{{short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Malin Swedberg | image = Malin Swedberg.jpg | upright = | caption = Swedberg in 2014 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|15}} | birth_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden | height = 1.71 m<ref>{{cite web|title=Malin Swedberg|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/malin-swedberg-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/malin-swedberg-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1991 | clubs1 = [[Djurgårdens IF Dam|Djurgårdens IF]] | years2 = 1992–1999 | clubs2 = [[Älvsjö AIK]] | years3 = | clubs3 = [[Sundbybergs IK]] | years4 = | clubs4 = Södersnäckornas BK | nationalyears1 = 1989–2000 | 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|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 78 | nationalgoals1 = 10 }}
'''Malin Swedberg''' (born 15 September 1968) is a Swedish former [[association football|football]] [[midfielder]] who won 78 caps for the [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden women's national team]], scoring ten goals. She represented Sweden at the inaugural [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]]; as well as in the Olympic women's football tournament in [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women|1996]] and [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics#Women|2000]].
Since retiring Swedberg has gone into television punditry and worked as a commentator on [[Eurosport]] and [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]].
==Club career== As a 19-year-old, Swedberg signed a professional contract with [[ASDCF Napoli|Napoli]]. She only stayed in Italy for three months.<ref name="expressen">{{cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/damallsvenskan/swedberg-jag-kan-inte-leva-utan-fotboll/|title=Swedberg: "Jag kan inte leva utan fotboll"|first=Mats|last=Bråstedt|language=Swedish |publisher=[[Expressen]]|date=8 April 2011|accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>
==International career== Swedberg made her senior [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] debut in March 1989; a 2–1 win over [[France women's national football team|France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html |title=Sweden's 2000 Olympic Roster |publisher=Women Soccer |accessdate=9 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823120413/http://womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html |archivedate=23 August 2000 }}</ref> In 1991 she helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]. Swedberg collected the [[Diamantbollen]] award for the best female footballer in the country in 1996. At that year's [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women|Olympic Football Tournament]], she had scored twice in Sweden's 3–1 group stage win over [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/69afbdf6ef0af07b30639baf1d85d1ae|title=Sweden 3, Denmark 1 |publisher=[[Associated Press]]|first=Fred|last=Goodall|date=25 July 1996 |accessdate=9 May 2013}}</ref>
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 11 March 1996 || [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]], [[Portugal]] || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–1 || [[1996 Algarve Cup]] |- | 2. || 2 June 1996 || [[Gandia]], [[Spain]] || {{fbw|ESP}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 8–0 || rowspan=2| [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying]] |- | 3. || 26 June 1996 || [[Câmpina]], [[Romania]] || {{fbw|ROU}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 |- | 4. || rowspan=2| 25 July 1996 || rowspan=2| [[Miami]], [[United States]] || rowspan=2| {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 3–1 || rowspan=2| [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|1996 Summer Olympics]] |- | 5. || align=center|'''2'''–0 |- | 6. || 9 October 1996 || [[Messina]], [[Italy]] || {{fbw|ITA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–0 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]] |- | 7. || rowspan=2| 12 March 1997 || rowspan=2| [[Lagoa, Algarve|Lagoa]], Portugal || rowspan=2| {{fbw|POR}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 || rowspan=2| [[1997 Algarve Cup]] |- | 8. || align=center|'''4'''–0 |- | 9. || 21 May 1997 || [[Falköping]], Sweden || {{fbw|RUS}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || Friendly |}
==Personal life== Since 1996, Swedberg has worked as a police officer. She is married to [[Hans Eskilsson]] and has two children, including [[Williot Swedberg]] who is also a professional footballer.<ref name="expressen" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|577}}
{{Diamantbollen}} {{navboxes |title=Sweden squads |bg= #FFF01C |fg= #005B99 |bordercolor= #005B99 |list1= {{Sweden Squad 1991 Women's World Cup}} {{Sweden Squad 1996 Summer Olympics (Women's Football)}} {{Sweden Squad 1997 UEFA Women's European Championship}} {{Sweden women's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}} }}
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