BK Haecken midfielder Elin Rubensson has called on Swedish football to support players who decide to become pregnant during their elite careers and offer them greater security.

"When I became pregnant there was no pregnancy policy. I have a relatively long contract with two years left so I wasn't that worried, but if I had a contract that was running down I would have been worried, because you don't know what is going to happen," she told Reuters in an interview. "The Swedish union is doing the same but they aren't quite finished yet. They've been doing it since I came up to the elite level, and it's very bad that it hasn't been completed yet - it should be given that it is in our contracts."Capped 70 times by her country, Rubensson was paid 10per cent of her salary by her club, along with a Swedish social welfare payment paid to those who cannot do physical work during pregnancy.

"We've always wanted to have children relatively early, or more so that I haven't wanted to wait until after my career, so it's always been a question of when it would suit. There's been championships every year and at the same time I felt that football can't completely steer everything.""I feel that I'm almost physically better than what I was before the pregnancy.

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