| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malin Sofi Moström[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1975-08-01)1 August 1975 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Örnsköldsvik,Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hägglunds IoFK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2007 | Umeå IK | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1998–2006 | Sweden[2] | 113[3] | (21[3]) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:00, 24 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is aSwedish formerfootballmidfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was thecaptain of theSweden women's national football team.Nicknamed "Mosan", she retired in December 2006 in order to focus on her family and new career as a property agent.[4]
Starting her career in Hägglunds IoFK in her nativeÖrnsköldsvik, she joinedUmeå IK in 1995, playing inDamallsvenskan, the highest division ofwomen's football in Sweden. In 2000 she won her first Swedish Championship with the club, and in the following year received theDiamantbollen,[5] theSwedish Football Association's annual prize to the woman player of the year. She also won the Midfielder of the Year in 2003–2005. In 2002 she became the captain of Umeå IK, and in 2003 and 2004, she won theUEFA Women's Cup with the team.
When Moström retired after the 2006 season, Umeå IKretired the number six shirt in her honour. The following season she made a brief comeback, to cover for injuries toJohanna Frisk andHanna Ljungberg.[6]
In April 2019, she was recognised with the inaugural 'One Club Woman' award by Spanish clubAthletic Bilbao for her achievements and loyalty to Umeå.[7]
On 26 July 1998 Moström made her senior debut forSweden in afriendly againstEngland atVictoria Road,Dagenham. Entering the game as a substitute, she spoiledHope Powell's first match as Englandmanager by scoring the only goal on 84 minutes.
As a national team player, she has played more than 110 national fixtures, and was one of the most important players when the national team won the silver medal at theFIFA Women's World Cup 2003. Moström's 79th-minute goal againstCanada in theSemi-Final of that tournament tied the match and kept Swedish hopes alive.[8] In the2004 Olympic football tournament she scored a match-winning goal againstNigeria in the final round of the group stage, which took Sweden to the quarter final.
Malin Moström appeared at twoEuropean Championship tournaments:Germany 2001, andEngland 2005.
In April 2008 Moström and herhusband, former professionalice hockey player Jesper Jäger, moved toSwitzerland with theirinfantdaughter Svea. Jäger had secured acoaching role withHC Lugano.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| June 30, 1999 | San Jose, California |  Norway | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup | [m 1] | |
| September 28, 2003 | Columbus, Ohio |  Nigeria | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup | [m 2] | |
| October 5, 2003 | Portland, Oregon |  Canada | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup | [m 3] | |
| August 17, 2004 | Volos, Greece | Nigeria | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2004 Summer Olympics | [m 4] |
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