Jessica Wik

Jessica Wik
Samuelsson in 2014
Personal information
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
 IFK Norrköping
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)
2019–2024 FC Rosengård 24 (1)
2025– IFK Norrköping 0 (0)
International career‡
2011– Sweden 54 (0)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*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 IFK Norrköping 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

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

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

International

Sweden

References

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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.
  15. ^ "FC Rosengård svenska mästare 2024" [FC Rosengård Swedish champions 2024]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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