Barbro Charlotte Rohlin (born 2 December 1980) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender and captained Damallsvenskan club Linköpings FC. She won 77 caps for the Sweden women's national football team between 2007 and 2015.
 Rohlin in April 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Barbro Charlotte Rohlin[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1980[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Linköping, Sweden[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1994 | BK Kenty | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–2015 | Linköpings FC | 232 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | Sweden[4] | 77 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:48, 18 February 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editRohlin began playing for Linköpings in 1987, while they were still attached to BK Kenty, and progressed up through the youth teams. In 2009 Rohlin rejected an approach from Philadelphia Independence of the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), to extend her contract with Linköpings.[5]
She decided to retire from football at the end of the 2015 season, taking a position in the club's marketing department.[6] At the time of her retirement, Rohlin was the player with most appearances for Linköpings with more than 300 matches played in all competitions (232 of them in the league).[7][8]
International career
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At the 2007 edition of the Algarve Cup, Rohlin made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 win over Finland. Her first appearance in the squad for a major tournament came at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[9]
She was selected for UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and scored Sweden's first goal at the tournament, in their 3–0 group stage win over Russia. Rohlin was also part of the team which secured third place at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. She featured in Sweden's 3–1 semi-final defeat to eventual winners Japan in Frankfurt. Sweden secured third place by beating France 2–1 in Sinsheim.
Rohlin missed the 2012 London Olympics with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. After a year out, she returned to club football in spring 2013 and immediately targeted a place in Sweden's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[10]
Although selected for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Rohlin was no longer first choice due to Nilla Fischer's switch to centre-back and the emergence of younger players such as Emma Berglund and Amanda Ilestedt. When Sweden performed poorly and crashed out without winning a game, Rohlin criticised the tactics of coach Pia Sundhage.[11]
Charlotte Rohlin appeared Sweden in one World Cup (Germany 2011) and one Olympic Games (Beijing 2008). She was on the roster for the 2007 and 2015 World Cups, but did not see playing time in either of those tournaments.
Charlotte Rohlin participated in two European Championship tournaments: Finland 2009 and Sweden 2013. She played every minute of both tournaments.
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rohlin goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| August 25, 2009 | Turku, Finland |  Russia
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1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 | [m 1] |
Honours
editLinköpings FC
- Damallsvenskan (1): 2009
- Svenska Cupen (4): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013–14
- Svenska Supercupen (2): 2009, 2010
Sweden
- Third place at the FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011
References
edit- ^ "Association player list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ a b "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Walltin, Stenåke O. (1 March 2010). ""Lotta" Rohlin stark profil när LFC vann första SM-guldet!" (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Pettersson, Gustaf (8 October 2015). "Charlotte Rohlin slutar med fotboll" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Players standings 1977-2013". Linköpings FC (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Who will replace Charlotte Rohlin?". corren.se (in Swedish). 13 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte Rohlin". UEFA. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Börjesson, Anette (1 April 2013). "Snart comeback för Charlotte Rohlin" (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Bergsten, Per (8 October 2015). "På jakt efter ett gyllene slut" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- Match reports
- ^ "2009 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden – Russia: Group match". worldfootball.net.
External links
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- Charlotte Rohlin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Charlotte Rohlin – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Profile (in Swedish) at SvFF
- Charlotte Rohlin at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Charlotte Rohlin at Olympics.com
- Charlotte Rohlin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Club Profile
- Charlotte Rohlin at Soccerway