Linda Sembrant

Linda Sembrant (right) and Lisa Dahlkvist in February 2012

Linda Sembrant (born 15 May 1987) is a Swedish football player. The defender made ​​his debut in 2008 in the Swedish national team.

Career

Sembrant began playing football at SK Servia. About Uppsala IF she came to Bälingetrollens IF, the youth team Bälinge IF. Here they fell to the charge of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet and was appointed to the Swedish U- 16 national team in 2003. Mid-2004 Sembrant in Erstligakader Bälinge IF and went to the club in the Damallsvenskan. Parallel she earned a regular place in the various youth national team of the Association, where she was partially appointed to the selected teams of older vintages. In the course of the season 2007 they recorded the Schiedrsichterinnenvereinigung SEDD because of their fair-play as a player of the year.

In November 2007, the Swedish press reported the change Sembrants known for Liga rivals AIK. Before they started the season with their new club, she graduated with the Swedish national team, a pre-season training camp in Cyprus. On 12 February 2008 she came in a 2-0 win over England at their national debut when she replaced from the 77 minutes Nilla Fischer. While they firmly sat down at the club as a regular force in the defensive line and 21 league games played, she was initially unable to hold in the national team and not part of the squad for the Olympic Games in 2008. In the 2009 she ran regularly for AIK and returned to the national team back. Thomas Dennerby she nominated for the European Championship 2009. Shortly before the tournament, they had to cancel due to injury. It was ultimately replaced by Karin Lissel.

After Sembrant was relegated at the end of the 2010 season with AIK from the first division, she announced her move within the Damallsvenskan to Kopparbergs / Göteborg FC. Parallel she established herself as a regular force in the national team, in their squad they had stayed on the club level despite the sporting Mißerfolges, and was in the summer of 2011 for final squad for the World Cup in Germany. In the final group game against the USA, they came on in the 88th minute and so came to her first world use. After the victory against the U.S., the Swedes were in the quarter-final against Australia, which they won 3-1. The subsequent semi-final match against Japan, however, was lost with 1:3. On July 16, 2011, she won with the team the 3rd place match in a 2-1 victory over France.

Sembrant stood in the Swedish squad for the 2012 Olympics and came in four games for use.

Achievements

  • Third of the World Cup 2011
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