Sofia Jakobsson

Eva Sofia Jakobsson (born 23 April 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for London City Lionesses in the FA Women's Championship.^[4] She made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in 2011 and won her 100th cap in 2019. Jakobsson represented her country in the 2013 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Football Tournaments.

Sofia Jakobsson

Jakobsson with Sweden at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Eva Sofia Jakobsson[1]
Date of birth	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden[2]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	London City Lionesses
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Hägglunds IoFK
2007	Östers IF	21	(9)
2007–2011	Umeå IK	58	(18)
2011–2013	WFC Rossiyanka	13	(9)
2013	Chelsea	11	(6)
2013–2014	BV Cloppenburg	22	(5)
2014–2019	Montpellier HSC	91	(50)
2019–2020	CD Tacón	20	(9)
2020–2021	Real Madrid	33	(11)
2021	Bayern Munich	5	(2)
2022–2024	San Diego Wave	37	(11)
2024–	London City Lionesses	2	(2)
International career‡
2011–	Sweden	144[3]	(23)
Medal record Women's soccer Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2020 Tokyo Team FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany Team 2019 France Team 2023 Australia–New Zealand Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:30, 10 December 2022

Club career

After playing one season in the second tier for Östers IF, Jakobsson signed in 2007, at 17, for national champion Umeå IK. In her five seasons in Umeå she won two championships and one national cup, and she made her UEFA Women's Cup debut. After Umeå lost its dominant position in the Damallsvenskan since 2009, Jakobsson transferred to Russian champion WFC Rossiyanka to again play the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[5]

Jakobsson signed for Chelsea Ladies in January 2013.^[6] She scored on her debut in a 1–1 draw with Birmingham,^[7] and then scored a brace in her next game against Doncaster Rovers Belles.^[8] She scored in her third consecutive Women's Super League game in a 2–1 win over the Liverpool Ladies.^[9] She scored two more goals in the remaining eight games, ending as Chelsea's top scorer along with Eniola Aluko.^[10]

With three WSL games remaining until the end of the season she moved to the German Bundesliga alongside teammate Ester, signing for newly promoted team BV Cloppenburg.^[11][12] In July 2014, Jakobsson signed for Montpellier HSC of the French Division 1 Féminine.^[13]

In July 2019, Jakobsson joined Real Madrid Feminino of the Spanish Primera División, who at that time went under the name CD Tacon, along with her national teammate, Kosovare Asllani.^[14] During her first season in Spain, Jakobsson scored most goals and most assists in the capital club scoring eight goals and seven assists.^[15]

In June 2021, Jakobsson announced that she was departing Real Madrid.^[16] On 2 July 2021, she signed with Bayern Munich in the top German league, the Frauen-Bundesliga.^[17] Jakobsson made only five appearances with Bayern Munich, and in January 2022, was signed by the American team San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League.^[18]

On 11 September 2024, Jakobsson and the San Diego Wave agreed to a mutual contract termination.^[19] Jakobsson had played in 52 matches and made 30 starts in her tenure with the Californian club.^[20] Two days after the announcement of her departure from the Wave, Jakobsson signed with Women's Championship club London City Lionesses on a two-year contract.^[21]

International career

Jakobsson made her debut for the Sweden national team in 2011. She has represented Sweden in three World Cups (Germany 2011, Canada 2015, France 2019) and three Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020.) Her squad finished in third place in two of those World Cups (2011 and 2019), and won silver medals both in Rio and in Tokyo. She also appeared at the 2013 European Championship. Jakobsson was the top scorer of the 2015 Algarve Cup, netting four times for Sweden.

Jakobsson suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January 2017 while training with her French club. She was ruled out of Sweden's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017.^[22]

In April 2019, Jakobsson won her 100th cap, marking the occasion with a goal in Sweden's 2–0 friendly win over Austria in Maria Enzersdorf.^[23]

In the Quarter-Final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, Jakobsson scored a game-tying goal within ten minutes of Germany taking an early lead. Sweden would go on to win the match, posting their first victory over the Germans in a major tournament since the 1995 World Cup.^[24][25] She also tallied what proved to be the winning goal in the 3rd Place Match of that tournament, scoring in the 22nd minute against England.^[26]

Jakobsson was voted as the player of the match in the Quarter-Final vs Germany, and the 3rd Place Match against England.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[27]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jakobsson goal.

List of international goals scored by Sofia Jakobsson

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2011-11-20	Phoenix, United States	United States	1–0	1–1	Friendly	[m 1]
2	2012-05-26	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	Scotland	3–1	4–1	Friendly
3				4–1
4	2012-07-31	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	Canada	2–0	2–2	2012 Summer Olympics	[m 2]
5	2012-10-23	Växjö, Sweden	Switzerland	1–0	3–0	Friendly
6	2015-02-12	Uusimaa, Finland	Finland	2–0	3–0	Friendly
7	2015-03-04	Vila Real de Santo António	Germany	2–2	4–2	2015 Algarve Cup
8				4–2
9	2015-03-09	Vila Real de Santo António	China	3–0	3–0	2015 Algarve Cup
10	2015-03-11	Parchal, Portugal	Germany	1–2	1–2	2015 Algarve Cup	[m 3]
11	2015-06-16	Edmonton, Canada	Australia	1–1	1–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	[m 4]
12	2016-01-26	Gothenburg, Sweden	Scotland	3–0	6–0	Friendly
13	2017-01-19	La Manga, Spain	Norway	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[m 5]
14	2018-04-05	Szombathely, Hungary	Hungary	2–0	4–1	2019 World Cup qualification
15	2018-09-04	Viborg, Denmark	Denmark	1–0	1–0	2019 World Cup qualification
16	2018-11-11	Rotherham, England	England	1–0	2–0	Friendly
17	2019-04-09	Maria Enzersdorf, Austria	Austria	1–0	2–0	Friendly
18	2019-06-29	Rennes, France	Germany	1–1	2–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	[m 6]
19	2019-07-06	Nice, France	England	2–0	2–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	[m 7]
20	2019-10-04	Miskolc, Hungary	Hungary	4–0	5–0	Euro 2022 qualifying
21	2020-03-10	Faro/Loulé, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	2–0	2020 Algarve Cup
22	2020-10-27	Gothenburg, Sweden	Iceland	1–0	2–0	Euro 2022 qualifying
23	2021-02-19	Paola, Malta	Austria	6–1	6–1	Friendly

Honours

Umeå IK

• Damallsvenskan: 2007, 2008
• Svenska Cupen: 2007
• Svenska Supercupen: 2007, 2008

WFC Rossiyanka

• Russian Championship: 2011–12

San Diego Wave

• NWSL Shield: 2023^[28]
• NWSL Challenge Cup: 2024^[29]

Sweden

• Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal 2016
• FIFA Women's World Cup: Bronze Medal 2019^[30]
• Algarve Cup: 2018

See also

• Women's association football portal
• English football portal
• Sports portal
• Sweden portal

• List of foreign Women's Super League players

Notes

References

1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
2. "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
3. "Sofia Jakobsson – Spelarstatistik" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
4. "Sofia Jakobsson joins London City Lionesses on two-year contract". London City Lionesses. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
5. "Jakobsson seals Rossiyanka deal". UEFA. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
6. "Dam: Chelsea nästa för Sofia Jakobsson" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
7. "LADIES REPORT: CHELSEA 1 BIRMINGHAM CITY 1 | Chelsea Ladies Article | Players and Staff | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
8. "Chelsea beat Doncaster to top WSL". BBC Sport.
9. "Chelsea vs. Liverpool – 12 May 2013 – Women Soccerway".
10. 2013 WSL tables in Soccerway
11. "Duo Depart For Germany". Chelsea Ladies FC. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
12. BV Cloppenburg verpflichtet Sofia Jakobsson und Ester. Framba.de, 4 September 2013. Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
13. "Sofia Jakobsson signs for French club Montpellier HSC". womenssoccerunited.com. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
14. "Sofia Jakobsson passe de Montpellier au Real Madrid". So Foot (in French). 29 July 2019.
15. "Sofia Jakobsson – Leistungsdaten – Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
16. @realmadridfemin (28 June 2021). "🚨 [Departure] Sofia Jakobsson has..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "FC Bayern sign Swedish national player Sofia Jakobsson". fcbayern.com. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
18. "Sofia Jakobsson sees move to San Diego as key to Sweden career, too". The Equalizer. 4 February 2022.
19. Emerick, Tyler (11 September 2024). "San Diego Wave FC and Forward Sofia Jakobsson Agree to Mutual Contract Termination". San Diego Wave Fútbol Club. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
20. "Skidding Wave agree to part ways with forward Sofia Jakobsson". San Diego Union-Tribune. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
21. LCLNewsRoom (13 September 2024). "Sofia Jakobsson joins London City Lionesses on two-year contract". Lionesses. Retrieved 2 October 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
22. "Sofia Jakobsson korsbandsskadad" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
23. Julin, Albin; Friberg, Anna (9 April 2019). "Hon blev målhjälte – i sin 100:e landskamp" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
24. Edwards, Luke (29 June 2019). "Sweden come from behind to knock out Germany and reach World Cup semi-final". The Telegraph UK. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
25. "Sweden upset Germany to reach World Cup semis". The Guardian. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
26. "Sweden secures Women's World Cup bronze medal after topping England in third-place game". USA Today. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
27. "Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
28. "San Diego Wave claim 2023 NWSL Shield". CONCACAF. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
29. "San Diego Wave FC Defeat 1-0 NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2024 UKG NWSL Challenge Cup". 16 March 2024.
30. Sinnott, John (6 July 2019). "Sweden secures bronze medal after narrow win over England". CNN. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

Match reports

1. "USA–Sverige – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
2. "Kanada–Sverige – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
3. "Sverige–Tyskland – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
4. "Australien–Sverige – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
5. "Norge–Sverige – Matchfakta" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
6. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: MATCH Report: Germany – Sweden: Quarter-Finals". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.
7. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019: MATCH Report: England – Sweden: 3rd Place Match". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.

External links

• Sofia Jakobsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Sofia Jakobsson – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Profile (in Swedish) at SvFF
• Sofia Jakobsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Player French football stats (in French) at statsfootofeminin.fr
• Profile (in French) at Montpellier HSC
• Sofia Jakobsson at Soccerway