Rebecka Maria Blomqvist (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish football forward who currently plays for

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and the Sweden national team.

Career

Club

Blomqvist started 2013 at IK Rössö Uddevalla in the Swedish third division (Division 1 Norra Götaland), where she scored 34 goals in 30 games. After spending her first professional years at her youth club Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC and attracting attention with strong performances, she moved to German serial champions

during the 2020/2021 winter break. She made her debut for the Wolves on 5 February 2021 in the match against Turbine Potsdam, scoring her first

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goal.

International

Blomqvist went through the Swedish junior teams and was able to win the 2015 European Championship with the U19. She made her debut as a substitute for the senior team in the first qualifying match for

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on 3 September 2019 against

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. In the last qualifying game on 1 December 2020 she scored her first goal for the senior national team in the 5–0 win over

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(final score: 6–0). She was also nominated for the

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, postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially as a reserve. After the squad had been increased due to the pandemic, the backups were also part of the squad. In terms of games, she was in the starting XI in a 2–0 win in the third group game against

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, where some regulars were rested after the previous two victories. In the end, the Swedes won the silver medal, as in 2016, from a penalty shootout. In the successful 2023 World Cup qualification, she came on as a substitute in three games and scored two goals. At the finals of the European Championship in England, which was also postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she only played briefly in the group game against Switzerland. With a 4–0 defeat against hosts

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, the Swedes were eliminated in the semi-finals. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup. She appeared in six of her team's seven games, coming on as a substitute five times in the final minutes. In the third group game against

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, she played over 90 minutes and scored one of her three tournament goals. In the 2–1 semifinal loss against

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, she was able to equalize in the 88th minute eleven minutes after being substituted on, but the Spaniards scored the winning goal afterwards. With a 2–0 victory in the game for third place over Australia, she won the bronze medal. Together with

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, she was her team's second best goalscorer, after

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International goals

Honors

;Sweden U19 * Under-19 Championship Winner:

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VfL Wolfsburg *

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Kopparbergs/Göteborg * Swedish Championship:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blomqvist, Rebecka 1997 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany BK Häcken FF players Damallsvenskan players Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Footballers from Gothenburg Sweden women's international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Sweden women's youth international footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Swedish expatriate women's footballers 21st-century Swedish sportswomen