Jane Törnqvist (born 9 May 1975) is a former

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who most recently played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She is currently the Strength and Conditioning Coach of India women's national team. A tough tackling central defender, she wore number 3 for her club. She played 109 games for the Sweden women's national team before retiring from international football in 2005.

Career

Club

Törnqvist started her career in Hallsta IK. Törnqvist played for Häverödals SK, Rimbo IF,

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and

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. When

and

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merged to become Djurgården/Älvsjö, Törnqvist was on the new team. Törnqvist played five seasons with the team. She was part of the 2003 and 2004

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winning teams. She also played in the 2005 UEFA Women's Cup Final, when Djurgården/Älvsjö lost to

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. She retired after the 2007 season, however Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC manager

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managed to bring her to his team. In late 2007, Törnqvist joined Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. During her time with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, she made 100 league appearances and scored 13 goals. She finished her career in 2012.

International

After winning seven caps at Under 17 level and 33 Under 21 caps, Törnqvist made her senior

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debut in a 3–0 win over

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on 30 August 1995. She tore her ACL during

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and missed Sweden's extra time defeat to

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in the final. Two years later she was back in the team as Sweden suffered another

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loss to Germany in the

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final. Jane Törnqvist appeared for Sweden in two

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( USA 1999, USA 2003), and two

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(

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). She played in three European Championship tournaments: Norway/Sweden 1997, Germany 2001, and England 2005.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Honours

Club

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http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf (2): 2003, 2004

Footnotes

References

;Match reports

External links

Club Profile

National Team Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tornqvist, Jane Living people 1975 births Sportspeople from Manila Filipino emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Filipino descent Swedish women's footballers Olympic footballers of Sweden Sweden women's international footballers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Tyresö FF players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Älvsjö AIK (women) players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players BK Häcken FF players Women's association football central defenders