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Fridolina Rolfö

Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Sweden national team.[4]

Fridolina Rolfö
Rolfö with Wolfsburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Fridolina Rolfö[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 16
Youth career
Fjärås
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Tölö
2011–2013 Jitex 59 (16)
2014–2016 Linköping 51 (16)
2017–2019 Bayern Munich 40 (18)
2019–2021 VfL Wolfsburg 25 (9)
2021– Barcelona 66 (28)
International career‡
2011–2012 Sweden U19 26 (8)
2015– Sweden 89[3] (30)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Australia-New Zealand Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:46, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Early life

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Fridolina Rolfö was born on 24 November 1993 to mother Eleonore Andersson and father Lars Rolfö.[5][6] She has a younger brother named Julius and an older sister named Daniella, the latter of whom played football and inspired Rolfö to do the same. She grew up in Kungsbacka, a municipality within Metropolitan Gothenburg.[5]

In her youth, Rolfö played both football and handball, but chose to focus solely on football when she turned fifteen.[6] The first football team she played for at age 10 was the girls youth section of IFK Fjärås, located in the south of Kungsbacka in the town of Fjärås.[5][6]

Club career

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Early career

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After joining from Tölö, Rolfö scored nine league goals for Jitex in her debut Damallsvenskan season, 2011. Her favoured position was on the right wing, so she could cut inside and shoot with her strong left foot.[7] She scored her first three league goals on May 5, 2011 in a 9-0 away win against newly promoted Dalsjöfors GoIF with a hat trick to make it 1-0, 2-0 and 3-0.[8] She was named the 2011 Women's Junior Player of the Year by Göteborgs-Posten,[9]

Rolfö signed for Linköping in 2014 and scored a hat-trick on her UEFA Champions League debut against English champions Liverpool.[10]

Bayern Munich

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In November 2016, it was announced that Rolfö would sign for reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. She signed an 18-month contract, starting from 1 January 2017.[11] On February 26, 2017 she made her debut in the 2-1 win in the home game against FF USV Jena, coming on as a substitute for Melanie Leupolz in the 68th minute.[12] She scored her first Bundesliga goal on October 1, 2017 in a 4-0 away win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[13] In each of her three seasons in Germany, Bayern Munich finished runners up to VfL Wolfsburg in the league.[14][circular reference]

VfL Wolfsburg

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In May 2019, current Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Rolfö to a two-year contract.[15] On 25 August 2020, Rolfö scored the only goal against Barcelona in their single-legged Champions League semifinal victory to book a place in the final, where her team eventually lost 1–3 to Lyon.[16][17] On June 30, 2021, Rolfö left VfL Wolfsburg after the expiration of her contract.

Barcelona

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On 7 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona.[18] On 4 September, Rolfö made her official debut for Barcelona when she came on for the last 18 minutes, replacing Mariona Caldentey in her side's 5–0 routing of Granadilla Tenerife.[19] A week later, she scored her first goal for the club, when she slotted her side's fourth goal in another 5–0 victory against Real Betis.[20]

In January 2023, Rolfö extended her contract with Barcelona until June 2026.[21] Rolfö scored the winning goal of the 2022–23 Champions League final, making it 3-2 against her former club VfL Wolfsburg and giving Barcelona their second Champions League title.[22]

On 5 September 2023, Rolfö announced that she would be undergoing keyhole surgery on the meniscus of her right knee.[23] She returned from injury on 17 March 2024, and in her first match back, she opened scoring in the 8th minute for a 7–0 victory against UD Tenerife.[24] Playing both as full-back and winger, and serving as the team's penalty taker, she returned in top form to help Barcelona to a Champions League victories at Stamford Bridge and then in the final.[25]

International career

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Rolfö played for Sweden under-19 international[26] team at the 2011–12 UEFA Under-19 Championship. She helped Sweden win the competition by defeating Spain 1–0 in extra time.[27]

Rolfö's club form with Linköping caught the eye of national team coach Pia Sundhage, who promptly handed Rolfö a debut cap in Sweden's 2–1 friendly defeat by Germany at Eyravallen on 29 October 2014. In her five-minute substitute appearance she almost scored but was denied by German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.[28]

Rolfö played in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro helping Sweden to a silver medal after losing in the final to Germany.[29] Rolfö did not feature in the 2–1 loss in the Gold Medal Match, after suffering a tournament-ending injury in the quarter-final against the USWNT.[30]

On 16 June 2019, Rolfö scored her first goal in the 2019 World Cup in a 5–1 win over Thailand.[31]

Rolfö was selected to represent Sweden in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021. She featured in every match except for Sweden's final group stage match against New Zealand. She scored three goals in five matches as her team won the silver medal again after being defeated 2–3 on penalties by Canada.[32]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA 2023 World Cup .[33] She scored the first goal in the 2-0 win over Australia for third place.[34] Two weeks later, she underwent knee surgery to repair her meniscus, and was out for the rest of the year.[35]

Personal life

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Rolfö is currently in a relationship with Simon Skott, whom she met in 2016.[5][36][37]

While at Wolfsburg, Rolfö was roommates with fellow national team teammate Madelen Janogy, whom Rolfö helped tackle her mental health challenges.[38][39]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 16 June 2024[40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup UWCL Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jitex 2011 Damallsvenskan 21 9 2[a] 0 – – 23 9
2012 16 3 3 0 – – 19 3
2013 22 4 1 0 – – 23 4
Total 59 16 6 0 – – 65 16
Linköping 2014 Damallsvenskan 20 8 3[a] 0 – – 23 8
2015 18 3 3 1 5 4 0 0 26 8
2016 13 5 4 7 – 1[b] 1 18 13
2017 – 1 0 – – 1 0
Total 51 16 11 8 5 4 1 1 68 29
Bayern Munich 2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 0 0 – 5 0
2017–18 19 9 2[c] 2 2 1 – 23 12
2018–19 16 9 1 1 6 2 – 23 12
Total 40 18 3 3 8 3 – 51 24
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 11 6 1[c] 0 4 2 – 16 8
2020–21 14 3 3 0 5 1 – 22 4
Total 25 9 4 0 9 3 – 38 12
Barcelona 2021–22 Primera División 26 9 3[d] 0 11 3 2[e] 1 42 13
2022–23 21 8 0 0 11 4 2 0 34 12
2023–24 7 5 3 0 5 2 0 0 15 7
Total 54 22 6 0 27 9 4 1 91 32
Career total 229 81 30 11 49 19 5 2 313 113
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ Appearances in Svenska Supercupen
  3. ^ a b Appearances in DFB-Pokal
  4. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  5. ^ Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

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As of match played 31 May 2024[41]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2014 3 0
2015 2 0
2016 8 4
2017 14 1
2018 6 3
2019 10 2
2020 4 2
2021 14 9
2022 12 3
2023 10 4
2024 3 2
Total 85 29
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rolfö goal.
List of international goals scored by Fridolina Rolfö
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2016 Łódź, Poland   Poland

4–0

4–0

Euro 2017 qualifying
2 6 June 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden   Moldova

3–0

6–0

3

5–0

4 21 July 2016 Kalmar, Sweden   Japan

2–0

3–0

Friendly
5 8 March 2017 Albufeira, Portugal   Russia

4–0

4–0

2017 Algarve Cup
6 28 February 2018 Parchal, Portugal   Canada

2–1

1–1

2018 Algarve Cup
7 5 March 2018 Parchal, Portugal   Russia

2–0

3–0

8

3–0

9 16 June 2019 Nice, France   Thailand

3–0

5–1

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
10 8 October 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden   Slovakia

7–0

7–0

Euro 2022 qualifying
11 10 March 2020 Faro/Loulé, Portugal   Portugal

2–0

2–0

2020 Algarve Cup
12 1 December 2020 Trnava, Slovakia   Slovakia

3–0

6–0

Euro 2022 qualifying
13 19 February 2021 Paola, Malta   Austria

2–1

6–1

Friendly
14

5–1

15 24 July 2021 Saitama, Japan   Australia

1–0

4–2

2020 Summer Olympics
16

3–2

17 2 August 2021 Yokohama, Japan   Australia

1–0

1–0

18 17 September 2021 Senec, Slovakia   Slovakia

1–0

1–0

2023 World Cup qualification
19 26 October 2021 Paisley, Scotland   Scotland

1–0

2–0

Friendly
20 25 November 2021 Gothenburg, Sweden   Finland

1–0

2–1

2023 World Cup qualification
21 30 November 2021 Malmö, Sweden   Slovakia

2–0

3–0

22 7 April 2022 Gori, Georgia   Georgia

1–0

15–0

23 13 July 2022 Sheffield, England   Switzerland

1–0

2–1

Euro 2022
24 7 September 2022 Tampere, Finland   Finland

5–0

5–0

2023 World Cup qualification
25 11 April 2023 Gothenburg, Sweden   Norway

1–0

3–3

Friendly
26 23 July 2023 Wellington, New Zealand   South Africa

1–1

2–1

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
27 29 July 2023   Italy

2–0

5–0

28 19 August 2023 Brisbane, Australia   Australia

1–0

2–0

29 5 April 2024 London, England   England

1–1

1–1

UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying
30 31 May 2024 Dublin, Ireland   Republic of Ireland

2–0

3–0

Honours

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Linköping

VfL Wolfsburg

Barcelona

Sweden

Sweden U19

Individual

References

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  4. ^ Statistics on the Swedish Football Association's website
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