Fridolina Rolfö

Fridolina Rolfö

Rolfö in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993
Place of birth Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Youth career
IFK Fjärås
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Tölö IF
2011–2013 Jitex 59 (16)
2014–2016 Linköpings FC 50 (16)
2017– FC Bayern Munich
National team
2014– Sweden 13 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:11, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish football striker, currently playing for Linköpings FC in the Damallsvenskan.[2] She was named the 2011 Women's Junior Player of the Year by Göteborgs-Posten,[3] and won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.[1]

Club career

After joining from Tölö IF, Rolfö scored nine league goals for Jitex BK 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.[4]

Rolfö signed for Linköpings FC in 2014 and scored a hat-trick on her UEFA Women's Champions League debut against English champions Liverpool.[5] In November 2016, FC Bayern Munich announced that they had signed Rolfö to an 18-month contract, starting from 1 January 2017.[6]

International career

Rolfö's club form with Linköpings 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 Behrn Arena on 29 October 2014. In her five-minute substitute appearance she almost scored but was denied by German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.[7]

She was previously an under-19 international.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Fridolina Rolfo. rio2016.com
  2. Statistics in the SFA's website
  3. Fridolina Rolfo. nbcolympics.com
  4. Sköld, Johan (8 April 2012). "Fridolina – bara bättre och bättre" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  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. Hilmersson, Eric (29 October 2014). "Schelin blev tidernas bästa målskytt" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  8. Profile in UEFA's website
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