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 women's national team.[2]

Fridolina Rolfö
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993
Place of birth Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
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 46 (17)
International career‡
2011–2012 Sweden U19 26 (8)
2015– Sweden 78 (25)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019 FranceTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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.[3] She was named the 2011 Women's Junior Player of the Year by Göteborgs-Posten,[4]

Rolfö signed for Linköping in 2014 and scored a hat-trick on her UEFA Women's Champions League debut against English champions Liverpool.[5]

In November 2016, it was announced that Rolfö would sign for current Frauen-Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. She signed an 18-month contract, starting from 1 January 2017.[6] In each of her three seasons in Germany Bayern Munich finished runners up to VfL Wolfsburg in the league.[7]

In May 2019, current Frauen-Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Rolfö to a two-year contract.[8]

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.[9][10]

On June 30, 2021, Rolfö left VfL Wolfsburg after the expiration of her contract. On 7 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

In January 2023, Rolfö extended her contract with Barcelona until June 2026.[14]

International career

Rolfö played for Sweden under-19 international[15] team at the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She helped Sweden win the competition by defeating Spain 1–0 in extra time.[16]

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.[17]

Rolfö played in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro helping Sweden to a silver medal after losing in the final to Germany.[18] 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.[19]

On 16 June 2019, Rolfö scored her first goal in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in a 5–1 win over Thailand.[20]

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.[21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 April 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup UWCL Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jitex 2011 Damallsvenskan 2192[lower-alpha 1]0––239
2012 16330––193
2013 22410––234
Total 591660––6516
Linköping 2014 Damallsvenskan 2083[lower-alpha 1]0––238
2015 183315400268
2016 13547–1[lower-alpha 2]11813
2017 –10––10
Total 511611854116829
Bayern Munich 2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga 500000–50
2017–18 1992[lower-alpha 3]221–2312
2018–19 1691162–2312
Total 40183383–5124
VfL Wolfsburg 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 1161[lower-alpha 3]042–168
2020–21 1433051–224
Total 2594093–3812
Barcelona 2021–22 Primera División 2693[lower-alpha 4]01132[lower-alpha 5]14213
2022–23 2880083203011
Total 461730196417224
Career total 221762711411652294105
  1. Appearances in Svenska Cupen
  2. Appearances in Svenska Supercupen
  3. Appearances in DFB-Pokal
  4. Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  5. Appearances in Supercopa de España

International
As of match played 11 April 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201430
201530
201684
2017141
201863
2019102
202042
2021149
2022 12 3
2023 4 1
Total7825
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 2016-06-02 Łódź, Poland  Poland

4–0

4–0

 Euro 2017 qualifying
2 2016-06-06 Gothenburg, Sweden  Moldova

3–0

6–0

 Euro 2017 qualifying
3

5–0

4 2016-07-21 Kalmar, Sweden  Japan

2–0

3–0

 Friendly
5 2017-03-08 Albufeira, Portugal  Russia

4–0

4–0

 2017 Algarve Cup
6 2018-02-28 Parchal, Portugal  Canada

2–1

1–1

 2018 Algarve Cup
7 2018-03-05 Parchal, Portugal  Russia

2–0

3–0

 2018 Algarve Cup
8

3–0

9 2019-06-16 Nice, France  Thailand

3–0

5–1

 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
10 2019-10-08 Gothenburg, Sweden  Slovakia

7–0

7–0

 Euro 2022 qualifying
11 2020-03-10 Faro/Loulé, Portugal  Portugal

2–0

2–0

 2020 Algarve Cup
12 2020-12-01 Trnava, Slovakia  Slovakia

3–0

6–0

 Euro 2022 qualifying
13 2021-02-19 Paola, Malta  Austria

2–1

6–1

 Friendly
14

5–1

15 2021-07-24 Saitama, Japan  Australia

1–0

4–2

 2020 Summer Olympics
16

3–2

17 2021-08-02 Yokohama, Japan  Australia

1–0

1–0

 2020 Summer Olympics
18 2021-09-17 Senec, Slovakia  Slovakia

1–0

1–0

 2023 World Cup qualification
19 2021-10-26 Paisley, Scotland  Scotland

1–0

2–0

 Friendly
20 2021-11-25 Gothenburg, Sweden  Finland

1–0

2–1

 2023 World Cup qualification
21 2021-11-30 Malmö, Sweden  Slovakia

2–0

3–0

 2023 World Cup qualification
22 2022-04-07 Gori, Georgia  Georgia

1–0

15–0

 2023 World Cup qualification
23 2022-07-13 Sheffield, England  Switzerland

1–0

2–1

 Euro 2022
24 2022-07-13 Tampere, Finland  Finland

5–0

5–0

 2023 World Cup qualification
25 2023-04-11 Gothenburg, Sweden  Norway

1–0

3–3

 Friendly

Honours

Linköping

VfL Wolfsburg

Barcelona

Sweden

Sweden U19

Individual

References
  1. Fridolina Rolfo Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. Statistics in the SFA's website
  3. Sköld, Johan (8 April 2012). "Fridolina – bara bättre och bättre" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. Fridolina Rolfo Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  5. "Rolfö rolls Liverpool over, Wolfsburg hold nerve". UEFA. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  6. "FCB-Frauen verpflichten Fridolina Rolfö" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  7. Frauen-Bundesliga – Wikipedia
  8. "Rolfö joins She-Wolves". Rolfö joins She-Wolves. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. "Wolfsburg 1-0 Barcelona: semi-final report". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. "Wolfsburg 1-3 Lyon: Women's Champions League final report". UEFA. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  11. "Fridolina Rolfö signs until 2023". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. "Barça 5-0 Granadilla: Magnificent start". FC Barcelona. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. "Betis 0-5 Barça: Women get five again". FC Barcelona. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  14. "Rolfö renueva hasta 2026". FC Barcelona (in Spanish). 26 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. Profile in UEFA's website
  16. "Sweden U19 vs. Spain U19 – 14 July 2012 – Women Soccerway". uk.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  17. Hilmersson, Eric (29 October 2014). "Schelin blev tidernas bästa målskytt" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  18. "2016 Olympic Games: MATCH Report: Sweden - Germany: Gold Medal Match". ESPN.
  19. Lawson, Sophie (15 August 2016). "Rolfö's Olympics is over". Vavel. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  20. Sport, Telegraph (16 June 2019). "Sweden book place in last 16 of World Cup as Thailand endure another rout". Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  21. Matchett, Karl (6 August 2021). "Canada beat Sweden on penalties to win gold medal in women's football at Tokyo Olympics". Independent. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  22. "Player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  23. "Fridolina Rolfö - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll".
  24. Sinnott, John (6 July 2019). "Sweden secures bronze medal after narrow win over England". CNN. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  25. "Fridolina Rolfö vinner Diamantbollen 2022!" [Fridolina Rolfö winner Diamantbollen 2022!]. Twitter (in Swedish). 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  26. "Rolfö och Kulusevski är Årets Forwards" [Rolfö and Kulusevski are Forwards of the Year]. Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). 26 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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