{{short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Eva Zeikfalvy | image = | caption = | fullname = Eva Zeikfalvy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|4|18}} | birth_place = [[Veberöd]], Sweden | height = | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = | years3 = | clubs1 = [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]] | clubs2 = [[Tyresö FF (Ladies)|Tyresö FF]] | clubs3 = [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]] | nationalyears1 = 1988–2000 | nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 69 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = 18 October 2007 }}
'''Eva Zeikfalvy''' (born 18 April 1967) is a Swedish former [[association football]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]] who won 69 [[Cap (sports)|caps]] for the [[Sweden women's national football team]], scoring two goals. She represented Sweden at the [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]] and [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995]]. She is nicknamed '''Zäta'''.
==Club career== Growing up in [[Veberöd]], Zeikfalvy played football with the local [[Veberöds AIF]] girls' team until her family moved to [[Malmö]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vaif.veberod.com/damer/Historik.htm|title=Historik|publisher=[[Veberöds AIF]]|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813113551/http://vaif.veberod.com/Damer/Historik.htm|archive-date=13 August 2004}}</ref>
Zeikfalvy left Malmö and stopped playing after the 2000 Damallsvenskan season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0104/21/ranka.html|title=Sportbladet rankar alla klubbarna i damallsvenskan|publisher=[[Aftonbladet]]|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref>
==International career== Zeikfalvy made her senior [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] debut in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fogis.se/om-svff/ar-for-ar/artalen/?profile=16710|title=år för år...1990|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> At the [[1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament]] in [[Guangdong]] she was part of the Swedish team who finished runners-up to [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]. The Chinese press voted her into the tournament's official all-star team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html |title=Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988|publisher= [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|access-date=18 April 2013|first=Tom|last=Lewis|date=13 January 2011}}</ref>
In 1991 Zeikfalvy helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]. The previous year she had collected the [[Diamantbollen]] award for the best female footballer in the country.
Continued good form at club level meant Zeikfalvy was linked with a call-up to Sweden's [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women|2000 Sydney Olympics]] squad. She was unable to attend due to her studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/link_pages/nyamal.html|title=Results of week 16 August 19-10th) of Sweden Elite League Damallsvenskan|publisher=WomenSoccer.com|access-date=20 April 2013|first=Thorsten|last=Frennstedt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104020341/http://womensoccer.com/refs/link_pages/nyamal.html|archive-date=4 January 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life== Zeikfalvy is an [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopedic technician]]. She is of [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] parentage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/kosovare-asllani-det-ar-dags-for-oss-unga/|title=Kosovare Asllani: "Det är dags för oss unga" |publisher=[[Expressen]]|first=Marcella|last=Mravec |language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013|date=27 September 2008}}</ref>
Since her retirement from playing, Zeikfalvy has also worked as a [[Coach (sports)|coach]]. She rejoined [[FC Rosengård|Malmö FF Dam]] as a youth team coach in December 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2002/12/eva-zeikfalvy-tillbaka-i-malmo-ff|title=Eva Zeikfalvy tillbaka i Malmö FF|publisher=Damfootball.com|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013|date=12 December 2002|archive-date=18 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218192350/http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2002/12/eva-zeikfalvy-tillbaka-i-malmo-ff|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the 2004 season she moved to [[Husie IF]] to work as an assistant to former club and Sweden team-mate [[Lena Videkull]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2004/02/husie-laddar-om-i-soderettan?quicktabs_1=2|title=Husie laddar om i Söderettan|publisher=Damfootball.com|language=sv|access-date=20 April 2013|date=16 February 2004|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212720/http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2004/02/husie-laddar-om-i-soderettan?quicktabs_1=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In September 2012 Zeikfalvy joined Danish [[Elitedivisionen]] club B.93/HIK/Skjold as an assistant to former Malmö team-mate [[Denise Reddy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20120918/FODBOLD/120919895|title=B93/HIK/Skjold får endnu en kvindelig træner|publisher=[[Fagligt Fælles Forbund]]|first=Helle|last=Møller Riis|language=da|access-date=21 April 2013|date=18 September 2012|archive-date=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701041246/http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20120918/FODBOLD/120919895|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== {{FIFA player|579}}
{{Diamantbollen}} {{Sweden Squad 1991 Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden Squad 1995 Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden Squad 1997 UEFA Women's European Championship}}
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