Hanna Marklund

Swedish former football player (born 1977)
Hanna Marklund
Hanna Marklund in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm, Sweden in July 2015
Personal information
Full name Hanna Gunilla Marklund
Date of birth (1977-11-26) November 26, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Skellefteå, Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1999 Sunnanå SK
2000–2004 Umeå IK
2005–2008 Sunnanå SK
International career‡
1997–2008 Sweden 118[1] (6[1])
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:00 13 October 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2007-09-30

Hanna Gunilla Marklund (born November 26, 1977, in Skellefteå) is a Swedish former football player. She played as a defender and wore shirt number 4.

Career

Marklund started playing in Varuträsk IF near Skellefteå, where she grew up. She moved on to play in Damallsvenskan with Sunnanå SK. In 2000, she joined Umeå IK, with whom she won Damallsvenskan three years in a row (2000–2002). After the 2004 season she decided to move back to Skellefteå and rejoin Sunnanå SK, where her two sisters Carolina and Mirjam also played. She went on to captain Sunnanå SK.

She made her first appearance in the Swedish national team on August 8, 1997, against Iceland. She became a regular member of the team, winning a total of 118 caps and scoring six international goals.[2]

In November 2005 she won Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year.[3]

On January 7, 2008, Marklund announced her retirement from both the national team and Sunnanå SK as a result of her pregnancy.[4][5]

Hanna Marklund appeared for Sweden in two World Cups (USA 2003, China 2007) and two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004.) Marklund was on the roster for the 1999 World Cup as well, but did not see any playing time.

Hanna Marklund participated in two European Championship tournaments: Germany 2001, and England 2005.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marklund goal.
List of international goals scored by Hanna Marklund
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
17 August 2004 Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos, Greece  Nigeria 1–1 2–1 2004 Summer Olympics [m 1]

Honours

Club

Umeå IK
Sunnanå SK
  • Svenska Cupen: Runner-up 1997
Individual
  • Fotbollsgalan 2005
    • Diamantbollen: Best female player in Sweden 2005
    • Best female defence in Sweden 2005
  • Fotbollsgalan 2006
    • Best female defence in Sweden 2006
  • Fotbollsgalan 2007
    • Best female defence in Sweden 2007

Sweden

References

  1. ^ a b Caps and goals
  2. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  4. ^ Lukas Muller. "'Dam: Hanna Marklund slutar'". svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  5. ^ Jens Brandberg. "'Hanna Marklund slutar – för att bli mamma'". expressen.se. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
Match reports
  1. ^ "2004 Olympic Games: MATCH Report: Sweden – Nigeria: Group Matches". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013.

External links

  • The Hanna Marklund Club on Yahoo!
  • Profile of Swedish Womens National Team players on Expressen (in Swedish)
Sweden squads
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Sweden squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Sweden women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics
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Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2001 runners-up
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Sweden squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup runners-up
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Sweden women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Fourth place
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Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2005 semi-finalists
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Sweden squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Årets fotbollstjej award
Diamantbollen