Rosa_Kafaji
Rosa Kafaji
Swedish footballer
Rusul Rosa Kafaji (born 5 July 2003) is a Swedish football striker who plays for BK Häcken in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rusul Rosa Kafaji | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 20) | ||
| 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) | |||
Kafaji was born to parents who are originally from Iraq and her father moved back there after her parents' divorce.[2]
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.
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]
Club
- AIK
Winners
- "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.
- "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.
- Rosa Kafaji at Soccerway
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