Linda Sembrant

Linda Sembrant
Personal information
Full name Linda Birgitta Sembrant[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-15) 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)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:33, 23 May 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:12, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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 (L) and Marta

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represented Sweden at all youth levels, then won her first senior cap against England in February 2008.[13] She was withdrawn from the Sweden squad for Euro 2009 through injury.[14]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

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Tyresö FF

International

Sweden

References

  1. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Sembrant, Linda". svenskfotboll.se. June 2008. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lincoln Land Linda Sembrant". Fair Game. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  9. ↑ Stefan Mellerborg (15 November 2010). "Linda Sembrant lämnar AIK" (in Swedish). AIKfotboll.se. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  10. ↑ More shock departures from Kopparbergs/Göteborg, Stensland and Sembrant leave W Soccer News
  11. ↑ Nilsson, Alva (28 January 2013). "Korsbandsrapport Linda Sembrant" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sembrant går till Montpellier" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dam: Lotta Schelin sänkte England". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Dam: Linda Sembrant borta från EM". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
  15. ↑ "3. Linda Sembrant". FIFA. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  16. ↑ "Linda Sembrant". British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  17. ↑ "Oavgjort för Sverige när Hurtig debuterade" (in Swedish). Västerbottens-Kuriren. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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