Malin Moström
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Malin Sofi Moström | ||
Date of birth | 1 August 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Örnsköldsvik, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hägglunds IoFK | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2006 | Umeå IK | ||
2007 | Umeå IK | ||
National team‡ | |||
1998–2006 | Sweden[1] | 113[2] | (21[2]) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 24 September 2006 (UTC) |
Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is a Swedish former football midfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team. Nicknamed Mosan, she retired in December 2006 in order to focus on her family and new career as a property agent.[3]
Starting her career in Hägglunds IoFK in her native Örnsköldsvik, she joined Umeå IK in 1995, playing in Damallsvenskan, the highest division of women's football in Sweden. In 2000, she won her first Swedish Championship with the club, and in the following year received the Diamantbollen,[4] the Swedish Football Association's annual prize to the woman player of the year. She also won the Midfielder of the Year in 2003–2005. In 2002, she became the captain of Umeå IK, and in 2003 and 2004, she won the UEFA Women's Cup with the team.
When Moström retired after the 2006 season, Umeå IK retired the number six shirt in her honour. The following season she made a brief comeback, to cover for injuries to Johanna Frisk and Hanna Ljungberg.[5]
Tv Appearance
In 2009 Malin was one of the participants in SVT's TV program Master of Champion, where she came second. Moström participates in Sweden's Television's documentary TV series The Second Sport from 2013.
Personal life
In April 2008 Moström and her husband, former professional ice hockey player Jesper Jäger, moved to Switzerland with their infant daughter Svea. Jäger had secured a coaching role with HC Lugano.[6]
References
- ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- 1 2 caps and goals
- ↑ "Sweden in transition". FIFA.com. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ↑ Skogh, Karin (26 June 2007). "Malin Moström gör kort comeback". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ Krainer, Patrick (16 April 2008). "Jäger och Moström till Schweiz". Västerbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
External links
- Malin Moström – FIFA competition record (archive)
- SvFF Profile