# Jane Törnqvist

Jane Törnqvist (born 9 May 1975) is a former footballer who most recently played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. A tough tackling central defender, she wore number 3 for her club. She played 109 games for the Sweden women's national team before retiring from international football in 2005. She also served as the Strength and Conditioning coach of India women's football team for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

## Career
### Club

Törnqvist started her career in Hallsta IK. Törnqvist played for Häverödals SK, Rimbo IF, Tyresö FF, Hammarby IF and Älvsjö AIK.
When Älvsjö AIK and Djurgårdens IF merged to become Djurgården/Älvsjö, Törnqvist was on the new team. Törnqvist played five seasons with the team. She was part of the 2003 and 2004 Damallsvenskan winning teams. She also played in the 2005 UEFA Women's Cup Final, when Djurgården/Älvsjö lost to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. She retired after the 2007 season, however Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC manager Torbjörn Nilsson managed to bring her to his team. In late 2007, Törnqvist joined Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. During her time with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, she made 100 league appearances and scored 13 goals. She finished her career in 2012.

### International

After winning seven caps at Under 17 level and 33 Under 21 caps, Törnqvist made her senior Sweden debut in a 3–0 win over Finland on 30 August 1995. She tore her ACL during UEFA Women's Euro 2001 and missed Sweden's extra time defeat to Germany in the final. Two years later she was back in the team as Sweden suffered another golden goal loss to Germany in the World Cup final.
Jane Törnqvist appeared for Sweden in two World Cups (USA 1999, USA 2003), and two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004). She played in three European Championship tournaments: Norway/Sweden 1997, Germany 2001, and England 2005.

#### 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 |
| USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup ||||||||||
| | 1 | 1999-6-19 | San Jose | China | Start | | | 1–2 L | Group match |
| 1 | 2 | 1999-6-23 | Washington, DC | Australia | 75. off 75' (on Sundh) | 8 | 1-0 | 3–1 W | Group match |
| | 3 | 1999-6-26 | Chicago | Ghana | Start | | | 2–0 W | Group match |
| | 4 | 1999-6-30 | San Jose | Norway | Start | | | 1–3 L | Quarter Final |
| Sydney 2000 Women's Olympic Football Tournament ||||||||||
| | 5 | 2000-9-13 | Melbourne | Brazil | 85. off 85' (on Fagerström) | | | 0–2 L | Group match |
| | 6 | 2000-9-16 | Sydney | Australia | Start | | | 1–1 D | Group match |
| | 7 | 2000-9-19 | Melbourne | Germany | Start | | | 0–1 L | Group match |
| USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup ||||||||||
| | 8 | 2003-9-21 | Washington, DC | United States | Start | | | 1–3 L | Group match |
| | 9 | 2003-9-25 | Philadelphia | North Korea | Start | | | 1–0 W | Group match |
| | 10 | 2003-10-1 | Foxborough | Brazil | Start | | | 2–1 W | Quarter Final |
| | 11 | 2003-10-5 | Portland | Canada | Start | | | 2–1 W | Semi-Final |
| | 12 | 2003-10-12 | Carson | Germany | Start | | | 1–2 L | Final |
| Athens 2004 Women's Olympic Football Tournament ||||||||||
| | 13 | 2004-8-11 | Volos | Japan | Start | | | 0–1 L | Group match |
| | 14 | 2004-8-26 | Piraeus | Germany | Start | | | 0–1 L | Bronze Medal Match |

#### Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

| Goal | Match | Date | Location | Opponent | Lineup | Min | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1997 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 1 | 1997-6-29 | Karlstad | Russia | Start | | | 2–1 W | Group match |
| | 2 | 1997-7-2 | Karlskoga | Spain | Start | | | 1–0 W | Group match |
| | 3 | 1997-7-5 | Karlstad | France | Start | | | 3–0 W | Group match |
| | 4 | 1997-7-9 | Karlstad | Germany | Start | | | 0–1 L | Semi-Final |
| 2001 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 5 | 2001-6-23 | Erfurt | Germany | Start | | | 1–3 L | Group match |
| 1 | 6 | 2001-6-27 | Jena | England | Start | 2 | 1-0 | 4–0 W | Group match |
| | 7 | 2001-6-30 | Erfurt | Russia | Start | | | 1–0 W | Group match |
| 2005 European Championship ||||||||||
| | 8 | 2005-6-5 | Blackpool | Denmark | Start | | | 1–1 D | Group match |
| | 9 | 2005-6-8 | Blackpool | Finland | Start | | | 0–0 D | Group match |
| | 10 | 2005-6-11 | Blackburn | England | Start | | | 1–0 W | Group match |
| | 11 | 2005-6-16 | Warrington | Norway | Start | | | 2–3 L | Semi-Final |

## Honours
### Club
#### Djurgårdens IF

* Damallsvenskan (2): 2003, 2004

## Footnotes

* ↑ 2003–2006 as Djurgården/Älvsjö.