Maria Nordbrandt

Maria Nordbrandt
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-06) 6 April 1985
Place of birth Gimonäs, Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger / Forward
Youth career
Gimonäs CK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Umeå IK
2006–2007 Sunnanå SK
2008–2010 KIF Örebro DFF 52 (14)
2011–2012 Umeå IK 41 (7)
National team
2008 Sweden 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Maria Nordbrandt (born 6 April 1985) is a Swedish former football striker, who played for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan between 2001 and 2005, then again from 2011 to 2012.[1] She has also played for Sunnanå SK and KIF Örebro. In her first spell at Umeå she won two UEFA Women's Cups. She won two caps with the senior Sweden women's national football team.[2]

As an Under-19 international Nordbrandt played in the 2003 U-19 European Championship.[3] She was named in Thomas Dennerby's initial 30-player list for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, but did not make the final selection.[4] On 12 February 2008 she made her senior debut in a 2–0 win over England.

After retiring at the age of 27 in 2012 Nordbrandt joined the coaching staff at Umeå IK.[5]

Titles

References

  1. ↑ Profile Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. in Umeå IK's website
  2. ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Comeback queens Norway reach final. UEFA
  4. ↑ Skogh, Karin (30 August 2007). "Maria Nordbrandt jagas av Bälinge" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Bergstedt, Mikael (26 October 2012). "UIK-anfallare slutar med fotboll" (in Swedish). Sportnu.se. Retrieved 13 June 2013.


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