Eva Zeikfalvy (born 18 April 1967) is a

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former

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defender who won 69

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for the

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, scoring two goals. She represented Sweden at the

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and

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. She is nicknamed Zäta.

Club career

Growing up in

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, Zeikfalvy played football with the local

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girls' team until her family moved to

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in 1977. Zeikfalvy left Malmö and stopped playing after the 2000 Damallsvenskan season.

International career

Zeikfalvy made her senior

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debut in 1988. At the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in

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she was part of the Swedish team who finished runners-up to

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. The Chinese press voted her into the tournament's official all-star team. In 1991 Zeikfalvy helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural

. The previous year she had collected the

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award for the best female footballer in the country. Continued good form at club level meant Zeikfalvy was linked with a call-up to Sweden's

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squad. She was unable to attend due to her studies.

Personal life

Zeikfalvy is an orthopedic technician. She is of Hungarian parentage. Since her retirement from playing, Zeikfalvy has also worked as a

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. She rejoined Malmö FF Dam as a youth team coach in December 2002. For the 2004 season she moved to Husie IF to work as an assistant to former club and Sweden team-mate

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. In September 2012 Zeikfalvy joined Danish

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club B.93/HIK/Skjold as an assistant to former Malmö team-mate

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeikfalvy, Eva Living people 1967 births Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Swedish people of Hungarian descent Tyresö FF players People from Lund Municipality Women's association football defenders FC Rosengård players Sportspeople from Skåne County