[2] At Malmö Göransson came under the influence of youth coach Lena Videkull, whom she credited for a rapid improvement in all aspects of her game.

[2] After adjusting to first team football in the remainder of the 2008 season, Göransson flourished under the leadership of KDFF's Icelandic coach Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir in 2009.

She became an important part of the team, scoring five goals in 19 league matches and winning the Swedish Football Association's Rookie of the Year award.

[5] In 2010, she played 16 matches and scored three league goals for Kristianstads, before accepting a professional contract offer from SV Hamburg in August 2010.

[10] American National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign FC announced in November 2015 that they had signed Göransson for their 2016 season.

She travelled to Seattle against medical advice, but returned to Sweden after only a short period with the team, during which she had felt unwell and stressed.

[13] Her good form brought her to the attention of other clubs and in July 2017 she agreed a two-year contract with Fiorentina, reigning champions of the Italian Serie A.

[21] Göransson was named in the senior national team squad for the first time in March 2010, replacing the injured Kosovare Asllani for a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier in Wales.

[3] Angry Dennerby wrote an open letter, criticising state broadcaster Sveriges Television for unethically taking Göransson's quotes out of context.

[24] When she was named in Dennerby's squad for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, delighted Göransson said she had dreamed of the opportunity since she was 12 years old.

In June 2013, incoming coach Pia Sundhage named Göransson in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, which Sweden hosted.

[27] When the Swedes lost 1–0 to Germany in the semi-final, disappointed Göransson was glad that the team had managed to raise the profile of women's football in Sweden.

[28] In September 2013 Sundhage tried Göransson in the left back position during Sweden's 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches.

[29] Sundhage dropped Göransson from the national squad for an important qualifier against Scotland because she was not playing often enough at club level for Turbine Potsdam.

[2] An editorial in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper published during the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup called for Göransson to be included in the national team's starting line-up, praising her pace, power and technique.