Linda Brigitta Sembrant (born 15 May 1987) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Sweden women's national team.

Club career

Sembrant began playing football with SK Servia, then progressed through the youth system of

Bälinge IF Bälinge IF is a sports club from Bälinge, a village 10 kilometres north-west of Uppsala, Sweden. Background Bälinge Idrottsförening was established on 15 March 1936 and is currently active in men's and ladies' football, cross-country skiing ...

. Although her role model while growing up was the striker

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, Sembrant became a defender. Linda Sembrant and Marta

Sembrant spent the 2006–07 off–season playing in England with Lincoln Ladies (then known as Lincoln City Ladies). She then moved to AIK in 2008. In November 2010 Sembrant switched to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, after becoming captain of AIK. One year later she moved to

Tyresö FF Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan between 19 ...

. In 2012 Sembrant was part of the Tyresö team who won the Damallsvenskan championship, but she missed the end of the season after suffering an

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. Tyresö suffered a financial collapse during the 2014 season, withdrawing from the league and letting all their players go. Sembrant secured a lucrative move to French club

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. In July 2019, Sembrant moved to

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to sign with defending

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champions

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. In January 2024, Sembrant was loaned to

until the end of the 2023–24 season. After winning the Bundesliga in her first season at Bayern, Sembrant signed a new contract until 2025.

International career

Sembrant represented

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at all youth levels, then won her first senior

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against

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in February 2008. She was withdrawn from the Sweden squad for Euro 2009 through injury. In 2011 Sembrant was called up to Sweden's squad for the

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in Germany. She retained her place in the national selection for the

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. On the occasion of Sembrant's 50th cap, she scored Sweden's goal in a 1–1 draw with

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. The friendly match was staged in Los Angeles in November 2014. Sembrandt scored against

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at the

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, the opening goal in a 5–1 win. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the

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Personal life

Sembrant lives together with Italian footballer

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in a same-sex relationship.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC *

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: 2011 Tyresö FF *

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Juventus *

: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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: 2022, 2023 *

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Bayern Munich *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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: 2024–25 Sweden *

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Silver Medal:

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third place:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

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at statsfootofeminin.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sembrant, Linda Living people 1987 births Footballers from Uppsala Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Notts County L.F.C. players Expatriate women's footballers in France 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics FA Women's National League players Olympic footballers for Sweden Tyresö FF players Damallsvenskan players Juventus FC (women) players BK Häcken FF players Montpellier HSC (women) players Bälinge IF players Swedish expatriate women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Women's association football defenders Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Première Ligue players FIFA Women's Century Club 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Serie A (women's football) players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Swedish LGBTQ footballers Swedish lesbian sportswomen 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany AIK Fotboll (women) players FC Bayern Munich (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players 21st-century Swedish sportswomen