Jessica Wik
![]() Samuelsson in 2014 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Jessica Marie Wik | ||||||||||
Birth name | Jessica Marie Samuelsson[1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)[1] | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden | ||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Full back | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | FC Rosengård | ||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
Åby IF | |||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2007–2009 | Smedby AIS | ||||||||||
2010–2017 | Linköpings FC | 133 | (7) | ||||||||
2013–2014 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||
2017–2019 | Arsenal | 10 | (0) | ||||||||
2019– | FC Rosengård | 24 | (1) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2011– | Sweden | 54 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2017 |
Jessica Marie Wik (née Samuelsson, born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish professional 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]
Club career
Linköping, 2010–17
Wik 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
Wik 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 Wik ahead of the new season. In March 2019 Wik left Arsenal to play for FC Rosengård.[8]
FC Rosengård, 2019–
Wik 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, Wik 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
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Wik made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 2–1 loss to Canada on 22 November 2011. Later Coach Pia Sundhage named Wik in the Sweden squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[14]
Honours
Club
- Melbourne Victory FC
- W-League: 2013–14[10]
- Linköpings FC
- Svenska Cupen: 2013–14, 2014–15[10]
- Svenska Supercupen: 2010[10]
- Damallsvenskan: 2016[10]
- Arsenal
- WSL Cup: 2017–18[10]
- FC Rosengård
- Damallsvenskan: 2019[10]
International
- Sweden
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship[10]
- Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal, 2016[10]
References
- ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ Jessica Samuelsson Archived 22 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "LFC – Samuelsson förlänger" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jessica Samuelsson Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Samuelsson signs for Arsenal". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Jessica Samuelsson: Arsenal Women defender leaves to return to native Sweden". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Fagurland, Frida. "Officiellt: Samuelsson klar för FC Rosengård". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Jessica Samuelsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "2019 Damallsvenskan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Rosengård ny serieledare efter seger i seriefinalen". svt Sport. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "2020 Damallsvenskan". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
External links
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- Jessica Wik – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jessica Wik – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Jessica Wik at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archive 1, archive 2)
- Jessica Wik club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Jessica Wik national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Jessica Samuelsson at Linköpings Fotboll Club at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-08-02)
- J. Wik at Soccerway
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- 1 Cumings
- 2 Obaze
- 3 Arnardóttir
- 4 Ayinde
- 6 Öling
- 7 Brown
- 8 Knaak
- 9 Larsson
- 10 Tanikawa
- 11 Jansson
- 12 Mukasa
- 13 Holdt
- 15 Wik
- 16 Kadowaki
- 17 Seger (c)
- 19 Bredgaard
- 20 Persson
- 22 Schough
- 24 Andersson
- 25 Berglund
- 36 Persson Lundgren
- 40 Sprung
- 44 Cronquist
- 46 Stojanovska
- 48 Hellwig
- 50 Lynn
- Manager: Slegers