Fridolina Rolfö

Fridolina Rolfö (born 24 November 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who primarily plays as a left-back or left winger for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Sweden national team.

Early life Fridolina Rolfö was born on 24 November 1993 to mother Eleonore Andersson and father Lars Rolfö. She has a younger brother named Julius and an older sister named Daniella, the latter of whom played football and inspired Rolfö to do the same. She grew up in Kungsbacka, a municipality within Metropolitan Gothenburg. She scored her first three league goals on 5 May 2011 in a 9–0 away win against newly promoted Dalsjöfors GoIF with a hat trick to make it 1–0, 2–0 and 3–0. She was named the 2011 Women's Junior Player of the Year by Göteborgs-Posten,

Rolfö signed for Linköping in 2014 and scored a hat-trick on her UEFA Champions League debut against English champions Liverpool.

Bayern Munich In November 2016, it was announced that Rolfö would sign for reigning Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. She signed an 18-month contract, starting from 1 January 2017. On 26 February 2017 she made her debut in a 2–1 win in a home game against FF USV Jena, coming on as a substitute for Melanie Leupolz in the 68th minute. She scored her first Bundesliga goal on 1 October 2017 in a 4–0 away win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. In each of her three seasons in Germany, Bayern Munich finished runners up to VfL Wolfsburg in the league.

VfL Wolfsburg In May 2019, current Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the signing of Rolfö to a two-year contract. On 25 August 2020, Rolfö scored the only goal against Barcelona in their single-legged Champions League semifinal victory to book a place in the final, where her team eventually lost 1–3 to Lyon. On 30 June 2021, Rolfö left VfL Wolfsburg after the expiration of her contract.

Barcelona On 7 July 2021, she signed a two-year deal with Barcelona. On 4 September, Rolfö made her official debut for Barcelona when she came on for the last 18 minutes, replacing Mariona Caldentey in her side's 5–0 routing of Granadilla Tenerife. A week later, she scored her first goal for the club, when she slotted her side's fourth goal in another 5–0 victory against Real Betis.

In January 2023, Rolfö extended her contract with Barcelona until June 2026. Rolfö scored the winning goal of the 2022–23 Champions League final, making it 3–2 against her former club VfL Wolfsburg and giving Barcelona their second Champions League title.

On 5 September 2023, Rolfö announced that she would be undergoing keyhole surgery on the meniscus of her right knee. She returned from injury on 17 March 2024, and in her first match back, she opened scoring in the 8th minute for a 7–0 victory against UD Tenerife. Playing both as full-back and winger, and serving as the team's penalty taker, she returned in top form to help Barcelona to a Champions League victories at Stamford Bridge and then in the final. On 7 July 2025, her contract with Barcelona was terminated by mutual consent.

Manchester United On 15 August 2025, it was announced that Rolfö had signed for English Women's Super League club Manchester United on a two-year deal. She made her debut for the club on 14 September during a 5–1 WSL victory against London City Lionesses. Rolfö scored her first goal for United during their 1–0 Champions League victory against Atlético Madrid on 16 October.

International career Rolfö played for Sweden under-19 international team at the 2011–12 UEFA Under-19 Championship. She helped Sweden win the competition by defeating Spain 1–0 in extra time.

Rolfö's club form with Linköping caught the eye of national team coach Pia Sundhage, who promptly handed Rolfö a debut cap in Sweden's 2–1 friendly defeat by Germany at Eyravallen on 29 October 2014. In her five-minute substitute appearance she almost scored but was denied by German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.

Rolfö played in the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro helping Sweden to a silver medal after losing in the final to Germany. Rolfö did not feature in the 2–1 loss in the Gold Medal Match, after suffering a tournament-ending injury in the quarter-final against the USWNT.

On 16 June 2019, Rolfö scored her first goal in the 2019 World Cup in a 5–1 win over Thailand.

Rolfö was selected to represent Sweden in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021. She featured in every match except for Sweden's final group stage match against New Zealand. She scored three goals in five matches as her team won the silver medal again after being defeated 2–3 on penalties by Canada.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA 2023 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the 2-0 win over Australia for third place. Two weeks later, she underwent knee surgery to repair her meniscus, and was out for the rest of the year.

On 12 July 2025, she received her 100th cap in a 4–1 victory over Germany at the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

Personal life Rolfö is currently in a relationship with Simon Skott, whom she met in 2016.

While at Wolfsburg, Rolfö was roommates with fellow national team teammate Madelen Janogy, whom Rolfö helped tackle her mental health challenges.

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

Honours Linköping Damallsvenskan: 2016 Svenska Cupen: 2013–14, 2014–15

VfL Wolfsburg Frauen-Bundesliga: 2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen: 2019–20, 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

Barcelona Primera División: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 Supercopa de España: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 Copa de la Reina: 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League: 2022–23, 2023–24, runner-up: 2021–22, 2024–25

Manchester United Women's League Cup runner-up: 2025–26

Sweden Summer Olympic Games Silver Medal: 2016, 2020 FIFA Women's World Cup Bronze Medal: 2019, 2023 Algarve Cup: 2018

Sweden U19 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2012

Individual Fotbollsgalan Diamantbollen: 2021, 2022 Fotbollsgalan Swedish Forward of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Fotbollsgalan Swedish Goal of the Year: 2021