Rebecka Blomqvist

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Rebecka Blomqvist
Personal information
Full name Rebecka Maria Blomqvist [1]
Date of birth (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Uddevalla, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2020 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 122 (45)
2021– VfL Wolfsburg 25 (8)
International career‡
2013 Sweden U17 11 (10)
2014 Sweden U19 18 (3)
2016 Sweden U23 20 (3)
2019– Sweden 27 [2] (7)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2023

Rebecka Maria Blomqvist (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish footballer forward who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the Sweden national team.

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Career

Club

Blomqvist started 2013 at IK Rössö Uddevalla in the Swedish third division (Division 1 Norra Götaland), where she scored 34 goals in 30 games. After spending her first professional years at her youth club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC and attracting attention with strong performances, she moved to German serial champions VfL Wolfsburg during the 2020/2021 winter break. [3] She made her debut for the Wolves on 5 February 2021 in the match against Turbine Potsdam, scoring her first Bundesliga goal. [4]

National

Blomqvist went through the Swedish junior teams and was able to win the 2015 European Championship with the U19. She made her debut as a substitute for the senior team in the first qualifying match for Euro 2022 on 3 September 2019 against Latvia. In the last qualifying game on 1 December 2020 she scored her first goal for the senior national team in the 5–0 win over Slovakia (final score: 6–0).

She was also nominated for the 2020 Olympics, postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially as a reserve. [5]  After the squad had been increased due to the pandemic, the backups were also part of the squad. In terms of games, she was in the starting XI in a 2–0 win in the third group game against New Zealand, where some regulars were rested after the previous two victories. In the end, the Swedes won the silver medal, as in 2016, from a penalty shootout. [6]

In the successful 2023 World Cup qualification, she came on as a substitute in three games and scored two goals. At the finals of the European Championship in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she only played briefly in the group game against Switzerland. With a 4–0 defeat against hosts England, the Swedes were eliminated in the semi-finals. [7]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup. [8] She appeared in six of her team's seven games, coming on as a substitute five times in the final minutes. In the third group game against Argentina, she played over 90 minutes and scored one of her three tournament goals. In the 2–1 semifinal loss against Spain, she was able to equalize in the 88th minute eleven minutes after being substituted on, but the Spaniards scored the winning goal afterwards. [9] With a 2–0 victory in the game for third place over Australia, she won the bronze medal. [10] Together with Fridolina Rolfö, she was her team's second best goalscorer, after Amanda Ilestedt.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 December 2020 Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5–06–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.7 April 2022 Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 12–015–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.6 September 2022 Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4–05–0
4.7 October 2022 Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba, Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–01–1 Friendly
5.29 July 2023 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5–05–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
6.2 August 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New ZealandFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–02–0
7.15 August 2023 Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1–11–2

Honors

Sweden U19

VfL Wolfsburg

Kopparbergs/Göteborg

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Sweden (SWE)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 28. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rebecka Blomqvist – Spelarstatistik" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Blomqvist kommt ablösefrei: VfL schlägt in Schweden zu". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Wolfsburg reicht in Überzahl und Schneetreiben erst die dritte Führung". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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  10. ↑ "Spiel um Platz drei".
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