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Fridolina Rolfö

Rolfö with Barcelona in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Fridolina Rolfö
Date of birth	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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	(30)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 France Team 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)

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.

Early life

Fridolina Rolfö was born on 24 November 1993 to mother Eleonore Andersson and father Lars Rolfö. 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.

In her youth, Rolfö played both football and handball, but chose to focus solely on football when she turned fifteen. 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.

Club career

Early 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. 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. She was named the 2011 Women's Junior Player of the Year by Göteborgs-Posten,

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

Bayern Munich

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. 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. She scored her first Bundesliga goal on October 1, 2017 in a 4-0 away win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. In each of her three seasons in Germany, Bayern Munich finished runners up to VfL Wolfsburg in the league.

VfL Wolfsburg

In May 2019, current Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Rolfö to a two-year contract. 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. On June 30, 2021, Rolfö left VfL Wolfsburg after the expiration of her contract.

Barcelona

On 7 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona. 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. 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.

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

On 5 September 2023, Rolfö announced that she would be undergoing keyhole surgery on the meniscus of her right knee. 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. 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.

International career

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Personal life

Rolfö is currently in a relationship with Simon Skott, whom she met in 2016.

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 June 2024

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 31 May 2024

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

Linköping

• Damallsvenskan: 2016
• Svenska Cupen: 2013–14, 2014–15

VfL Wolfsburg

• Frauen-Bundesliga: 2019–20
• DFB-Pokal Frauen: 2019–20, 2020–21
• UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

Barcelona

• Primera División: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Supercopa de España: 2021–22, 2022–23
• Copa de la Reina: 2021–22, 2023–24
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2022–23, 2023–24, runner-up: 2021–22

Sweden

• Summer Olympic Games Silver Medal: 2016, 2020
• FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Medal: 2019, 2023
• Algarve Cup: 2018

Sweden U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2012

Individual

• Fotbollsgalan Diamantbollen: 2021, 2022
• Fotbollsgalan Swedish Forward of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Fotbollsgalan Swedish Goal of the Year: 2021

References

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Match reports

External links

• Fridolina Rolfö – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Fridolina Rolfö at FC Barcelona
• Fridolina Rolfö at BDFutbol
• Fridolina Rolfö at ESPN FC
• Fridolina Rolfö at FBref.com
• Fridolina Rolfö at Soccerway
• Fridolina Rolfö at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)

Sweden squads

v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Eriksson 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin (c) 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Schough 13 Rolfö 14 Appelqvist 15 Samuelsson 16 Rubensson 17 Seger 18 Carlén 19 Hammarlund Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Berglund 5 Fischer 6 Eriksson 7 Dahlkvist 8 Schelin 9 Asllani 10 Spetsmark 11 Blackstenius 12 Carlén 13 Johansson 14 Folkesson 15 Samuelsson 16 Glas 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Hammarlund 20 Larsson 21 Lundberg 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Sundhage v t e Sweden squad – 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup third place 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Glas 5 Fischer 6 Eriksson 7 Janogy 8 Hurtig 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Falk 13 Ilestedt 14 Roddar 15 Björn 16 Zigiotti Olme 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Anvegård 20 Larsson 21 Mušović 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Gerhardsson v t e Sweden women's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Kullberg 4 Glas 5 Bennison 6 Eriksson 7 Janogy 8 Hurtig 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Falk 13 Ilestedt 14 Björn 15 Schough 16 Angeldal 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Anvegård 20 Roddar 21 Blomqvist 22 Mušović Coach: Gerhardsson v t e Sweden squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 semi-finalists 1 Lindahl 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Glas 5 Nildén 6 Eriksson 7 Kullberg 8 Hurtig 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Falk 13 Ilestedt 14 Björn 15 Blomqvist 16 Angeldahl 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Rytting Kaneryd 20 Bennison 21 Mušović 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Gerhardsson v t e Sweden squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup third place 1 Mušović 2 Andersson 3 Sembrant 4 Lennartsson 5 Sandberg 6 Eriksson 7 Janogy 8 Hurtig 9 Asllani 10 Jakobsson 11 Blackstenius 12 Falk 13 Ilestedt 14 Björn 15 Blomqvist 16 Angeldahl 17 Seger (c) 18 Rolfö 19 Rytting Kaneryd 20 Bennison 21 Enblom 22 Schough 23 Rubensson Coach: Gerhardsson

• 1993 births
• Living people
• Swedish women's footballers
• Swedish expatriate women's footballers
• Jitex BK players
• Linköpings FC players
• Damallsvenskan players
• Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Sweden women's international footballers
• Olympic footballers for Sweden
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
• Olympic medalists in football
• People from Kungsbacka
• Women's association football forwards
• Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
• FC Bayern Munich (women) players
• VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
• FC Barcelona Femení players
• Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
• Frauen-Bundesliga players
• 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Footballers from Halland County
• UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players
• UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• UEFA Women's Champions League–winning players
• 21st-century Swedish sportswomen