Amanda Ilestedt (born 17 January 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women’s Super League club Arsenal and the Sweden national team.

Ilestedt started playing football in her birthplace with the local Sölvesborgs GIF and moved up to their first team in 2006.

[9] She scored her first goal for Arsenal on 23 November 2023 in the Conti Cup match against Southampton, giving her team a 2-1 victory in the 92nd minute.

[10] On 29 January 2025, following the birth of her daughter, Ilestedt returned to the bench, in Arsenal’s FA Cup campaign, coming on in the 79th minute, to help secure a 5-0 victory over Bristol City.

Ilestedt made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 4–1 win over England in a European Championship preparation game on 4 July 2013.

The Swedes won another competitive match against Germany after 24 years, thereby qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Football Tournament.

Her third appearance was in the 3rd place match against the England national team, which was won 2–1 by coming on as a substitute after 72 minutes.

She was nominated for the national team squad for the Olympic Football Tournament to be held in Japan from 21 July to 7 August 2021.

She was used in her team's five games at the finals of the European Championship in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She was her country's top scorer in the tournament, and one goal behind Golden Boot winner Hinata Miyazawa.

Their grandfather is ice hockey player Kenneth Ekman and their first cousins, twice removed are professional cyclists the Fåglum brothers.