Malin Elisabeth Andersson (born 4 May 1973 in

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish language, Danish ''Christianstad'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has ...

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) is a Swedish women's football player. In an international career lasting from 1994 to 2005, Andersson appeared in 151 international matches for

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. At the time of her retirement,

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was the only other player in Swedish football history to have amassed 150 caps. She competed in the

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, and 2003 Women's World Cups, netting three goals for Sweden overall. She also competed for Sweden in the

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

Olympics. Domestically, she played for

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in the

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

, and won the

Diamantbollen Diamantbollen, Swedish for the ''Diamond Ball'', an annual award for Sweden's best female football player. The award is currently awarded by the Swedish Football Association and Sydsvenskans newspaper, in conjunction with its male equivalent, ''G ...

as Sweden's top female footballer in 1995.

Appearances and goals in World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Malin Andersson competed in three

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s: Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003. She also played in three Olympic tournaments: the 1996 Atlanta Games, the 2000 Sydney Games, and the

2004 Athens Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She appeared in all but two of her team's matches across those tournaments, and played every minute for Sweden at the 1995 and 1999 World Cups and at the 2000 Olympics. In the 1995 World Cup, she scored both the first and the final goals for Sweden as they came back from an 0–2 deficit vs

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to win 3–2 on the second day of match play. Her 53' goal against

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in the Quarter-Finals of the 2003 World Cup proved to be the winning goal in that match, a crucial victory in Sweden's march to a second-place finish.

Appearances and goals in European Championship tournaments

Malin Andersson appeared in four editions of the European Championship: 1995 (various locations), Norway/Sweden 1997, Germany 2001, and England 2005. Her squad finished second in the 1995 and 2001 tournaments.

Honours

Individual

Domestic

;Älvsjö AIK *

: Winner 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 *

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: Winner 1996, 1999

International

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* 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup: Quarter-finalTournaments
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: Quarter-final *

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: Runner-up * 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: Group stage * 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Group stage * 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Fourth place *

UEFA Women's Euro 1995 The 1995 UEFA Women's Championship was a women's association football tournament which was held between 11 December 1994 and 26 March 1995, involving UEFA-affiliated national teams who have qualified for the competition. Germany won the competitio ...

: Runner-up *

UEFA Women's Euro 1997 The 1997 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as Women's Euro 1997 was a football tournament held in 1997 in Norway and Sweden. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affili ...

: Semi-finals *

UEFA Women's Euro 2001 The 2001 UEFA Women's Championship was the eighth UEFA Women's Championship, a competition for the women's national football teams and member associations of UEFA. It took place in Germany between 23 June and 7 July 2001. It was won by Germany wi ...

: Runner-up *

UEFA Women's Euro 2005 The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tourname ...

: Semi-finals *

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

(Participated from 1995 to 2005): Winner

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

* Four Nations Tournament: Fourth Place

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, Third Place

*Australia Cup: Winner 2003Australia Cup
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References

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External links

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International statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Malin 1973 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Olympic footballers of Sweden Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sweden women's international footballers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Kristianstads DFF players Damallsvenskan players People from Kristianstad Municipality Women's association football midfielders 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sportspeople from Skåne County