![]() Samuelsson in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jessica Marie Wik | ||
Birth name | Jessica Marie Samuelsson [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 30 January 1992||
Place of birth | Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Rosengård | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Åby IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2009 | Smedby AIS | ||
2010–2017 | Linköpings FC | 133 | (7) |
2013–2014 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Arsenal | 10 | (0) |
2019– | FC Rosengård | 24 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Sweden | 54 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2017 |
Jessica Marie Wik ( née Samuelsson, born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Rosengård and the Swedish national team. In the 2013–14 winter season she played for Australian W-League club Melbourne Victory. She is predominantly a left back, although she also plays on the right side. [3]
Wik joined Linköpings FC from Smedby AIS on a three-year contract in 2010, but was initially loaned back to Smedby. In November 2011 she extended her contract with Linköpings after winning her place in the first team. [4]
Wik joined Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2013–14 season, [5] and was named the 2014 Player of the Year in Australia. [6]
On 18 August 2017, Arsenal announced [7] that they had signed Wik ahead of the new season. In March 2019 Wik left Arsenal to play for FC Rosengård. [8]
Wik returned to Sweden in 2019 to increase her chances of being named to the national team squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. [9] She signed with FC Rosengård and played in seven games during the 2019 Damallsvenskan season. [10] Rosengård finished the season in first place with a 14–1–7 record. [11]
After returning to Rosengård for the 2020 Damallsvenskan season, Wik was a starting defender in 15 of the 18 matches she played. [10] During a match against Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC on 23 August, she scored the team's second goal of the match in Rosengård's 3–0 win. [12] Rosengård finished in second place with a 14–3–5 record. [13]
Wik made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 2–1 loss to Canada on 22 November 2011. Later Coach Pia Sundhage named Wik in the Sweden squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [14]
![]() Samuelsson in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jessica Marie Wik | ||
Birth name | Jessica Marie Samuelsson [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 30 January 1992||
Place of birth | Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Rosengård | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Åby IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2009 | Smedby AIS | ||
2010–2017 | Linköpings FC | 133 | (7) |
2013–2014 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Arsenal | 10 | (0) |
2019– | FC Rosengård | 24 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Sweden | 54 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 September 2017 |
Jessica Marie Wik ( née Samuelsson, born 30 January 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Rosengård and the Swedish national team. In the 2013–14 winter season she played for Australian W-League club Melbourne Victory. She is predominantly a left back, although she also plays on the right side. [3]
Wik joined Linköpings FC from Smedby AIS on a three-year contract in 2010, but was initially loaned back to Smedby. In November 2011 she extended her contract with Linköpings after winning her place in the first team. [4]
Wik joined Melbourne Victory ahead of the 2013–14 season, [5] and was named the 2014 Player of the Year in Australia. [6]
On 18 August 2017, Arsenal announced [7] that they had signed Wik ahead of the new season. In March 2019 Wik left Arsenal to play for FC Rosengård. [8]
Wik returned to Sweden in 2019 to increase her chances of being named to the national team squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. [9] She signed with FC Rosengård and played in seven games during the 2019 Damallsvenskan season. [10] Rosengård finished the season in first place with a 14–1–7 record. [11]
After returning to Rosengård for the 2020 Damallsvenskan season, Wik was a starting defender in 15 of the 18 matches she played. [10] During a match against Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC on 23 August, she scored the team's second goal of the match in Rosengård's 3–0 win. [12] Rosengård finished in second place with a 14–3–5 record. [13]
Wik made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 2–1 loss to Canada on 22 November 2011. Later Coach Pia Sundhage named Wik in the Sweden squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013. [14]