Linda Sembrant

Linda Sembrant
Personal information
Full nameLinda Birgitta Sembrant[1]
Date of birth15 May 1987
Place of birthUppsala, Sweden
Height5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Montpellier
Number23
Youth career
SK Servia
Upsala IF
Bälingetrollen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2007Bälinge IF
2006→ Lincoln Ladies (loan)3(0)
2008–2010AIK62(6)
2011Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC22(3)
2012–2014Tyresö FF30(4)
2014–Montpellier
National team‡
2008–Sweden[2]50(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:42, 11 June 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:39, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Linda Birgitta Sembrant (born 15 May 1987) is a Swedish footballer. She plays as a defender for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Féminine, as well as for the Sweden women's national football team.

Club career

Sembrant began playing football with SK Servia, then progressed through the youth system of Bälinge IF.[3] Although her role model while growing up was the striker Henrik Larsson,[3] Sembrant became a defender.

Sembrant (L) and Marta

Sembrant spent the 2006–07 off–season playing in England with Lincoln Ladies (then known as Lincoln City Ladies).[4] She then moved to AIK in 2008.[5] In November 2010 Sembrant switched to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, after becoming captain of AIK.[6] One year later she moved to Tyresö FF.[7]

In 2012 Sembrant was part of the Tyresö team who won the Damallsvenskan championship, but she missed the end of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[8] Tyresö suffered a financial collapse during the 2014 season, withdrawing from the league and letting all their players go. Sembrant secured a lucrative move to French club Montpellier.[9]

International career

Sembrant represented Sweden at all youth levels, then won her first senior cap against England in February 2008.[10] She was withdrawn from the Sweden squad for Euro 2009 through injury.[11]

In 2011 Sembrant was called up to Sweden's squad for the World Cup in Germany.[12] She retained her place in the national selection for the 2012 London Olympics.[13]

On the occasion of Sembrant's 50th cap, she scored Sweden's goal in a 1–1 draw with Canada. The friendly match was staged in Los Angeles in November 2014.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sembrant, Linda". svenskfotboll.se. June 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Lincoln Land Linda Sembrant". Fair Game. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Stefan Mellerborg (15 November 2010). "Linda Sembrant lämnar AIK" (in Swedish). AIKfotboll.se. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  7. ↑ More shock departures from Kopparbergs/Göteborg, Stensland and Sembrant leave W Soccer News
  8. ↑ Nilsson, Alva (28 January 2013). "Korsbandsrapport Linda Sembrant" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sembrant går till Montpellier" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dam: Lotta Schelin sänkte England". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Dam: Linda Sembrant borta från EM". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "3. Linda Sembrant". FIFA. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Oavgjort för Sverige när Hurtig debuterade" (in Swedish). Västerbottens-Kuriren. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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