Markus Rosenberg

Nils Markus Rosenberg, born on 27 September 1982, is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career with his boyhood club Malmö FF, which he captained from 2015 to 2019, and had a five-year spell with Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. He also played for Ajax in the Eredivisie, Racing de Santander in La Liga and West Bromwich Albion in the English Premier League. He became the Allsvenskan top scorer while on loan at Halmstads BK in 2004. After returning to Malmö in 2014 he scored key goals in the club's UEFA Champions League campaign and helped it win the league title, and he was later named the club's greatest footballer of the twenty-first century. He won 33 caps for the Sweden national team, scoring six goals, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012.