Jennifer Falk

Jennifer Falk
Jennifer Falk in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Miley Falk[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 BK Häcken
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Torslanda IK
2013–2014 Jitex BK 27 (0)
2015 Mallbackens IF 22 (0)
2016– BK Häcken 80 (0)
International career‡
2020– Sweden[2] 13[3] (0[citation needed])
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:45, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022

Jennifer Miley Falk (born 26 April 1993) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Swedish national team and BK Häcken.[4][5]

Clubs

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Falk played six league games for Torslanda IK in the fourth Swedish women's league (Division 2 Norra Götaland) in 2010.[6] After eleven appearances in the third division (Division 1 Norra Götaland) in the 2013 season, she moved to the first division team Jitex BK.[6] As third to last, relegation was avoided, but this followed in the next season. Falk then moved to promoted team Mallbackens IF, for whom in the 2015 season she played all 22 games and helped narrowly escape relegation as third from bottom.[6]

From 2016 she played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, which was renamed to BK Häcken FF in 2021.[6] In her first season she finished fifth with the club and had 15 appearances, more than the other keepers. For the 2017 season, three new goalkeepers were added and Falk only had six appearances. In 2018 Falk had six appearances again. In 2019 Falk was in goal in the cup final and secured first place. In 2020 Falk played all 22 league games, kept 14 clean sheets and thus played a part in the club's first championship.[7] In November 2020 she was awarded player of the month.[8]

In the 2021–22 Champions League she reached the qualifying final against Vålerenga after two wins. Here they were only able to win the away game against Benfica Lisbon. The other games were lost, so they were eliminated as bottom of the group. Falk was in goal in all eight games. In qualifying for the group phase of the 2022–23 Champions League, she competed in the second round, but her team lost twice to Paris Saint-Germain.[9][10]

National team

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In October 2014 she received an invitation to the U-23, but was not used. She played her first international match in May 2015 in a 3-1 win against the England U-23 team.

In October 2016, she became the third goalkeeper for the senior national team's international match against Iran, the first of a European team against the Iranians. For the 2019 World Cup she was nominated as the only Swedish player without international caps. She was second goalkeeper but was not used yet.

Falk played her first game for the senior national team at the 2020 Algarve Cup, in which the three nominated goalkeepers each played one game, in the game against Denmark, which was lost 1-2. During qualifications for the Euro 2022 when regular goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl was injured, Falk was used in the last four qualifying games and kept four clean sheets. With a 2-0 win against Iceland in the penultimate game, the Swedes qualified early for the European Championship finals.

Falk was selected for the 2020 Olympics.[11] She played in the third group game against New Zealand when some regular players were rested after the two opening victories. In the end, like in 2016, the Swedes won the silver medal.

She was nominated for the Euro 2022, but was not used. In the qualifications for the 2023 World Cup she played in goal three times and qualified with her team for the finals in Australia and New Zealand.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup.[12] She played in the third group game against Argentina when some regular players were rested. Her team was defeated 1-2 defeat in the semi-final against Spain.[13] With a 2-0 win in the game for third place over Australia she won the bronze medal.[14]

Private life

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Falk lives together with Swedish footballer Pernilla Johansson.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Caps and goals".
  4. ^ "Jennifer Falk has signed for KGFC". Kopparbergs / Göteborg FC. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Mallbacken tappar Falk". nwt.se. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d "Jennifer Falk- Kopparbergs Göteborg FC". Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Jennifer Falk jagar 14:e nollan och SM-guld: "Hade varit kronan på verket"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. ^ Fridell, Magnus (20 November 2020). "Målvakten som blev guld värd – Jennifer Falk framröstad till Månadens spelare i november". Svenska Spel (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  9. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Häcken-Paris | Match info | UEFA Women's Champions League 2022/23". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  10. ^ "paris saint germain v bk hacken".
  11. ^ "Truppen till OS i Japan". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Ergebnisse & Spielpläne". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Sweden 2-0 Australia". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
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