{{short description|Swedish football midfielder|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{family name hatnote|Diaz|Pettersson|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Malin Diaz |image = Malin Diaz AIK 1.jpg |image_size = |caption = Diaz in 2012 |fullname = Malin Sophie Diaz Pettersson<ref name="FIFA 2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |publisher=[[FIFA]] |accessdate=24 June 2015}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|3|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA 2015"/> |birth_place = [[Kiruna]], Sweden |height = 155cm<ref name="FIFA 2015"/> |position = [[Midfielder]] |currentclub = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgårdens IF]] |clubnumber = 8 |youthclubs1 = Vendelsö IK |youthyears1 = |youthclubs2 = [[AIK Fotboll Dam|AIK]] |youthyears2 = |clubs1 = [[AIK Fotboll Dam|AIK]] |years1 = 2009–2012 |caps1 = 58 |goals1 = 5 |clubs2 = [[Tyresö FF]] |years2 = 2013–2014 |caps2 = 6 |goals2 = 0 |clubs3 = [[Eskilstuna United DFF|Eskilstuna United]] |years3 = 2014–2017 |caps3 = 63 |goals3 = 1 |clubs4 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgårdens IF]] |years4 = 2018–2020 |caps4 = 42 |goals4 = 0 |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = [[Sweden women's national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]] |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |nationalyears2 = 2013 |nationalteam2 = Sweden U23 |nationalcaps2 = 3 |nationalgoals2 = 0 |nationalyears3 = 2014–2016 |nationalteam3 = [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] |nationalcaps3 = 16<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx |title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2017 |publisher=svenskfotboll.se |accessdate=14 December 2019 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830184704/https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> |nationalgoals3 = 1 |club-update = 26 March 2023 |nationalteam-update = 2017 }}
'''Malin Sophie Diaz Pettersson''' (born 3 January 1994) is a former Swedish [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]] who have played at club level for [[AIK Fotboll Dam|AIK]], [[Tyresö FF]], [[Eskilstuna United DFF]], and [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgårdens IF]] of the [[Damallsvenskan]]. Diaz has represented the [[Sweden women's national football team]] at senior level.
==Early life== Malin was born to Swedish man Thomas Pettersson and Claudia Díaz, who had moved to Sweden from Chile aged eight after the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup d'état]] in her home country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malin Díaz, la chilena que se luce en el fútbol sueco|url=http://www.lun.com/LunMobileIphone//Pages/NewsDetailMobile.aspx?dt=2014-02-25&BodyId=0&PaginaID=24&NewsID=259862&Name=I16&PagNum=0&Return=R&SupplementId=0&Anchor=20140225_24_0_I259862|publisher=[[Las Últimas Noticias]]|accessdate=21 June 2014|date=25 February 2014|first=Natalia|last=Sasso|language=Spanish}}</ref>
==Club career== Diaz made her debut for [[AIK Fotboll Dam|AIK]] in the [[Damallsvenskan]] as a 15-year-old against [[Sunnanå SK]] in October 2009. She started her first match a week later against [[Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC]], in which she also scored her first goal for the club.<ref name="förlänger" /> She finished the 2009 season having played two matches, with one start and one goal.<ref name=sw_stats>{{cite web|title=Malin Diaz|url=http://us.women.soccerway.com/players/malin-diaz-pettersson/103740/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=15 September 2013}}</ref> After returning to AIK for the [[2010 Damallsvenskan]] season, she made 16 starts in 19 appearances for a total of 1,488 minutes played. She scored two goals: one during a match against [[Kristianstads DFF|Kristianstad]] on 3 July in which AIK won 3–1 and another during a 2–2 draw against [[Umeå IK|Umeå]] on 19 September.<ref name=sw_stats/>
[[File:Malin Diaz AIK 3.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Playing for AIK in October 2012]]
Following AIK's [[Promotion and relegation|relegation]], Diaz made 17 [[Swedish Women's Football Division 1|Norrettan]] appearances during the 2011 season, where she scored two goals and made five assists, as the club won promotion back to the [[Damallsvenskan]]. Diaz signed a new two-year contract with AIK ahead of the [[2012 Damallsvenskan|2012 season]].<ref name="förlänger">{{cite web|title=Malin Diaz förlänger|url=http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=5013|publisher=AIK|accessdate=10 September 2013|language=Swedish|date=13 January 2012|first=Stefan|last=Mellerborg|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926004522/http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=5013|archivedate=26 September 2013}}</ref> She made 21 appearances with 19 starts for a total of 1,656 minutes on the pitch for AIK during the 2012 season.<ref name=sw_stats/>
In January 2013, with AIK relegated again after a 3–4–15 season ended with them bottom of the league table, Diaz signed for league champions [[Tyresö FF|Tyresö]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Christen Press och Malin Diaz klara för Tyresö|url=http://www.tyresoff.se/web/article.asp?artID=430|publisher=Tyresö FF|accessdate=15 September 2013|archive-date=10 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610070126/http://www.tyresoff.se/web/article.asp?artID=430|url-status=dead}}</ref> She reasoned that, although it would be difficult to break into the team, training alongside Tyresö's star names would improve her as a player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malin Diaz förklarar: Därför blir det Tyresö |url=http://damfotboll.com/nyheter/2013/01/malin-diaz-forklarar-darfor-blir-det-tyreso|publisher=Damfotboll.com|accessdate=10 September 2013|language=Swedish|date=5 January 2013|first=Alva|last=Nilsson}}</ref> She made her debut for Tyresö during a match against Sunnanå SK on 19 May 2013, which her new team won 10–2.<ref name=sw_stats/>
Diaz was frustrated with her backup role and came close to quitting Tyresö, before she began to play more regularly in [[2014 Damallsvenskan|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tog Tyresö till final – var nära att lämna|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/damallsvenskan/article18785271.ab|publisher=[[Aftonbladet]]|accessdate=21 June 2014|language=Swedish|date=27 April 2014|first=Anders |last=Nilsson}}</ref> She started Tyresö's 4–3 defeat by [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|Wolfsburg]] in the [[2014 UEFA Women's Champions League Final]]. Tyresö had suffered a financial collapse in 2014 and withdrew from the league, expunging all their results and making all their players [[free agent]]s. In June 2014 [[Umeå IK]] announced that they were in negotiations to sign Diaz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malin Diaz kan ha hittat sin klubb|url=http://www.svt.se/sport/malin-diaz-kan-ha-hittat-sin-klubb|publisher=[[Sveriges Television]]|accessdate=21 June 2014|language=Swedish|date=18 June 2014|first=Robert|last=Johansson}}</ref>
Instead Diaz signed for ambitious Damallsvenskan newcomers [[Eskilstuna United DFF]] during the summer break. "Eskilstuna is a team on the up and I have the same feeling, to continue to grow," she said.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hasselgren|first1=Fredrik|title=Malin Diaz nystart i Eskilstuna|url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2014/08/malin-diaz-nystart-i-eskilstuna|accessdate=31 May 2015|publisher=Damfotboll.com|date=18 August 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref>
After {{frac|3|1|2}} seasons in Eskilstuna United, Diaz joined [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgårdens IF]] for the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/damallsvenskan/officiellt-malin-diaz-klar-for-djurgarden/ | title=Officiellt: Malin Diaz klar för Djurgården }}</ref> In April 2021, she paused her career because of pregnancy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.svt.se/sport/fotboll/djurgardens-malin-diaz-gravid | title=Fotboll: Djurgårdens Malin Diaz gravid | date=12 April 2021 }}</ref>
==International career== [[File:Malin Diaz2014.jpg|thumb|upright|right|With Sweden in May 2014]] As a [[Sweden women's national under-19 football team|Swedish under-19 international]], Diaz featured at the [[2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship|2012 U-19 European Championship]]. She scored the victorious Swedish team's [[extra time]] goal in the 1–0 final win over Spain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sweden match-winner Diaz realises dream|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/news/01ff-0e139b8209ef-1f48978df22e-1000--sweden-match-winner-diaz-realises-dream/|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=11 September 2013|date=15 July 2012|first=Sam|last=Crompton}}</ref> Reporters covering the tournament for UEFA praised Diaz's technique and passing, naming her among ten "emerging talents".<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten emerging talents from women's U19 finals|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/news/01ff-0e139c129d93-a270bf421b38-1000--ten-emerging-talents-from-women-s-u19-finals/|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=21 September 2013|date=15 July 2012}}</ref>
In December 2012, national team coach [[Pia Sundhage]] called up Diaz to a senior squad training camp at [[Bosön]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sundhage tar med 17-åring på lägret |url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/sundhage-tar-med-17-aring-pa-lagret/|publisher=[[Expressen]]|accessdate=11 September 2013|language=Swedish|date=17 December 2012}}</ref> Diaz was also [[Cap (sports)|capped]] for Sweden at under-23 level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/u23-dam/spelare-2013/|title=U23 damlandslagets spelare 2013|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|date=11 September 2013|accessdate=11 September 2013|language=Swedish}}</ref>
Diaz was called into the senior Sweden squad for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying]] match against [[Northern Ireland women's national football team|Northern Ireland]] in April 2014, after injured [[Caroline Seger]] withdrew.<ref>{{cite web|title=Segers skada ger Malin Diaz en plats i VM-kvaltruppen |url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2014/03/segers-skada-ger-malin-diaz-en-plats-i-vm-kvaltruppen|publisher=Damfotboll.com|accessdate=21 June 2014|language=Swedish|date=31 March 2014|first=Alva|last=Nilsson}}</ref> She appeared as an injury time substitute in [[Portadown]], to win her first senior cap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/arkiv/landslag/2014/04/dam-mot-nordirland-i-portadown/|title=Tre säkra poäng i Portadown|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]|date=5 April 2014|accessdate=21 June 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref> Diaz started her first match for the Blågult in June 2014, a 5–0 win over the [[Faroe Islands women's national football team|Faroe Islands]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/sport/diaz-in-i-startelvan_3670290.svd|title=Diaz in i startelvan |newspaper=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|date=18 June 2014|accessdate=21 June 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref>
In May 2015, Diaz and Eskilstuna team-mates [[Olivia Schough]] and [[Sara Thunebro]] were named in Sundhage's Sweden squad for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lundin|first1=Josefin|title=Tre spelare från Eskilstuna United uttagna till VM i Kanada|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=87&artikel=6163065|accessdate=31 May 2015|publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=11 May 2015|language=Swedish}}</ref>
===International goals=== {{Football international goals keys|num=n|rt=n}} {|class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="font-size:90%" |- !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"|<br/>Goal !Date !Location !Opponent !# !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"|Score !data-sort-type="number" style="font-size:95%;"|Result !width="20%"|Competition |- |{{hs|1.}}1 |2015-09-22 |{{hs|Sweden}} [[Gothenburg]], Sweden |{{fbw|Poland}} |1.1 |{{sortfbs|'''3'''|0|||5250.02005}} |{{sortfbs|3|0|||5450.04005}} |[[UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 4|Euro 2017 qualifying]] |}
==Honours==
===International=== ; Sweden * [[UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship]] (1): [[2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship|2012]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Malin Diaz}} * {{FIFA player|386882|Malin Diaz Pettersson}} * {{UEFA player|250012350}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150626101726/http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/damer/spelarportratt/?profile=30720 Malin Diaz] at [[Swedish Football Association|SvFF]] {{in lang|sv}} * {{Svenskfotboll|id=3f9bdac5-af3e-4ae2-9d79-80091cb466d7}} * [http://www.tyresoff.se/web/article.asp?artID=450 Tyresö FF player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130624052552/http://www.tyresoff.se/web/article.asp?artID=450 |date=24 June 2013 }} {{in lang|sv}} * {{Soccerway|malin-diaz-pettersson/103740}}
{{Sweden squad 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
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