Jessica Samuelsson (footballer)

Jessica Marie Samuelsson (born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Rosengård and the Swedish national team. In the 2013–14 winter season she played for Australian W-League club Melbourne Victory. She is predominantly a left back, although she also plays on the right side.[3]

Jessica Samuelsson
Samuelsson in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jessica Marie Samuelsson[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992[1]
Place of birth Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Club information
Current team
 Rosengard
Youth career
Åby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Smedby AIS
2010–2017 Linköpings FC 133 (7)
2013 → Melbourne Victory (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2019 Arsenal 10 (0)
2019– FC Rosengård 24 (1)
National team‡
2011– Sweden 54 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2017

Club career

Linköping, 2010–17

Samuelsson joined Linköpings FC from Smedby AIS on a three-year contract in 2010, but was initially loaned back to Smedby. In November 2011 she extended her contract with Linköpings after winning her place in the first team.[4]

Melbourne Victory, 2013–14

Samuellson joined Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2013–14 season,[5] and was named the 2014 Player of the Year in Australia.[6]

Arsenal, 2017–19

On 18 August 2017, Arsenal announced[7] that they had signed Samuelsson ahead of the new season. In March 2019 Samuelsson left Arsenal to play for FC Rosengård.[8]

FC Rosengård, 2019–

Samuellson returned to Sweden in 2019 to increase her chances of being named to the national team squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[9] She signed with FC Rosengård and played in seven games during the 2019 Damallsvenskan season.[10] Rosengård finished the season in first place with a 14–1–7 record.[11]

After returning to Rosengård for the 2020 Damallsvenskan season, Samuellson was a starting defender in 15 of the 18 matches she played.[10] During a match against Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC on 23 August, she scored the team's second goal of the match in Rosengård's 3–0 win.[12] Rosengård finished in second place with a 14–3–5 record.[13]

International career
Samuellson (in blue, right) defends against Carli Lloyd during the quarterfinals of the 2016 Summer Olympics

Samuelsson made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 2–1 loss to Canada on 22 November 2011. Later Coach Pia Sundhage named Samuelsson in the Sweden squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[14]

Honours

Club
Melbourne Victory FC
Linköpings FC
Arsenal
  • WSL Cup: 2017–18[10]
FC Rosengård

International
Sweden

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. Jessica Samuelsson Archived 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. "LFC – Samuelsson förlänger" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  5. "Melbourne Victory building for a maiden Championship". The Women's Game. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. Jessica Samuelsson Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  7. "Samuelsson signs for Arsenal". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. "Jessica Samuelsson: Arsenal Women defender leaves to return to native Sweden". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  9. Fagurland, Frida. "Officiellt: Samuelsson klar för FC Rosengård". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. "Jessica Samuelsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. "2019 Damallsvenskan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. "Rosengård ny serieledare efter seger i seriefinalen". svt Sport. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  13. "2020 Damallsvenskan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  14. "Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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