Hanna Marklund | |
Fullname: | Hanna Gunilla Marklund |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1977 |
Birth Place: | Skellefteå, Sweden |
Position: | Centre Back |
Years1: | 1990–1999 |
Years2: | 2000–2004 |
Years3: | 2005–2008 |
Clubs1: | Sunnanå SK |
Clubs2: | Umeå IK |
Clubs3: | Sunnanå SK |
Nationalyears1: | 1997–2008 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden |
Nationalcaps1: | 118[1] |
Nationalgoals1: | 6 |
Pcupdate: | 14:00 13 October 2007 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 2007-09-30 |
Hanna Gunilla Marklund (born 26 November 1977, in Skellefteå) is a Swedish former football player. She played as a defender and wore shirt number 4.
Marklund started playing in Varuträsk IF near Skellefteå, where she grew up. She moved on to play in Damallsvenskan with Sunnanå SK. In 2000, she joined Umeå IK, with whom she won Damallsvenskan three years in a row (2000–2002). After the 2004 season she decided to move back to Skellefteå and rejoin Sunnanå SK, where her two sisters Carolina and Mirjam also played. She went on to captain Sunnanå SK.
She made her first appearance in the Swedish national team on 8 August 1997, against Iceland. She became a regular member of the team, winning a total of 118 caps and scoring six international goals.[2]
In November 2005 she won Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year.[3]
On 7 January 2008, Marklund announced her retirement from both the national team and Sunnanå SK as a result of her pregnancy.[4] [5]
Hanna Marklund appeared for Sweden in two World Cups (USA 2003, China 2007) and two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004.) Marklund was on the roster for the 1999 World Cup as well, but did not see any playing time.
Hanna Marklund participated in two European Championship tournaments: Germany 2001, and England 2005.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
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1. | 3 March 2002 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2002 Algarve Cup | |||
2. | 12 October 2002 | 4–0 | 8–0 | Friendly | |||
3. | 7–0 | ||||||
4. | 15 November 2003 | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying | |||
5. | 17 August 2004 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2004 Summer Olympics | |||
6. | 20 June 2007 | Karlstad, Sweden | 2–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
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