Charlotte Rohlin

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.

Charlotte Rohlin

Rohlin in April 2013
Personal information
Full name	Barbro Charlotte Rohlin^[1]
Date of birth	(1980-12-02) 2 December 1980 (age 43)^[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 Women's football Representing  Sweden FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Germany Team
*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

Rohlin 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

 

Rohlin at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

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]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup & Olympic tournaments

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.

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Beijing 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
	1	2008-8-6^[m 1]	Tianjin	China	Start			1–2 L	Group match
	2	2008-8-9^[m 2]	Tianjin	Argentina	90+1. off 90+1' (on Segerström)			1–0 W	Group match
	3	2008-8-12^[m 3]	Beijing	Canada	Start			2–1 W	Group match
	4	2008-8-15^[m 4]	Shenyang	Germany	Start			0–2 L	Quarter-Final
Germany 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	5	2011-6-28^[m 5]	Leverkusen	Colombia	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	6	2011-7-2^[m 6]	Augsburg	North Korea	Start			1–0 W	Group match
	7	2011-7-6^[m 7]	Wolfsburg	United States	Start			2–1 W	Group match
	8	2011-7-10^[m 8]	Augsburg	Australia	Start			3–1 W	Quarter-Final
	9	2011-7-13^[m 9]	Frankfurt	Japan	Start			1–3 L	Semi-Final
	10	2011-7-16^[m 10]	Sinsheim	France	Start			2–1 W	Third Place Match

Matches and goals scored at European Championship tournaments

Charlotte Rohlin participated in two European Championship tournaments: Finland 2009 and Sweden 2013. She played every minute of both tournaments.

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
2009 European Championship
1	1	2009-8-25^[m 11]	Turku	Russia	Start	5	1-0	3–0 W	Group match
	2	2009-8-28^[m 12]	Turku	Italy	Start			2–0 W	Group match
	3	2009-8-31^[m 13]	Turku	England	Start			1–1 D	Group match
	4	2009-9-4^[m 14]	Helsinki	Norway	Start			1–3 L	Quarter-Final
2013 European Championship
	5	2013-7-10^[m 15]	Gothenburg	Denmark	Start			1–1 D	Group match
	6	2013-7-13^[m 16]	Gothenburg	Finland	Start			5–0 W	Group match
	7	2013-7-16^[m 17]	Halmstad	Italy	Start			3–1 W	Group match
	8	2013-7-21^[m 18]	Halmstad	Iceland	Start			4–0 W	Quarter-Final
	9	2013-7-24^[m 19]	Gothenburg	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Semi-Final

Honours

Club

Linköpings FC

• Damallsvenskan (1): 2009
• Svenska Cupen (4): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013–14
• Svenska Supercupen (2): 2009, 2010

National team

Sweden

• Third place at the FIFA Women's World Cup: 2011

References

1. "Association player list" (PDF). UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
3. "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
4. "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
5. Walltin, Stenåke O. (1 March 2010). (in Swedish). Svensk Damfotboll. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
6. Pettersson, Gustaf (8 October 2015). "Charlotte Rohlin slutar med fotboll" (in Swedish). Linköpings FC. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
7. "Players standings 1977-2013". Linköpings FC (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
8. "Who will replace Charlotte Rohlin?". corren.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 February 2016.
9. "Charlotte Rohlin". UEFA. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
10. Börjesson, Anette (1 April 2013). "Snart comeback för Charlotte Rohlin" (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 June 2013.
11. Bergsten, Per (8 October 2015). "På jakt efter ett gyllene slut" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

Match reports

1. . FIFA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
2. . FIFA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
3. . FIFA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
4. . FIFA. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
5. . FIFA. Archived from the original on June 30, 2011.
6. . FIFA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011.
7. . FIFA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2011.
8. . FIFA. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011.
9. . FIFA. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011.
10. . FIFA. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011.
11. "2009 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Russia: Group match". worldfootball.net.
12. "2009 European Championship: MATCH Report: Italy - Sweden: Group match". worldfootball.net.
13. "2009 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - England: Group match". worldfootball.net.
14. "2009 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Norway: Quarter-finals". worldfootball.net.
15. "2013 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Denmark: Group match". UEFA.
16. "2013 European Championship: MATCH Report: Finland - Sweden: Group match". UEFA.
17. "2013 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Italy: Group match". UEFA.
18. "2013 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Iceland: Quarter-Finals". UEFA.
19. "2013 European Championship: MATCH Report: Sweden - Germany: Semi-Finals". UEFA.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charlotte Rohlin.

• – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Charlotte Rohlin – UEFA competition record ()
• Profile (in Swedish) at SvFF
• at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
• Charlotte Rohlin at Olympics.com
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Club Profile
• Charlotte Rohlin at Soccerway