Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who primarily plays as a

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or left forward for Spanish

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club

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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 Kungsbacka () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010. It is a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area. It is one of the most affluent parts of Sw ...

, a municipality within Metropolitan Gothenburg. In her youth, Rolfö played both football and handball, but chose to focus solely on football when she turned 15 years old. 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

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season, 2011. Her favoured position was on the

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, so she could cut inside and shoot with her strong left foot. She scored her first three league goals on 5 May 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 ''

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'', Rolfö signed for

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in 2014 and scored a

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on her

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debut against English champions

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Bayern Munich

In November 2016, it was announced that Rolfö would sign for reigning

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champions Bayern Munich. She signed an 18-month contract, starting from 1 January 2017. On 26 February 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 1 October 2017 in a 4-0 away win against

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. In each of her three seasons in Germany, Bayern Munich finished runners up to

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in the league.

VfL Wolfsburg

In May 2019, current

champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Rolfö to a two-year contract. On 25 August 2020, Rolfö scored the only goal against

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in their single-legged Champions League semifinal victory to book a place in the

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, where her team eventually lost 1–3 to

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. On 30 June 2021 Rolfö left VfL Wolfsburg after the expiration of her contract.

Barcelona

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

. 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

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. 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

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1–0 in extra time. Rolfö's club form with Linköping caught the eye of national team coach

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, who promptly handed Rolfö a debut

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in Sweden's 2–1 friendly defeat by

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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

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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

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. Rolfö was selected to represent Sweden in the

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held in

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in 2021. She featured in every match except for Sweden's final group stage match against

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. She scored three goals in five matches as her team won the silver medal again after being defeated 2–3 on penalties by

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. 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

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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

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rolfö goal.''

Honours

Linköping *

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: 2013–14, 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2019–20 * DFB-Pokal Frauen: 2019–20, 2020–21 *

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runner-up: 2019–20 Barcelona * Primera División: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 *

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: 2021–22, 2022–23 * Copa de la Reina: 2021–22, 2023–24 *

: 2022–23, 2023–24, runner-up: 2021–22 Sweden *

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Silver Medal:

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Bronze Medal:

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: 2018 Sweden U19 * UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship:

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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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