Jessica Samuelsson (footballer)

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 Full back
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 12
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– Arsenal 4 (0)
National team‡
2011– Sweden 54 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:11, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2017

Jessica Marie Samuelsson (born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish association football defender, who plays for Arsenal WFC 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]

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.

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.[8]

Honours

Club

Melbourne Victory FC
Linköpings FC

International

Sweden

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  6. ↑ Jessica Samuelsson. nbcolympics.com
  7. ↑ "Samuelsson signs for Arsenal". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  8. ↑ "Sjögran och Hjohlman i Sundhages EM-trupp" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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