Jessica Samuelsson (footballer)

Jessica Marie Samuelsson (born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish association football defender, who plays 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 can also play 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]
Playing 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 8 (0)
2019– FC Rosengård 7 (0)
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

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

International career

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.[9]

Honours

Club
Melbourne Victory FC
Linköpings FC

International
Sweden
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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. "Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.


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