Hanna Marklund
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hanna Gunilla Marklund | ||
| Date of birth | November 26, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Skellefteå, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sunnanå SK | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1999 | Sunnanå SK | ||
| 2000–2004 | Umeå IK | ||
| 2005–2008 | Sunnanå SK | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2008 | Sweden | 114 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:00 13 October 2007 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Hanna Gunilla Marklund (born November 26, 1977 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish football player. She plays as a defender, and her shirt number is 4.
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 play. She is currently the captain of Sunnanå SK.
She made her first appearance in the Swedish national team on August 8, 1997 against Iceland. She has since been a regular member of the team.
In November 2005 she won Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year.[1]
On January 7, 2008, Marklund announced her retirement from both the national team and Sunnanå SK on her impending pregnancy.[2][3]
[edit] International tournaments with the national team
- FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 in USA
- World Cup 2003 in USA
- 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
- 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
- World Cup 2007 in China
[edit] References
- ^ "Diamantbollen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/historia/historik-damer/diamantbollen/. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ Lukas Muller. "'Dam: Hanna Marklund slutar'". svenskfotboll.se. http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1117885. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ^ Jens Brandberg. "'Hanna Marklund slutar - för att bli mamma'". expressen.se. http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/1.1014164/hanna-marklund-slutar-for-att-bli-mamma. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
[edit] External links
- The Hanna Marklund Club on Yahoo!
- Profile of Swedish Womens National Team players on Expressen (in Swedish)
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