Rosa Kafaji
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rusul Rosa Kafaji | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Solna, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | BK Häcken | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | AIK | 49 | (20) |
| 2022– | BK Häcken | 19 | (12) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2020 | Sweden U17 | 20 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (4) |
| 2023– | Sweden U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | Sweden | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 14 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Rusul Rosa Kafaji (born 5 July 2003) is a Swedish football striker who plays for BK Häcken in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
Early life[edit]
Kafaji was born to parents who are originally from Iraq and her father moved back there after her parents' divorce.[2]
Club career[edit]
Kafaji grew up in Akalla and started playing football in Kallhälls FF when she was eight years old.[3] After that, Kafaji played for Bele Barkarby FF before she went to AIK before the 2015 season.[3] Kafaji made her debut for the A-team in the Elitettan in 2019 and scored four goals and three assists in seven matches during the season.[3] In the 2020 season, she scored 12 goals in 18 matches and helped AIK to be promoted to the Damallsvenskan.
International career[edit]
In February 2021, Kafaji was selected for the Swedish women's national team for the first time.[4]
In 2024 she was called up to join the National Team in the two Nations League playoff games against Bosnia-Hercegovina on February 23 and 28. She started both games and scored her first goal for the Swedish senior women's team in the latter one.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- AIK
Winners
References[edit]
- ^ "Profile of R. Kafaji". bkhacken.se. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ Niva, Erik. ”Aldrig känt att jag behövt vara någon annan än mig själv”, Aftonbladet, 21 mars 2021. Läst 21 mars 2021.
- ^ a b c "AIK Fotboll skriver treårskontrakt med Rosa Kafaji". aikfotboll.se. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Rosa Kafaji uttagen till Svenska Damlandslaget". ungdomsfotboll.se. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Rosa Rusul Kafaji - spelarstatistik". svenskfotboll.se. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links[edit]
- Rosa Kafaji at Soccerway
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Solna Municipality
- Swedish people of Iraqi descent
- Swedish women's footballers
- AIK Fotboll (women) players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Women's association football forwards
- Elitettan players
- Footballers from Stockholm County
- 21st-century Swedish women
- Sweden women's youth international footballers
- Swedish women's football biography stubs
- Swedish football midfielder stubs