Malin Swedberg (born 15 September 1968) is a Swedish former

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who won 78 caps for the Sweden women's national team, scoring ten goals. She represented Sweden at the inaugural

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; as well as in the Olympic women's football tournament in

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and

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. Since retiring Swedberg has gone into television punditry and worked as a commentator on

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and

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Club career

As a 19-year-old, Swedberg signed a professional contract with Napoli. She only stayed in Italy for three months.

International career

Swedberg made her senior

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debut in March 1989; a 2–1 win over

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. In 1991 she helped Sweden to a third-place finish at the inaugural

. Swedberg collected the Diamantbollen award for the best female footballer in the country in 1996. At that year's

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, she had scored twice in Sweden's 3–1 group stage win over

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Personal life

Since 1996, Swedberg has worked as a police officer. She is married to Hans Eskilsson and has two children, including

Williot Swedberg Williot Theo Swedberg (born 1 February 2004) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Celta de Vigo in La Liga and the Sweden national team. Early life Born and primarily raised in Stockholm, Swedberg also par ...

who is also a professional footballer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swedberg, Malin 1968 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Swedish police officers Olympic footballers for Sweden Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Damallsvenskan players Swedish expatriates in Italy Serie A (women's football) players Footballers from Stockholm Women's association football midfielders Sundbybergs IK players 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players