# Malin Swedberg

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Swedish footballer

Malin Swedberg Swedberg in 2014 Personal information Date of birth (1968-09-15) September 15, 1968 (age 57) Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] Position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1991 Djurgårdens IF 1992–1999 Älvsjö AIK Sundbybergs IK Södersnäckornas BK International career 1989–2000 Sweden[2] 78 (10) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Malin Swedberg** (born 15 September 1968) is a Swedish former [football](/source/Association_football) [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) who won 78 caps for the [Sweden women's national team](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team), scoring ten goals. She represented Sweden at the inaugural [FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup) in [1991](/source/1991_FIFA_Women's_World_Cup); as well as in the Olympic women's football tournament in [1996](/source/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics#Women) and [2000](/source/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics#Women).

Since retiring Swedberg has gone into television punditry and worked as a commentator on [Eurosport](/source/Eurosport) and [TV4](/source/TV4_(Sweden)).

## Club career

As a 19-year-old, Swedberg signed a professional contract with [Napoli](/source/ASDCF_Napoli). She only stayed in Italy for three months.[3]

## International career

Swedberg made her senior [Sweden](/source/Sweden_women's_national_football_team) debut in March 1989; a 2–1 win over [France](/source/France_women's_national_football_team).[4] In 1991 she helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural [FIFA Women's World Cup](/source/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup). Swedberg collected the [Diamantbollen](/source/Diamantbollen) award for the best female footballer in the country in 1996. At that year's [Olympic Football Tournament](/source/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics#Women), she had scored twice in Sweden's 3–1 group stage win over [Denmark](/source/Denmark_women's_national_football_team).[5]

## International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 11 March 1996 Lagos, Portugal Denmark 2–0 2–1 1996 Algarve Cup 2. 2 June 1996 Gandia, Spain Spain 3–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying 3. 26 June 1996 Câmpina, Romania Romania 1–0 5–0 4. 25 July 1996 Miami, United States Denmark 1–0 3–1 1996 Summer Olympics 5. 2–0 6. 9 October 1996 Messina, Italy Italy 1–0 1–0 Friendly 7. 12 March 1997 Lagoa, Portugal Portugal 2–0 4–0 1997 Algarve Cup 8. 4–0 9. 21 May 1997 Falköping, Sweden Russia 2–0 2–0 Friendly

## Personal life

Since 1996, Swedberg has worked as a police officer. She is married to [Hans Eskilsson](/source/Hans_Eskilsson) and has two children, including [Williot Swedberg](/source/Williot_Swedberg) who is also a professional footballer.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Malin Swedberg"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/malin-swedberg-1.html). Sports-Reference.com. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/malin-swedberg-1.html) on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012"](https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-expressen_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-expressen_3-1) Bråstedt, Mats (8 April 2011). ["Swedberg: "Jag kan inte leva utan fotboll""](http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/damallsvenskan/swedberg-jag-kan-inte-leva-utan-fotboll/) (in Swedish). [Expressen](/source/Expressen). Retrieved 9 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sweden's 2000 Olympic Roster"](https://web.archive.org/web/20000823120413/http://womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html). Women Soccer. Archived from [the original](http://www.womensoccer.com/wswolympic/olyrefs/rosters.html) on 23 August 2000. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Goodall, Fred (25 July 1996). ["Sweden 3, Denmark 1"](https://apnews.com/69afbdf6ef0af07b30639baf1d85d1ae). [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). Retrieved 9 May 2013.

## External links

- [Malin Swedberg](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=577/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

Sweden squads 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 women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Nilsson 2 Sandell 3 Jakobsson 4 Nessvold 5 Bengtsson 6 Pohjanen 7 Sundhage (c) 8 Swedberg 9 Andersson 10 Kalte 11 Videkull 12 Karlsson 13 Svensson-Gustafsson 14 Kun 15 Carlsson 16 Ljungberg 17 Larsson 18 Lönnqvist 19 Bowall 20 Wahlgren 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 v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics 1 Jönsson 2 Westberg 3 Törnqvist 4 Larsson 5 Bengtsson 6 Moström 7 Sandell 8 Nordlund 9 Andersson (c) 10 Ljungberg 11 Svensson 12 Marklund 13 Call 14 Johansson 15 Fagerström 16 Swedberg 17 Sjögran 18 Karlsson 19 Lönnqvist 20 Flyborg 21 Sundh 22 Thelin Coach: Domanski-Lyfors

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