Sofia Jakobsson

Sofia Jakobsson
	Jakobsson with Sweden at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Eva Sofia Jakobsson
Date of birth	23 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	San Diego Wave
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Hägglunds IoFK
2007	Östers IF
2007–2011	Umeå IK
2011–2013	WFC Rossiyanka
2013	Chelsea
2013–2014	BV Cloppenburg
2014–2019	Montpellier HSC
2019–2020	CD Tacón
2020–2021	Real Madrid
2021	Bayern Munich
2022–	San Diego Wave
International career‡
2011–	Sweden
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
	*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

Eva Sofia Jakobsson (born 23 April 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for San Diego Wave in the National Women's Soccer League. 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.

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.^[4]

Jakobsson signed for Chelsea Ladies in January 2013.^[5] She scored on her debut in a 1–1 draw with Birmingham,^[6] and then scored a brace in her next game against Doncaster Rovers Belles.^[7] She scored in her third consecutive Women's Super League game in a 2–1 win over the Liverpool Ladies.^[8] She scored two more goals in the remaining eight games, ending as Chelsea's top scorer along with Eniola Aluko.^[9]

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.^[10]^[11] In July 2014, Jakobsson signed for Montpellier HSC of the French Division 1 Féminine.^[12]

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.^[13] During her first season in Spain, Jakobsson scored most goals and most assists in the capital club scoring eight goals and seven assists.^[14]

In June 2021, Jakobsson announced that she was departing Real Madrid.^[15] On 2 July 2021, she signed with Bayern Munich in the top German league, the Frauen-Bundesliga.^[16] 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.^[17]

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.^[18]

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.^[19]

In the Quarter-Final of the 2019 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.^[20]^[21] 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.^[22]

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 FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[23]

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	^[24]
2	2012-05-26	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	Scotland	3–1	4–1	Friendly
3	2012-05-26	Kirkcaldy, Scotland	Scotland	4–1	4–1	Friendly
4	2012-07-31	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	Canada	2–0	2–2	2012 Summer Olympics	^[25]
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	2015-03-04	Vila Real de Santo António	Germany	4–2	4–2	2015 Algarve Cup
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	^[26]
11	2015-06-16	Edmonton, Canada	Australia	1–1	1–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup	^[27]
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	^[28]
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
19	2019-07-06	Nice, France	England	2–0	2–1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	2011-6-28^{[m 1]}	Leverkusen	Colombia	54. on 54' (off Forsberg)			1–0W	Group match
	2	2011-7-13^{[m 2]}	Frankfurt	Japan	65. on 65' (off Forsberg)			1–3L	Semi-Final
London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	3	2012-7-25^{[m 3]}	Coventry	South Africa	Start			4–1W	Group match
	4	2012-7-28^{[m 4]}	Coventry	Japan	78. off 78' (on Nilsson)			0–0D	Group match
1	5	2012-7-31^{[m 5]}	Newcastle	Canada	Start	16	2–0	2–2D	Group match
	6	2012-8-3^{[m 6]}	Glasgow	France	58. off 58' (on Asllani)			1–2L	Quarter-Final
Canada 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	7	2015-6-8^{[m 7]}	Winnipeg	Nigeria	Start			3–3D	Group match
	8	2015-6-12^{[m 8]}	Winnipeg	United States	Start			0–0D	Group match
2	9	2015-6-16^{[m 9]}	Edmonton	Australia	Start	15	1–1	1–1D	Group match
	10	2015-6-20^{[m 10]}	Ottawa	Germany	Start			1–4L	Round of 16
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	11	2016-8-3^{[m 11]}	Rio de Janeiro	South Africa	69. off 69' (on Blackstenius)			1–0W	Group match
	12	2016-8-6^{[m 12]}	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Start			1–5L	Group match
	13	2016-8-12^{[m 13]}	Brasília	United States	90. off 90' (on Schough)			1–1 (pso 4–3)(W)	Quarter-Final
	14	2016-8-16^{[m 14]}	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	61. on 61' (off Blackstenius)			0–0 (pso 4–3)(W)	Semi-Final
	15	2016-8-19^{[m 15]}	Rio de Janeiro	Germany	55. off 55' (on Blackstenius)			1–2L	Gold Medal Match
France 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
	16	2019-6-11^{[m 16]}	Rennes	Chile	Start			2–1W	Group match
	17	2019-6-20^{[m 17]}	Le Havre	United States	Start			0–2L	Group match
	18	2019-6-24^{[m 18]}	Paris	Canada	Start			1–0W	Round of 16
3	19	2019-6-29^{[m 19]}	Rennes	Germany	Start	22	1–1	2–1W	Quarter-Final
	20	2019-7-3^{[m 20]}	Lyon	Netherlands	Start			0–1L	Semi-Final
4	21	2019-7-6^{[m 21]}	Nice	England	Start	22	2–0	2–1W	3rd Place Match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Result	Competition
2013 European Championship
	1	2013-7-10^{[m 22]}	Gothenburg	Denmark	79. on 79' (off Öqvist)	1–1D	Group match
	2	2013-7-13^{[m 23]}	Gothenburg	Finland	Start	5–0W	Group match
	3	2013-7-21^{[m 24]}	Halmstad	Iceland	Start	4–0W	Quarter-Final
	4	2013-7-24^{[m 25]}	Gothenburg	Germany	74. on 74' (off Öqvist)	0–1L	Semi-Final

Honours

Umeå IK

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

WFC Rossiyanka

Russian Championship: 2011–12

San Diego Wave

Sweden

Summer Olympic Games: Silver Medal 2016
FIFA Women's World Cup: Bronze Medal 2019^[31]
Algarve Cup: 2018

Notes

References

Match reports

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

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