- Hanna Marklund
Infobox Football biography
playername = Hanna Marklund
fullname = Hanna Gunilla Marklund
height = height|m=1.71
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|11|26
cityofbirth =Skellefteå
countryofbirth =Sweden
currentclub =Sunnanå SK
clubnumber = 4
position = Centre Back
years = 1990-1999
2000-2004
2005-2008
clubs =Sunnanå SK Umeå IK Sunnanå SK
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1997-2008
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 0114 (6)
pcupdate = 14:00 13 October 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =2007-09-30 Hanna Marklund, "Hanna Gunilla Marklund", born
November 26 1977 inSkellefteå , is a Swedish football player. She plays as a defender, and her shirt number is 4.Marklund started playing in Varuträsk IF near Skellefteå, where she grew up. She moved on to play in
Damallsvenskan withSunnanå SK . In 2000 she joinedUmeå IK , with who she won Damallsvenskan with three years in a row (2000-2002). After the 2004 season she decided to move back to Skellefteå and rejoinSunnanå SK , where her two sisters Carolina and Mirjam also play. She is currently the captain ofSunnanå SK .She made her first appearance in the Swedish national team on
August 8 1997 against Iceland. She has since been a regular member of the team.In November 2005 she won
Diamantbollen , an award given the best female player in Sweden each year.On January 7, 2008 Marklund announced her retirement from both the national team and
Sunnanå SK on her impending pregnancy. [cite web | title='Dam: Hanna Marklund slutar' | author=Lukas Muller | publisher=svenskfotboll.se | url=http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=152141&x=1&a=1117885 | accessdate=2007-09-27] [cite web | title='Hanna Marklund slutar - för att bli mamma' | author=Jens Brandberg | publisher=expressen.se | url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/1.1014164/hanna-marklund-slutar-for-att-bli-mamma | accessdate=2008-01-22]International tournaments with the national team:
* FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 in USA
* World Cup 2003 in USA
*2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
*2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
*World Cup 2007 in ChinaReferences
External links
* [http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/hannamarklund/ The Hanna Marklund Club] on
Yahoo!
* [http://susning.nu/Hanna_Marklund Hanna Marklund] onSusning (in Swedish)
* [http://expressen.se/expressen/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=161530 Profile of Swedish Womens National Team players] onExpressen (in Swedish)
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