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Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is a Swedish former football midfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden 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.
Club career
Starting her career in Hägglunds IoFK in her native Örnsköldsvik, she joined Umeå IK in 1995, playing in Damallsvenskan, the highest division of women's football in Sweden. In 2000, she won her first Swedish Championship with the club, and in the following year received the Diamantbollen, the Swedish 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 the UEFA Women's Cup with the team.
When Moström retired after the 2006 season, Umeå IK retired the number six shirt in her honour. The following season she made a brief comeback, to cover for injuries to Johanna Frisk and Hanna Ljungberg.
International career
On 26 July 1998 Moström made her senior Sweden debut in a friendly against England at Victoria Road, Dagenham. Entering the game as a substitute, she spoiled Hope Powell's first match as England manager 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 the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. In the 2004 Olympic football tournament she scored a match-winning goal against Nigeria in the final round of the group stage, which took Sweden to the quarter final.
Honours
Club
- Umeå IK
- Damallsvenskan: Winner 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Svenska Cupen: Winner 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007
- Svenska Supercupen: Winner 2007
- UEFA Women's Champions League: Winner 2003, 2004, Runner-up 2002
Country
- Sweden
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup: Quarter-final
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup: Runner-up
- 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney: Group stage
- 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens: Fourth place
- UEFA Women's Euro 2001: Runner-up
- UEFA Women's Euro 2005: Semi-finals
- Algarve Cup (Participated from 1999 to 2006): Winner 2001
- Australia Cup: Winners 2003
Individual
Personal life
In April 2008 Moström and her husband, former professional ice hockey player Jesper Jäger, moved to Switzerland with their infant daughter Svea. Jäger had secured a coaching role with HC Lugano.