Tina Cecilia Elisabeth Nordlund (born 19 March 1977) is a
Swedish
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football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at
Umeå IK
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.
She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers. In November 2000, she was awarded the
Diamantbollen
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, an annual award made to the best female player in Sweden, during the
Swedish Soccer Awards, and during her speech she expressed her thoughts that women's soccer received too little media publicity. She played for
Alnö IF
Alnö IF is a Swedish football club located in Alnö, just outside Sundsvall in Medelpad.
Background
Alnö Idrottsförening was formed on 24 April 1924 at the Hammarstedts Cafe in Vii. The sports club has been active in skiing, wrestling, box ...
,
Sundsvalls DFF and Umeå IK.
She retired from playing football aged 25 after suffering from
anorexia nervosa
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.
In her youth years she, except for playing soccer, also practiced
alpine skiing,
bandy,
basketball
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and
golf
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.
Club career
After the 1998 season, Nordlund approached English
FA Women's Premier League club
Tranmere Rovers
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about playing for them in
1998–99. At the time she was visiting boyfriend
Jesper Blomqvist, who was contracted to
Manchester United.
Making her debut in a 4–0 win over champions and local rivals
Everton in December 1998, Nordlund remained until 1 February 1999. She then returned to Umeå IK in order to preserve her national team place ahead of the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
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.
International career
After winning eight
caps
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at Under 17 level and 19 Under 21 caps, Nordlund made her senior
Sweden debut in a 3–1 defeat by the
United States
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at
Baylor School
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,
Chattanooga, Tennessee
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, on 30 October 1997. Her 9th-minute goal against
Denmark
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in the Semi-Final of the
2001 UEFA Women's Euro proved to be the deciding goal of the match, propelling Sweden to the Final.
Personal life
Nordlund appeared in the 2006 Swedish comedy film ''
Offside'', as a football player. She is a
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supporter.
She has been married to Swedish television presenter
Martin Björk.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nordlund, Tina
1977 births
Living people
Sweden women's international footballers
Swedish women's footballers
Umeå IK players
Damallsvenskan players
Tranmere Rovers L.F.C. players
FA Women's National League players
Women's association football midfielders
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Sundsvalls DFF players
Expatriate women's footballers in England
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
People from Sundsvall
Sportspeople from Västernorrland County