Jane Törnqvist (born 9 May 1975) is a former

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who most recently played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. 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. She also served as the Strength and Conditioning coach of India women's football team for the

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Career

Club

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

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan between 19 ...

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

and

Älvsjö AIK Älvsjö AIK FF is a Swedish football club located in Älvsjö within Stockholm Municipality. Background Älvsjö AIK was formed on 23 May 1915. The first and largest section of the newly formed club was football. Other sports played included ...

. When

and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

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

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 1. Frauenfußballclub Turbine Potsdam 71 e. V., commonly known as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam (or Turbine Potsdam outside of Germany), is a German women's football club located in Potsdam, Brandenburg. They are one of the most successful women's footb ...

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

Torbjörn Nilsson Torbjörn Anders Nilsson (born 9 July 1954) is a Swedish footballer and manager who played as a striker. Considered one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, he is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won two Sw ...

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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( Sydney 2000, Athens 2004). She played in three

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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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Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna
(2): 2003, 2004

Footnotes

References

;Match reports

External links

Club Profile

National Team Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tornqvist, Jane Living people 1975 births Footballers from Manila Filipino emigrants to Sweden Filipino people of Swedish descent Swedish women's footballers Olympic footballers for Sweden Sweden women's international footballers 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's 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 Damallsvenskan players