Rebecka Blomqvist

Rebecka Blomqvist

Personal information
Full name	Rebecka Maria Blomqvist [1]
Date of birth	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Uddevalla, Sweden
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2020	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	122	(45)
2021–	VfL Wolfsburg	40	(13)
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 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2023

Rebecka Maria Blomqvist (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish football forward who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the Sweden national team. She bears no relation to Jesper Blomqvist.

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]

International

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.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 December 2020	Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia	Slovakia	5–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2.	7 April 2022	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori, Georgia	Georgia	12–0	15–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.	6 September 2022	Tampere Stadium, Tampere, Finland	Finland	4–0	5–0
4.	7 October 2022	Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba, Spain	Spain	1–0	1–1	Friendly
5.	29 July 2023	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	Italy	5–0	5–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
6.	2 August 2023	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Argentina	1–0	2–0
7.	15 August 2023	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	Spain	1–1	1–2

Honors

Sweden U19

• Under-19 Championship Winner: 2015

VfL Wolfsburg

• German Champion: 2022
• German Cup: 2021, 2022, 2023

Kopparbergs/Göteborg

• Swedish Championship: 2020

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 5 February 2021.
4. "Wolfsburg reicht in Überzahl und Schneetreiben erst die dritte Führung". kicker (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
5. "Truppen till OS i Japan". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
6. "Canada beat Sweden on penalties to win gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
7. "England cruise past Sweden to reach Euro 2022 final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
8. "Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
9. "Ergebnisse & Spielpläne".
10. "Spiel um Platz drei".

External links

• Rebecka Blomqvist at WorldFootball.net