Jessica Wik | |
Full Name: | Jessica Marie Wik |
Birth Name: | Jessica Marie Samuelsson[1] |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1992 |
Birth Place: | Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden |
Height: | 1.66 m[2] |
Position: | Full back |
Currentclub: | FC Rosengård |
Clubnumber: | 15 |
Youthclubs1: | Åby IF |
Years1: | 2007–2009 |
Clubs1: | Smedby AIS |
Years2: | 2010–2017 |
Clubs2: | Linköpings FC |
Caps2: | 133 |
Goals2: | 7 |
Years3: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs3: | → Melbourne Victory (loan) |
Caps3: | 13 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs4: | Arsenal |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2019– |
Clubs5: | FC Rosengård |
Caps5: | 24 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2011– |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden |
Nationalcaps1: | 54 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 17:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 20 September 2017 |
Jessica Marie Wik (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 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 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]