# Eva Zeikfalvy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eva_Zeikfalvy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eva_Zeikfalvy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Zeikfalvy > Source revision: 1328150206 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Swedish footballer Eva Zeikfalvy Personal information Full name Eva Zeikfalvy Date of birth (1967-04-18) 18 April 1967 (age 59) Place of birth Veberöd, Sweden Position Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) Malmö FF Dam Tyresö FF Malmö FF Dam International career‡ 1988–2000 Sweden[1] 69 (2) * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 October 2007 **Eva Zeikfalvy** (born 18 April 1967) is a Swedish former [association football](/source/Association_football) [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)) who won 69 [caps](/source/Cap_(sports)) for the [Sweden women's national football team](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team), scoring two goals. She represented Sweden at the [FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) in [1991](/source/1991_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) and [1995](/source/1995_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup). She is nicknamed **Zäta**. ## Club career Growing up in [Veberöd](/source/Veber%C3%B6d), Zeikfalvy played football with the local [Veberöds AIF](/source/Veber%C3%B6ds_AIF) girls' team until her family moved to [Malmö](/source/Malm%C3%B6) in 1977.[2] Zeikfalvy left Malmö and stopped playing after the 2000 Damallsvenskan season.[3] ## International career Zeikfalvy made her senior [Sweden](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team) debut in 1988.[4] At the [1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament](/source/1988_FIFA_Women's_Invitation_Tournament) in [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong) she was part of the Swedish team who finished runners-up to [Norway](/source/Norway_women's_national_football_team). The Chinese press voted her into the tournament's official all-star team.[5] In 1991 Zeikfalvy helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural [FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup). The previous year she had collected the [Diamantbollen](/source/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 [2000 Sydney Olympics](/source/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics#Women) squad. She was unable to attend due to her studies.[6] ## Personal life Zeikfalvy is an [orthopedic technician](/source/Orthopedic_surgery). She is of [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_people) parentage.[7] Since her retirement from playing, Zeikfalvy has also worked as a [coach](/source/Coach_(sports)). She rejoined [Malmö FF Dam](/source/FC_Roseng%C3%A5rd) as a youth team coach in December 2002.[8] For the 2004 season she moved to [Husie IF](/source/Husie_IF) to work as an assistant to former club and Sweden team-mate [Lena Videkull](/source/Lena_Videkull).[9] In September 2012 Zeikfalvy joined Danish [Elitedivisionen](/source/Elitedivisionen) club B.93/HIK/Skjold as an assistant to former Malmö team-mate [Denise Reddy](/source/Denise_Reddy).[10] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012"](https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx) (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Historik"](https://web.archive.org/web/20040813113551/http://vaif.veberod.com/Damer/Historik.htm) (in Swedish). [Veberöds AIF](/source/Veber%C3%B6ds_AIF). Archived from [the original](http://vaif.veberod.com/damer/Historik.htm) on 13 August 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sportbladet rankar alla klubbarna i damallsvenskan"](https://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/0104/21/ranka.html) (in Swedish). [Aftonbladet](/source/Aftonbladet). Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["år för år...1990"](http://fogis.se/om-svff/ar-for-ar/artalen/?profile=16710) (in Swedish). [Swedish Football Association](/source/Swedish_Football_Association). Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Lewis, Tom (13 January 2011). ["Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wom-fifa88.html). [Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation). Retrieved 18 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Frennstedt, Thorsten. ["Results of week 16 August 19-10th) of Sweden Elite League Damallsvenskan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100104020341/http://womensoccer.com/refs/link_pages/nyamal.html). WomenSoccer.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.womensoccer.com/refs/link_pages/nyamal.html) on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Mravec, Marcella (27 September 2008). ["Kosovare Asllani: "Det är dags för oss unga""](http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/kosovare-asllani-det-ar-dags-for-oss-unga/) (in Swedish). [Expressen](/source/Expressen). Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Eva Zeikfalvy tillbaka i Malmö FF"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131218192350/http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2002/12/eva-zeikfalvy-tillbaka-i-malmo-ff) (in Swedish). Damfootball.com. 12 December 2002. Archived from [the original](http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2002/12/eva-zeikfalvy-tillbaka-i-malmo-ff) on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Husie laddar om i Söderettan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212720/http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2004/02/husie-laddar-om-i-soderettan?quicktabs_1=2) (in Swedish). Damfootball.com. 16 February 2004. Archived from [the original](http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2004/02/husie-laddar-om-i-soderettan?quicktabs_1=2) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Møller Riis, Helle (18 September 2012). ["B93/HIK/Skjold får endnu en kvindelig træner"](http://forsiden.3f.dk/article/20120918/FODBOLD/120919895) (in Danish). [Fagligt Fælles Forbund](/source/Fagligt_F%C3%A6lles_Forbund). Retrieved 21 April 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) ## External links [Eva Zeikfalvy](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=579/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived) v t e Swedish Women's Footballer of the Year Årets fotbollstjej award 1980: Svenjeby 1981: Sundhage 1982: Börjesson 1983: Leidinge 1984: Videkull 1985: Andersson 1986: Axén 1987: Hultin 1988: Videkull 1989: Hultin 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 2014: Schelin 2015: Lindahl 2016: Lindahl 2017: Asllani 2018: Fischer 2019: Seger 2020: Eriksson 2021: Rolfö 2022: Rolfö 2023: Rubensson 2024: Rytting Kaneryd 2025: Björn v t e Sweden squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup third place 1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Hansson 4 Fors 5 Zeikfalvy 6 Swedberg 7 Sundhage (c) 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 squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Leidinge 2 Lundgren 3 Jakobsson 4 Sundhage (c) 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Videkull 8 Hedberg 9 Andersson 10 Andelén 11 Kalte 12 A. Nilsson 13 Nessvold 14 Lönnqvist 15 Olsson 16 Zeikfalvy 17 Flink 18 H. Nilsson 19 Bozicevic 20 Johansson Coach: Simonsson v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 1997 semi-finalists 1 Nilsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Lönnqvist 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Allberg 8 Swedberg (c) 9 M. Andersson 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Karlsson 13 Wahlgren 14 Zeikfalvy 15 C. Andersson 16 Lilja 17 Larsson 18 Håkansson 19 Jonsson 20 Sandell Coach: Domanski-Lyfors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eva Zeikfalvy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Zeikfalvy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Zeikfalvy?action=history)). 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