Josefine Rybrink
Swedish footballer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solveig Josefine Kristina Rybrink (born 19 January 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for BK Häcken and the Sweden national team.
|
Rybrink in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Solveig Josefine Kristina Rybrink[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Kristianstad, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BK Häcken | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Onsala BK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Kungsbacka | 66 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | Kristianstads | 74 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | BK Häcken | 73 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | (0) |
| 2026– | BK Häcken | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Sweden U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Sweden U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Sweden | 8 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:44, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 02:02, 21 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Rybrink transferred to Kristianstads on a two-year contract in November 2017, after a successful three-year spell with Kungsbacka.[2]
In November 2021, Rybrink joined BK Häcken on a contract until the end of 2024.[3]
After leaving Häcken at the end of her contract, Rybrink signed a short-term contract with Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the 2024–25 season on 27 January 2025.[4] She spent two seasons in Tottenham before departing from the club as a free agent in the summer of 2026.[5]
International career
On 19 February 2021 Rybrink made her senior Sweden debut, in a 6–1 friendly win over Austria in Paola, Malta. She was a 78th-minute substitute for Nilla Fischer.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kungsbacka | 2015 | Elitettan | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Elitettan | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Elitettan | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 2 | ||
| Kristianstads | 2017 | Damallsvenskan | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Damallsvenskan | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Damallsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Damallsvenskan | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Damallsvenskan | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 74 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 0 | |||
| BK Häcken | 2021 | Damallsvenskan | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Damallsvenskan | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Damallsvenskan | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Damallsvenskan | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Total | 73 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 5 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 228 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 284 | 7 | ||
- Includes Svenska Cupen, Women's FA Cup
- Includes Women's League Cup
- Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
International
- As of match played 25 February 2025[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rybrink goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 July 2024 | Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon, France |  France |
1–0 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | [10] |