Malin Levenstad

Malin Levenstad
Personal information
Full name Eva Malin Sofia Levenstad[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Vellinge, Sweden
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1995–2000 Vellinge IF
2001–2004 Malmö
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2015 LdB FC Malmö 158 (0)
2014 → AIK (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 FC Rosengård 36 (0)
International career
2008–2013 Sweden 8 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2020 FC Rosengård (assistant)
2017 FC Rosengård
2021– Linköpings FC (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eva Malin Sofia Levenstad (born 13 September 1988) is a Swedish football coach and former defender. She previously played for FC Rosengård (formerly known as LdB FC Malmö) of the Damallsvenskan and spent a short period on loan at AIK in 2014.[2] She stopped playing in 2014, but returned to Rosengård in a coaching capacity in 2016. In 2017, she was the head coach of Rosengård – the youngest head coach in Damallsvenskan. She resumed her playing career with the club in 2019. In 2021 she stopped playing again to take a position as an assistant coach at Linköpings FC.

Levenstad currently works as an agent for the global football agency CMG, representing players and coaches within women's football.

Club career

In November 2013, Champions Malmö sent Levenstad on loan to AIK for the first half of the 2014 season.[3]

Levenstad retired from playing in 2014, but was named FC Rosengård's assistant coach in November 2016. In the club's previous guise as LdB FC Malmö, Levenstad had been team captain and won three league titles.[4] In September 2017, with the termination of FC Rosengård's head coach Jack Majgaard Jensen's contract, it was announced that Levenstad was to continue as Rosengård's head coach for the remainder of the 2017 season.[5]

In February 2019, she came out of retirement to resume her playing career.[6] In December 2020 she stopped playing again to take a position as an assistant coach at Linköpings FC.[7]

International career

She debuted for the Swedish national team in February 2008, a 2–0 win over Norway.[8] Levenstad was included in the Sweden squad for the 2012 London Olympics.[9]

Personal life

References

  1. ^ "Malin Levenstad". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ^ Malmö hope to reverse Tavagnacco deficit UEFA.com
  3. ^ Börjesson, Anette (26 November 2013). "Malmö lånar ut Malin Levenstad". Damfotboll.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  4. ^ Sjöstrand, Simon (22 November 2016). "Hon blir ny tränare i FC Rosengård" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ^ Fritze, Gunilla (28 September 2017). "Tidigare spelare tar över som tränare" (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Comeback mot alla odds för Rosengårdsveteranen: "En lycka"". Sydsvenskan.
  7. ^ Dolck Wall, Johan (4 December 2020). "Levenstad avslutar karriären – och är klar för Linköping" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ^ Youthful Sweden see off Norway UEFA.com
  9. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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