Linda Sembrant
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Linda Birgitta Sembrant[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Uppsala, Sweden[3] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Montpellier | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SK Servia | |||
| Upsala IF | |||
| Bälingetrollen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Bälinge IF | ||
| 2006 | → Lincoln Ladies (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | AIK | 62 | (6) |
| 2011 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 22 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Tyresö FF | 30 | (4) |
| 2014– | Montpellier | 22 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008– | Sweden[4] | 59[5] | (6) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:33, 23 May 2015 (UTC). | |||
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Linda Birgitta Sembrant (born 15 May 1987) is a Swedish footballer. She plays as a defender for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Féminine, as well as for the Sweden women's national football team.
Club career
Sembrant began playing football with SK Servia, then progressed through the youth system of Bälinge IF.[6] Although her role model while growing up was the striker Henrik Larsson,[6] Sembrant became a defender.
Sembrant spent the 2006–07 off–season playing in England with Lincoln Ladies (then known as Lincoln City Ladies).[7] She then moved to AIK in 2008.[8] In November 2010 Sembrant switched to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, after becoming captain of AIK.[9] One year later she moved to Tyresö FF.[10]
In 2012 Sembrant was part of the Tyresö team who won the Damallsvenskan championship, but she missed the end of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[11] Tyresö suffered a financial collapse during the 2014 season, withdrawing from the league and letting all their players go. Sembrant secured a lucrative move to French club Montpellier.[12]
International career
Sembrant represented Sweden at all youth levels, then won her first senior cap against England in February 2008.[13] She was withdrawn from the Sweden squad for Euro 2009 through injury.[14]
In 2011 Sembrant was called up to Sweden's squad for the World Cup in Germany.[15] She retained her place in the national selection for the 2012 London Olympics.[16]
On the occasion of Sembrant's 50th cap, she scored Sweden's goal in a 1–1 draw with Canada. The friendly match was staged in Los Angeles in November 2014.[17]
Honours
Club
- Svenska Cupen (1): 2011
- Damallsvenskan (1): 2012
International
Sweden
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal, 2016
References
- ↑ "Linda Sembrant". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- 1 2 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Sembrant, Linda". svenskfotboll.se. June 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Lincoln Land Linda Sembrant". Fair Game. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Linda Sembrant". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ Stefan Mellerborg (15 November 2010). "Linda Sembrant lämnar AIK" (in Swedish). AIKfotboll.se. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
- ↑ More shock departures from Kopparbergs/Göteborg, Stensland and Sembrant leave W Soccer News
- ↑ Nilsson, Alva (28 January 2013). "Korsbandsrapport Linda Sembrant" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ "Sembrant går till Montpellier" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Dam: Lotta Schelin sänkte England". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Dam: Linda Sembrant borta från EM". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "3. Linda Sembrant". FIFA. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Linda Sembrant". British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ↑ "Oavgjort för Sverige när Hurtig debuterade" (in Swedish). Västerbottens-Kuriren. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linda Sembrant. |
- Linda Sembrant – FIFA competition record
- Linda Sembrant – UEFA competition record
- Profile (Swedish) at SvFF
- Player Damallsvenskan stats (Swedish) at SvFF
- French football player stats (French) at statsfootofeminin.fr
- National team profile 2008 at SvFF
- Profile (French) at Montpellier HSC
- Profile at Goteborg
- Linda Sembrant profile at Soccerway
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