Fridolina Rolfö

Fridolina Rolfö

Rolfö with VfL Wolfsburg in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club 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	14	(4)
National team‡
2011–12	Sweden U19	26	(8)
2015–	Sweden	61	(21)
Honours Women's football Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Barcelona and the Sweden national team.^[2]

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][circular reference]}

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]

International career[]

Rolfö played for Sweden under-19 international^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[16]

Rolfö played in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro helping Sweden to a silver medal after losing in the final to Germany.^[17] 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.^[18]

On 16 June 2019, Rolfö scored her first goal in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in a 5–1 win over Thailand.^[19]

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.^[20]

Career statistics[]

Club summary[]

As of 16 December 2021^[21]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		UWCL		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	0	0	5	4	26	8
	2016		13	5	4	7	1[b]	1	–		18	13
	2017		–		1	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		51	16	11	8	1	1	5	4	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	12	4	0[d]	0	0[e]	0	6	3	18	7
Career total			187	63	24	11	1	1	28	13	240	88

International goals[]

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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	1–2	1–3	2018 Algarve Cup
7	2018-03-05		Russia	2–0	3–0
8				3–0
9	2019-06-16	Nice, France	Thailand		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	0–2	0–2	2020 Algarve Cup
12	2020-12-01	Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	0–3	0–6	Euro 2022 qualifying
13	2021-02-19	Paola, Malta	Austria	1–2	1–6	Friendly
14				1–5
15	2021-07-24	Saitama, Japan	Australia	1–0	4–2	2020 Summer Olympics
16				3–2
17	2021-08-02	Yokohama, Japan		0–1	0–1
18	2021-09-17	Senec, Slovakia	Slovakia			2023 World Cup qualification
19	2021-10-26	Paisley, Scotland	Scotland		0–2	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

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments[]

	Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	1	2016-8-3[m 1]	Rio de Janeiro	South Africa	76. off 76' (on Schough)			1–0 W	Group match
	2	2016-8-6[m 2]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	64. off 64' (on Schough)			1–5 L	Group match
	3	2016-8-9[m 3]	Brasília	China PR	Start			0–0 D	Group match
	4	2016-8-12[m 4]	Brasília	United States	18. off 18' (on Blackstenius)			1–1 (pso 4–3) (W)	Quarter-Final
France 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
	5	2019-6-11[m 5]	Rennes	Chile	65. off 65' (on Anvegård)			2–1 W	Group match
1	6	2019-6-16[m 6]	Nice	Thailand	46. off 46' (on Janogy)	42	3–0	5–1 W	Group match
	7	2019-6-20[m 7]	Le Havre	United States	56. on 56' (off Schough)			0–2 L	Group match
	8	2019-6-24[m 8]	Paris	Canada	89. off 89' (on Hurtig)			1–0 W	Round of 16
	9	2019-6-29[m 9]	Rennes	Germany	90+5. off 90+5' (on Hurtig)			2–1 W	Quarter-Final
	10	2019-7-6[m 10]	Nice	England	27. off 27' (on Hurtig)			2–1 W	3rd Place Match
Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	11	2021-7-21[m 11]	Tokyo	United States	63. off 63' (on Schough)			3–0 W	Group match
2	12	2021-7-24[m 12]	Saitama	Australia	86. off 86' (on Janogy)	20	1–0	4–2 W	Group match
3						63	3–2
	13	2021-7-30[m 13]	Saitama	Japan	75. off 75' (on Schough)			3–1 W	Quarter-Final
4	14	2021-8-2[m 14]	Yokohama	Australia	Start	46	1–0	1–0 W	Semi-Final
	15	2021-8-6[m 15]	Yokohama	Canada	106. off 106' (on Schough)			1–1 (pso 2–3) (L)	Gold Medal Match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments[]

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
2017 European Championship
	1	2017-7-17[m 16]	Breda	Germany	56. off 56' (on Blackstenius)			0–0 D	Group match
	2	2017-7-21[m 17]	Deventer	Russia	46. on 46' (off Schough)			2–0 W	Group match
	3	2017-7-25[m 18]	Doetinchem	Italy	46. on 46' (off Asllani)			2–3 L	Group match
	4	2017-7-29[m 19]	Doetinchem	Netherlands	73. off 73' (on Folkesson)			0–2 L	Quarter-Final

Honours[]

Club[]

Linköping

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

VfL Wolfsburg

• Frauen-Bundesliga: 2019–20
• DFB-Pokal Frauen: 2019–20, 2020–21

Country[]

Sweden

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal, 2016, 2020
• FIFA Women's World Cup: Bronze Medal,^[22] 2019

Sweden U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: Winner 2012

References[]

Match reports

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fridolina Rolfö.

• Fridolina Rolfö – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Fridolina Rolfö at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
• Fridolina Rolfö at Soccerway