Malin Brenn

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Malin Brenn

| full_name = Malin Johnsen Brenn

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|3|13}}

| birth_place = Jessheim, Norway

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Linköping

| clubnumber = 16

| youthyears1 = –2013

| youthclubs1 = Ullensaker/Kisa

| youthyears2 = 2014–2016

| youthclubs2 = LSK

| years1 = 2016–2022

| clubs1 = LSK

| caps1 = 80

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2022–2023

| clubs2 = Como

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2023–

| clubs3 = Linköping

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2014

| nationalteam1 = Norway U15

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2015

| nationalteam2 = Norway U16

| nationalcaps2 = 12

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2016

| nationalteam3 = Norway U17

| nationalcaps3 = 7

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2016–2018

| nationalteam4 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps4 = 19

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2021–2022

| nationalteam5 = Norway U23

| nationalcaps5 = 7

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalyears6 = 2023–

| nationalteam6 = Norway

| nationalcaps6= 1

| nationalgoals6 = 0

}}

Malin Johnsen Brenn (born March 13, 1999) is a Norwegian footballer from Jessheim who plays for Linköpings FC and the Norway national team.{{soccerway|malin-brenn/424713}}

Club career

Brenn played age-specific football for Ullensaker/Kisa before going to LSK Kvinner in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Former Ull/Kisa player with debut for LSK Kvinner |url=https://ullensakerkisa-il.spoortz.no/portal/arego/club/379/news/9342516 |access-date=2023-05-18 |publisher= Ullensaker/Kisa IL}} She debuted in the Toppserien in April 2016 in the home game against Røa.{{Cite web |last=Fotballforbund |first=Norges |title=LSK Kvinner - Røa Fotball Elite - 02.04.2016 16.50 |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/kamp/?fiksId=6396628 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund |language=no}} The following year, she established herself as a regular in the starting eleven at LSK. In June 2018, she tore her cruciate ligament in a U19 international match,{{Cite web |date=2018-06-28 |title=LSK Kvinner-talentet om skrekkskaden: – Det gjorde fryktelig vondt |url=https://www.rb.no/5-43-817366 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Romerikes Blad |language=no}} thus she was out of action for almost a year.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-10 |title=Har vært ute i snart ett år: – En mental utfordring |url=https://www.rb.no/5-43-1053397 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Romerikes Blad |language=no}} Also in the 2020 season, she was out for a period due to a knee injury.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-26 |title=Banens gigant i comebacket: – Det har vært vondt å ikke kunne bidra |url=https://www.rb.no/5-43-1407359 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Romerikes Blad |language=no}}

In June 2022, it became known that Malin Brenn, together with Camilla Linberg, had finished in LSK Kvinner.{{Cite web |title=LSK Kvinner - Det er sammen vi blir gode! |url=https://lsk-kvinner.no/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=LSK Kvinner |language=nb-NO}} Romerikes Blad claimed that there was complete discord within the club and that the players left the club after a persistent conflict that had escalated recently.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-03 |title=RB erfarer: Full splid i LSK Kvinner – Brenn og Linberg forlater klubben |url=https://www.rb.no/5-43-1807275 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Romerikes Blad |language=no}}

In August 2022, it was announced that she had signed for Italian club Como in Serie A.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-02 |title=DUE NORVEGESI PER IL COMO WOMEN: UFFICIALI I TRASFERIMENTI DI LINBERG E BRENN |url=https://comowomen.it/2022/08/02/due-norvegesi-per-il-como-women-ufficiali-i-trasferimenti-di-linberg-e-brenn/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=F.C. COMO WOMEN |language=it-IT}}

National career

Brenn has international matches for U15, U16, U17, U19, U23, and the senior national team for Norway. She made her debut for the senior team against Uruguay on 15 February 2023.{{Cite web|title=- Vi skapte sjanser nok til å vinne med flere mål |url=https://www.fotball.no/landslag/norge-a-kvinner/2023/seier-i-arets-forste-kamp/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund |language=no}}{{NFF|4021094}}