Malin Swedberg

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Malin Swedberg
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-09-15) September 15, 1968
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991Djurgårdens IF Dam
1992-1999Älvsjö AIK FF
Sundbybergs IK
Södersnäckornas BK
National team
1989-2000Sweden[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 21 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

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

External links

Malin SwedbergFIFA competition record

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