Josefine Rybrink

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Josefine Rybrink
Personal information
Full name Solveig Josefine Kristina Rybrink [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Kristianstad, Sweden
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
Number 12
Youth career
Onsala BK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Kungsbacka 66 (2)
2018–2021 Kristianstads 74 (0)
2022–2024 BK Häcken 73 (3)
2025– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Sweden U17 5 (0)
2015–2017 Sweden U19 7 (0)
2021– Sweden 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:30, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:30, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Solveig Josefine Kristina Rybrink (born 19 January 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur. Rybrink made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in February 2021.

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Club career

Rybrink transferred to Kristianstads on a two-year contract in November 2017, after a successful three-year spell with Kungsbacka. [2]

In November 2021, Rybrink joined BK Häcken on a contract until the end of 2024. [3]

After leaving Häcken at the end of her contract, Rybrink signed a short-term contract with Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the 2024–25 season on 27 January 2025. [4]

International career

On 19 February 2021 Rybrink made her senior Sweden debut, in a 6–1 friendly win over Austria in Paola, Malta. She was a 78th-minute substitute for Nilla Fischer.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players – Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. "KDFF skriver tvåårskontrakt med Josefine Rybrink" (in Swedish). Kristianstads DFF. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. "BK Häcken värvar från seriekonkurrenten". 30 November 2021.
  4. "Spurs sign defender Rybrink on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.