Maria Nordbrandt

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maria Nordbrandt

| image = Maria Nordbrandt 2011-07-24 (2).JPG

| image_size = 230

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|4|6}}

| birth_place = Gimonäs, Sweden

| height = {{height|m=1.71}}

| currentclub =

| position = Winger / Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Gimonäs CK

| years1 = 2001–2005

| years2 = 2006–2007

| years3 = 2008–2010

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs1 = Umeå IK

| clubs2 = Sunnanå SK

| clubs3 = KIF Örebro DFF

| clubs4 = Umeå IK

| caps1 =

| caps2 =

| caps3 = 52

| caps4 = 41

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| goals3 = 14

| goals4 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Maria Nordbrandt (born 6 April 1985) is a Swedish former football striker, who played for Umeå IK in the Damallsvenskan between 2001 and 2005, then again from 2011 to 2012.[http://umeaik.se/fotboll/truppen/8-maria-nordbrandt Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814114421/http://umeaik.se/fotboll/truppen/8-maria-nordbrandt |date=2011-08-14 }} in Umeå IK's website She has also played for Sunnanå SK and KIF Örebro. In her first spell at Umeå she won two UEFA Women's Cups. She won two caps with the senior Sweden women's national football team.{{cite web|title=Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_69553/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|publisher=Swedish Football Association|accessdate=13 June 2013|language=Swedish}}

As an Under-19 international Nordbrandt played in the 2003 U-19 European Championship.[https://archive.today/20120717022911/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/wunder19/history/season=2003/round=1685/match=72374/report=rp.html Comeback queens Norway reach final.] UEFA She was named in Thomas Dennerby's initial 30-player list for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, but did not make the final selection.{{cite web|title=Maria Nordbrandt jagas av Bälinge|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/maria-nordbrandt-jagas-av-balinge/|publisher=Expressen|accessdate=13 June 2013|language=Swedish|date=30 August 2007|first=Karin|last=Skogh }} On 12 February 2008 she made her senior debut in a 2–0 win over England.

After retiring at the age of 27 in 2012 Nordbrandt joined the coaching staff at Umeå IK.{{cite web|title=UIK-anfallare slutar med fotboll|url=http://www.sportnu.se/701303/uik-anfallare-slutar-med-fotboll/|publisher=Sportnu.se|accessdate=13 June 2013|language=Swedish|date=26 October 2012|first=Mikael |last=Bergstedt }}