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Maria Bergkvist

Maria Bergkvist
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Personal information
Full name Maria Bergkvist
Date of birth (1977-08-12) 12 August 1977 (age 40)
Place of birth Sweden
Height 177.5 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Umeå IK
Youth career
Remsle UIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Bollsta IK
1999–2007 Umeå IK
National team
2006 Sweden 7 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2014 Umeå IK (assistant)
2014– Umeå IK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:48, 9 November 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:48, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

Maria Bergkvist (born 12 August 1977) is a Swedish football coach and former player who is the manager of Damallsvenskan club Umeå IK. In her playing career she was a defender for Umeå and the Sweden national team.

While playing for Umeå between 1999 and 2007 Bergkvist won six Damallsvenskan titles and two UEFA Women's Cups (now known as UEFA Women's Champions League). She returned to the club as an assistant coach in 2009. After five years as an assistant, Bergkvist took the head coach job for Umeå's 2015 campaign.

Bergkvist won her first cap for Sweden aged 28, starting a 1–1 draw with England in Cyprus on 9 February 2006. She made a total of seven national team appearances, all in 2006.




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