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Jennifer Falk

Jennifer Falk
Falk with BK Häcken in 2025
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Miley Falk[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
(on loan from BK Häcken)
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Torslanda IK 0 (0)
2013–2014 Jitex BK 26 (0)
2015 Mallbackens IF 22 (0)
2016– BK Häcken 175 (0)
2026– → Liverpool (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2020– Sweden[2] 39 (0)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:04, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 06:51, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Jennifer Miley Falk (born 26 April 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool, on loan from Damallsvenskan club BK Häcken,[3] and the Sweden national team.

Club career

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Falk played six league games for Torslanda IK in the fourth Swedish women's league (Division 2 Norra Götaland) in 2010.[4] After eleven appearances in the third division (Division 1 Norra Götaland) in the 2013 season, she moved to the first division team Jitex BK.[4] As third to last, relegation was avoided, but this followed in the next season. Falk then moved to promoted team Mallbackens IF, for whom in the 2015 season she played all 22 games and helped narrowly escape relegation as third from bottom.[4]

From 2016 she played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, which was renamed to BK Häcken FF in 2021.[4] In her first season she finished fifth with the club and had 15 appearances, more than the other keepers. For the 2017 season, three new goalkeepers were added and Falk only had six appearances. In 2018 Falk had six appearances again. In 2019 Falk was in goal in the cup final and secured first place. In 2020 Falk played all 22 league games, kept 14 clean sheets and thus played a part in the club's first championship.[5] In November 2020 she was awarded player of the month.[6]

In the 2021–22 Champions League she reached the qualifying final against Vålerenga after two wins. Here they were only able to win the away game against Benfica Lisbon. The other games were lost, so they were eliminated as bottom of the group. Falk was in goal in all eight games. In qualifying for the group phase of the 2022–23 Champions League, she competed in the second round, but her team lost twice to Paris Saint-Germain.[7][8]

Falk remained first-choice goalkeeper as Häcken claimed their second Damallsvenskan title in 2025.[9]

On 7 January 2026, she signed a loan deal with Women's Super League club Liverpool.[10]

International career

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In October 2014 she received an invitation to the U-23, but was not used. She played her first international match in May 2015 in a 3-1 win against the England U-23 team.

In October 2016, she became the third goalkeeper for the senior national team's international match against Iran, the first of a European team against the Iranians. For the 2019 World Cup she was nominated as the only Swedish player without international caps. She was second goalkeeper but was not used yet.

Falk played her first game for the senior national team at the 2020 Algarve Cup, in which the three nominated goalkeepers each played one game, in the game against Denmark, which was lost 1-2. During qualifications for the Euro 2022 when regular goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl was injured, Falk was used in the last four qualifying games and kept four clean sheets. With a 2-0 win against Iceland in the penultimate game, the Swedes qualified early for the European Championship finals.

Falk was selected for the 2020 Olympics.[11] She played in the third group game against New Zealand when some regular players were rested after the two opening victories. In the end, like in 2016, the Swedes won the silver medal.

She was nominated for the Euro 2022, but was not used. In the qualifications for the 2023 World Cup she played in goal three times and qualified with her team for the finals in Australia and New Zealand.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the 2023 World Cup.[12] She played in the third group game against Argentina when some regular players were rested. Her team was defeated 1-2 defeat in the semi-final against Spain.[13] With a 2-0 win in the game for third place over Australia she won the bronze medal.[14]

Falk was Sweden's first choice goalkeeper for UEFA Euro 2025, bowing out in the quarter-finals despite Falk saving four penalties in their shootout against England, keeping out three of their first four. Falk took Sweden's fifth penalty herself but missed what would have been the winner. England instead won the shootout in sudden-death, despite Falk saving a fourth spot-kick.[15][16] In all, Falk saved penalties from Lauren James, Beth Mead, Alex Greenwood and Grace Clinton.[17]

Personal life

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Falk lives together with Swedish footballer Pernilla Johansson.[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 25 January 2026[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Torslanda IK 2009 Division 2 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2010 Division 2 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
2011 Division 2 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2012 Division 2 0 0 3 0 — — 3 0
2013 Division 1 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Total 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Jitex BK 2013 Damallsvenskan 6 0 2 0 — — 8 0
2014 Damallsvenskan 20 0 2 0 — — 22 0
Total 26 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Mallbackens IF 2015 Damallsvenskan 22 0 2 0 — — 24 0
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2016 Damallsvenskan 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2017 Damallsvenskan 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2018 Damallsvenskan 6 0 6 0 — — 12 0
2019 Damallsvenskan 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2020 Damallsvenskan 22 0 5 0 — 2[c] 0 29 0
BK Häcken 2021 Damallsvenskan 18 0 6 0 — 8[c] 0 32 0
2022 Damallsvenskan 22 0 5 0 — 2[c] 0 29 0
2023 Damallsvenskan 26 0 4 0 — 10[c] 0 40 0
2024 Damallsvenskan 24 0 1 0 — 2[c] 0 27 0
2025 Damallsvenskan 23 0 0 0 — 5[d] 0 28 0
Total 175 0 29 0 0 0 29 0 233 0
Liverpool (loan) 2025–26 Women's Super League 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
Career total 244 0 40 0 0 0 29 0 313 0
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Women's League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ Two appearance in UEFA Women's Champions League; three appearances in UEFA Women's Europa Cup

1International

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As of match played 2 December 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2020 5 0
2021 6 0
2022 3 0
2023 6 0
2024 4 0
2025 15 0
Total 39 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players - Sweden" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Damlandslagsspelare 1973–2012" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Här är årets lagkaptener" [Here are our team captains] (in Swedish). BK Häcken.
  4. ^ a b c d "Jennifer Falk- Kopparbergs Göteborg FC". Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Falk jagar 14:e nollan och SM-guld: "Hade varit kronan på verket"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ^ Fridell, Magnus (20 November 2020). "Målvakten som blev guld värd – Jennifer Falk framröstad till Månadens spelare i november". Svenska Spel (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Häcken-Paris | Match info | UEFA Women's Champions League 2022/23". UEFA. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  8. ^ "paris saint germain v bk hacken". 21 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Häcken vinner historiskt SM-guld" [Häcken wins historic Swedish Championship gold]. Sportbladet. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Liverpool loan move for Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk who saved four England penalties at Euros". BBC Sport. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  11. ^ "Truppen till OS i Japan". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Sweden veteran Seger to play at fifth World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Ergebnisse & Spielpläne". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Sweden 2-0 Australia". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Why did goalkeeper Jennifer Falk take Sweden's fifth penalty against England?". Independent. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Jennifer Falk made FOUR SAVES in the shootout against England? - Stan Sport". Stan Sport YouTube. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Sweden goalkeeper Jennifer Falk reveals why she took fifth penalty during shootout defeat to England". OneFootball. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  18. ^ L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
  19. ^ "Jennifer Falk". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  20. ^ "Jennifer Falk". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
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