Freja Olofsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Freja Siri Margareta Olofsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Örebro, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | KIF Örebro | 69 | (6) |
| 2019 | Arna-Bjørnar | 7 | (0) |
| 2020 | KIF Örebro | 21 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Racing Louisville | 37 | (0) |
| 2022– | Real Madrid | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016 | |||
Freja Siri Margareta Olofsson (born 24 May 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real Madrid in the Primera Iberdrola.
Club career
Olofsson began her professional career with KIF Orebro, making 69 appearances for the Swedish club. After tearing her ACL after seven appearances with Arna-Bjørnar, Olofsson returned in 2020 with KIF and scored twice in 21 appearances.[citation needed]
She signed a one-year contract with National Women's Soccer League club Racing Louisville FC in 2021, starting 20 league matches in her first season. She signed a three-year contract with Racing Louisville in May 2022, but started only 9 league matches in her second season before being transferred under new manager Kim Björkegren.[2]
On 7 September 2022, Racing announced the transfer of Olofsson to Real Madrid four months into her three-year contract with Racing, in exchange for an undisclosed transfer fee.[3]
References
- ^ Freja Olofsson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ Brennan, Clare (2 May 2022). "Freja Olofsson signs three-year deal with Racing Louisville". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "LIVE Transfer Talk: AC Milan eye €120m for Rafael Leao's transfer amid Real Madrid, Chelsea interest". ESPN. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
External links
- Freja Olofsson at Soccerway
- Freja Olofsson on realmadrid.com
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Swedish women's footballers
- Sportspeople from Örebro
- KIF Örebro DFF players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Racing Louisville FC players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Real Madrid Femenino players
- Primera División (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Swedish women's football biography stubs
- Swedish football midfielder stubs