Anna Julia Molin (born 13 May 1990) is a Swedish

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who plays as a defender. In addition to Scotland and her native Sweden, she has played professionally in Cyprus, Italy and Norway.

Club career

Molin progressed through the youth system at Wä IF, then made her debut for Kristianstads DFF in the

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season. She spent time on

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Vittsjö GIK Vittsjö Gymnastik- och Idrottsklubb is a football club from Vittsjö, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OB ...

in the Söderettan and signed a new two-year contract with Kristianstads in December 2009. In December 2012, after making 46 Damallsvenskan appearances for Kristianstads, Molin refused a new contract offer and transferred to

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. In 2016 Molin fulfilled her ambition of playing overseas, when she joined

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of the Cypriot Women's First Division. Two years later she moved on to the Italian

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with

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. After a short spell in the Norwegian

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with

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, Molin signed for Glasgow City in December 2020.

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profile 1990 births Living people People from Kristianstad Municipality Swedish women's footballers Damallsvenskan players Women's association football defenders Footballers from Skåne County Kristianstads DFF players AIK Fotboll (women) players Serie A (women's football) players Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Apollon Ladies F.C. players Vittsjö GIK players Glasgow City F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players SSD Women Hellas Verona players A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Elitettan players 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub