Malin Levenstad

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Malin Levenstad

| image = Malin Levenstad 2011-07-31.JPG

| image_size = 175

| caption =

| fullname = Eva Malin Sofia Levenstad{{cite web|title=Malin Levenstad

|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/malin-levenstad-1.html

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222165641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=malin+levenstad+

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=22 February 2020

|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=11 June 2013}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|9|13}}

| birth_place = Vellinge, Sweden

| height = 1.65 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 1995–2000

| youthclubs1 = Vellinge IF

| youthyears2 = 2001–2004

| youthclubs2 = Malmö

| years1 = 2005–2015

| clubs1 = LdB FC Malmö

| caps1 = 158

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2014

| clubs2 = → AIK (loan)

| caps2 = 9

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = FC Rosengård

| caps3 = 36

| goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2013

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| managerclubs1 = FC Rosengård (assistant)

| manageryears1 = 2016–2020

| managerclubs2 = FC Rosengård

| manageryears2 = 2017

| managerclubs3 = Linköpings FC (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2021–

| pcupdate =

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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.[https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/01f6-0e12491f36bf-a4620a396c6d-1000--malmo-hope-to-reverse-tavagnacco-deficit/ Malmö hope to reverse Tavagnacco deficit] UEFA.com 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.{{cite web|title=Malmö lånar ut Malin Levenstad|url=http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2013/11/malmo-lanar-ut-malin-levenstad|work=Damfotboll.com|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=28 November 2013|first=Anette|last=Börjesson|authorlink=Anette Börjesson|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065450/http://www.damfotboll.com/nyheter/2013/11/malmo-lanar-ut-malin-levenstad|url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Sjöstrand|first1=Simon|title=Hon blir ny tränare i FC Rosengård|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/damallsvenskan/article23964125.ab|accessdate=29 December 2016|publisher=Aftonbladet|date=22 November 2016|language=Swedish}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Fritze|first1=Gunilla|title=Tidigare spelare tar över som tränare|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/lagkaptenen-tar-over-1|accessdate=9 October 2017|publisher=SVT|date=28 September 2017|language=Swedish}}

In February 2019, she came out of retirement to resume her playing career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-02-03/comeback-mot-alla-odds-for-rosengardsveteranen-en-lycka|title=Comeback mot alla odds för Rosengårdsveteranen: "En lycka"|website=Sydsvenskan|date=3 February 2019 }} In December 2020 she stopped playing again to take a position as an assistant coach at Linköpings FC.{{cite news |last1=Dolck Wall |first1=Johan |title=Levenstad avslutar karriären – och är klar för Linköping |url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/damallsvenskan/levenstad-avslutar-karriaren-och-ar-klar-for-linkoping/ |access-date=2 May 2021 |publisher=Expressen |date=4 December 2020 |language=Swedish}}

International career

She debuted for the Swedish national team in February 2008, a 2–0 win over Norway.[https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ca-0e10b3d18cc5-458631874a19-1000--youthful-sweden-see-off-norway/ Youthful Sweden see off Norway] UEFA.com Levenstad was included in the Sweden squad for the 2012 London Olympics.{{cite web|title=Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Sweden |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/85/woft-final-lop-2012-07-24.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804002100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/66/36/85/woft-final-lop-2012-07-24.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2012|work=FIFA|date=24 July 2012|accessdate=11 June 2013}}

Personal life

References

External links

{{UEFA player|102248}}
{{SvFF player|id=b30ee512-3429-43c7-8c17-b299d3ea116b|fid=313293|pid=5598}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160314023505/https://svenskfotboll.se/damallsvenskan/person/?playerid=5598 archive])
{{Soccerway|malin-levenstad/7679}}
[https://agencycmg.com/connect/ Malin Levenstad] at CMG

Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swedish women's footballers

Category:Sweden women's international footballers

Category:Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic footballers for Sweden

Category:FC Rosengård players

Category:Damallsvenskan players

Category:AIK Fotboll (women) players

Category:Swedish lesbian sportswomen

Category:Swedish LGBTQ footballers

Category:People from Vellinge Municipality

Category:Women's association football defenders

Category:Footballers from Skåne County

Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen