Linda Sembrant

Sembrant began playing football with SK Servia, then progressed through the youth system of Bälinge IF.[6] Although her role model while growing up was the striker Henrik Larsson,[6] Sembrant became a defender.

Sembrant (L) and Marta

Sembrant spent the 2006–07 off–season playing in England with Lincoln Ladies (then known as Lincoln City Ladies).[7] She then moved to AIK in 2008.[8] In November 2010 Sembrant switched to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, after becoming captain of AIK.[9] One year later she moved to Tyresö FF.[10]

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 anterior cruciate ligament injury.[11] 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 Montpellier.[12]

In July 2019, Sembrant moved to Italy to sign with defending Serie A champions Juventus.[13]

Sembrant represented Sweden at all youth levels, then won her first senior cap against England in February 2008.[14] She was withdrawn from the Sweden squad for Euro 2009 through injury.[15]

In 2011 Sembrant was called up to Sweden's squad for the World Cup in Germany.[16] She retained her place in the national selection for the 2012 London Olympics.[17]

On the occasion of Sembrant's 50th cap, she scored Sweden's goal in a 1–1 draw with Canada. The friendly match was staged in Los Angeles in November 2014.[18]

Sembrandt scored against Thailand at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the opening goal in a 5–1 win.[19]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[20]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	24 February 2010	Municipal Stadium, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Norway	1–2	2–2	2010 Algarve Cup	[21]
2.	10 March 2014	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Japan	1–0	1–2	2014 Algarve Cup	[22]
3.	21 August 2014	Stadion Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański, Poland	Poland	4–0	4–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	[23]
4.	26 November 2014	Los Angeles, United States	Canada	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[24]
5.	8 June 2015	Investors Group Field, Winnipeg, Canada	Nigeria	3–2	3–3	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	[25]
6.	20 June 2015	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Canada	Germany	1–3	1–4		[26]
7.	8 April 2016	NTC Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
8.	8 July 2017	Falcon Alkoholfri Arena, Falkenberg, Sweden	Mexico	1–0	1–0	Friendly
9.	16 June 2019	Allianz Riviera, Nice, France	Thailand	1–0	5–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
10.	3 September 2019	Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia	Latvia	1–1	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
11.	8 October 2019	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Slovakia	3–0	7–0
12.	17 September 2020		Hungary	8–0	8–0
13.	1 December 2020	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–0	6–0
14.	19 February 2021	Hibernians Stadium, Paola, Malta	Austria	1–0	6–1	Friendly
15.	7 April 2022	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia	Georgia	4–0	15–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16.	22 July 2022	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh, England	Belgium	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022	[27]
17.	6 September 2022	Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland	Finland	3–0	5–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	[28]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	2011-7-6[m 1]	Wolfsburg	United States	88. on 88' (off Fischer)			2–1 W	Group match
	2	2011-7-16[m 2]	Sinsheim	France	73. on 73' (off Fischer)			2–1 W	Third Place Match
London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	3	2012-7-25[m 3]	Coventry	South Africa	Start			4–1 W	Group match
	4	2012-7-28[m 4]	Coventry	Japan	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	5	2012-7-31[m 5]	Newcastle	Canada	Start			2–2 D	Group match
	6	2012-8-3[m 6]	Glasgow	France	Start			1–2 L	Quarter-Final
Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	7	2015-6-8[m 7]	Winnipeg	Nigeria	57. on 57' (off Dahlkvist)	60	3–2	3–3 D	Group match
	8	2015-6-12[m 8]	Winnipeg	United States	70. on 70' (off Nilsson)			0–0 D	Group match
2	9	2015-6-20[m 9]	Ottawa	Germany	Start	82	1–3	1–4 L	Round of 16
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	10	2016-8-3[m 10]	Rio de Janeiro	South Africa	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	11	2016-8-9[m 11]	Brasília	China	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	12	2016-8-12[m 12]	Brasília	United States	Start			1–1 (pso 4–3) (W)	Quarter-Final
	13	2016-8-16[m 13]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Start			0–0 (pso 4–3) (W)	Semi-Final
	14	2016-8-19[m 14]	Rio de Janeiro	Germany	Start			1–2 L	Gold Medal Match
France 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
	15	2019-6-11[m 15]	Rennes	Chile	Start			2–1 W	Group match
3	16	2019-6-16[m 16]	Nice	Thailand	Start	6	1–0	5–1 W	Group match
	17	2019-6-20[m 17]	Le Havre	United States	Start			0–2 L	Group match
	18	2019-6-24[m 18]	Paris	Canada	Start			1–0 W	Round of 16
	19	2019-6-29[m 19]	Rennes	Germany	Start			2–1 W	Quarter-Final
	20	2019-7-3[m 20]	Lyon	Netherlands	Start			0–1 L	Semi-Final
	21	2019-7-6[m 21]	Nice	England	Start			2–1 W	3rd Place Match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
2017 European Championship
	1	2017-7-17[m 22]	Breda	Germany	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	2	2017-7-21[m 23]	Deventer	Russia	Start			2–0 W	Group match
	3	2017-7-25[m 24]	Doetinchem	Italy	Start			2–3 L	Group match
	4	2017-7-29[m 25]	Doetinchem	Netherlands	Start			0–2 L	Quarter-Final
2022 European Championship
	5	2022-7-17		Portugal	Substitute			5–0 W	Group match
	6	2022-7-22		Belgium	Start			1–0 W	Quarter-Final
	7	2022-7-26		England	Start			0–4 L	Semi-Final

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

• Svenska Cupen: 2011

Tyresö FF

• Damallsvenskan: 2012

Juventus

• Serie A: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2019, 2020–21

Sweden

• Summer Olympic Games Silver Medal: 2016
• FIFA Women's World Cup third place: 2011, 2019
• Algarve Cup: 2009, 2018

Sembrant lives together with Italian footballer Lisa Boattin in a same-sex relationship.[29]

Match reports

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Linda Sembrant.

• Linda Sembrant – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Linda Sembrant – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Linda Sembrant at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive)
• Linda Sembrant national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
• National team profile 2008 at the Swedish Football Association
• Linda Sembrant at Goteborg (in Swedish)
• Linda Sembrant at Montpellier HSC (in French)
• Linda Sembrant at statsfootofeminin.fr (in French)
• Linda Sembrant at Soccerway