Malin Swedberg

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Malin Swedberg
Personal information

Date of birth	(1968-09-15) September 15, 1968
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)^[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991	Djurgårdens IF Dam
1992-1999	Älvsjö AIK FF
	Sundbybergs IK
	Södersnäckornas BK
National team
1989-2000	Sweden^[2]	78	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Malin Swedberg (born 15 September 1968) is a Swedish former association football midfielder who won 78 caps for the Sweden women's national football team, scoring ten goals. She represented Sweden at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991; as well as in the Olympic women's football tournament in 1996 and 2000.

Since retiring Swedberg has gone into television punditry and worked as a commentator on Eurosport and TV4.

Club career

As a 19-year-old, Swedberg signed a professional contract with Napoli. She only stayed in Italy for three months.^[3]

International career

Swedberg made her senior Sweden debut in March 1989; a 2–1 win over France.^[4] In 1991 she helped Sweden to a third place finish at the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup. Swedberg collected the Diamantbollen award for the best female footballer in the country in 1996. At that year's Olympic Football Tournament, she had scored twice in Sweden's 3–1 group stage win over Denmark.^[5]

Personal life

Since 1996, Swedberg has worked as a police officer. She is married to Hans Eskilsson and has two children.^[3]

References

↑ "Malin Swedberg". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Bråstedt, Mats (8 April 2011). "Swedberg: "Jag kan inte leva utan fotboll"" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Sweden's 2000 Olympic Roster". Women Soccer. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ Goodall, Fred (25 July 1996). "Sweden 3, Denmark 1". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

External links

Malin Swedberg – FIFA competition record

Diamantbollen

1990: Zeikfalvy
1991: Leidinge
1992: Andelén
1993: Videkull
1994: Bengtsson
1995: Andersson
1996: Swedberg
1997: Karlsson
1998: Svensson
1999: Sandell
2000: Nordlund
2001: Moström
2002: Ljungberg
2003: Svensson
2004: Bengtsson
2005: Marklund
2006: Schelin
2007: Sjögran
2008: Östberg
2009: Seger
2010: Sjögran
2011: Schelin
2012: Schelin
2013: Schelin

v t e Sweden squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Hansson 4 Fors 5 Zeikfalvy 6 Swedberg 7 Sundhage 8 Hedberg 9 H. Johansson 10 Videkull 11 Andelén 12 Olsson 13 Ewrelius 14 Svensson-Gustafsson 15 Nilsson 16 I. Johansson 17 Karlsson 18 Larsson Coach: Paijkull

v t e Sweden women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Nilsson 2 Sandell 3 Jakobsson 4 Nessvold 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Sundhage 8 Swedberg 9 Andersson 10 Kalte 11 Videkull 12 Karlsson 13 Svensson-Gustafsson 14 Kun 15 Carlsson 16 Ljungberg 17 Larsson 18 Lönnqvist 19 Bowall 20 Wahlgren Coach: Simonsen

v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics

1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Larsson 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström 7 Sandell 8 Nordlund 9 Andersson 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Marklund 13 Call 14 Johansson 15 Fagerström 16 Swedberg 17 Sjögran 18 Karlsson Coach: Domanski-Lyfors

Persondata
Name	Swedberg, Malin
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish footballer
Date of birth	15 September 1968
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death

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