Jacob Ondrejka is a Swedish international winger who joined Parma Calcio 1913 in January 2025 and has so far shown glimpses of talent in Serie A.
Ondrejka, 22, began his career at Landskrona BoIS in 2019, before moving to IF Elfsborg and subsequently to the Belgian Pro League champions, Royal Antwerp.
Following some convincing performances with the team from 2023 to 2025, the Swede attracted the interest of Parma FC, who pursued the promising left-winger.
Since his move to I Crociati on January 23, 2025, Ondrejka has succeeded in making impactful appearances, scoring five goals in 12 games.
Overall, this is a good start in Serie A for someone who has never played in Italy before and did not even have a whole summer preparation with the team.
Therefore, Ondrejka is expected to put on even more impactful performances, whether with Parma or with another Serie A team, if he moves elsewhere during this summer transfer window.
In this player analysis and scout report, we will examine Ondrejka’s playmaking, dribbling, and goal-scoring abilities while identifying which teams best suit him and might need him the most.
The analysis will also attempt to identify what Ondrejka needs to improve to become a more effective winger in Serie A for the upcoming seasons.
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Who Is Jacob Ondrejka?
Ondrejka has typically played as a left winger with Parma, although he can also play as a right winger when needed.
In fact, numerous experiments have been conducted with Ondrejka in various positions, particularly at Antwerp, where he has been used as a left-back, a left-attacking midfielder, a right-attacking midfielder, a left wing-back, and a striker.
This has helped Ondrejka gain a lot of experience and more positioning awareness, which has improved his ability to deal with complex situations.
Jacob Ondrejka Heat Map
Ondrejka’s primary roles are the left-winger and right-winger positions, as these two positions perfectly suit his physical abilities.
The following heat map and position graphic highlight Ondrejka’s adaptability to playing on both wings, with more experience on the left wing.
Moreover, the advanced playmaker option is also viable, and Ondrejka could excel in that role despite not having played it before, which confirms that his input would be more valuable when used as a winger.
Thanks to his exceptional agility and dribbling skills, Ondrejka can be a valuable asset in the team’s attacking tactics.
He can be important in counterattacks, from open play, or at set pieces.
For counterattacks, Ondrejka’s role is to receive the ball near the wing and use his pace and dribbling abilities to get past his opponents.
His dribbling success rate is currently 51.7%.
Parma has mostly been using him on the left wing, and they have succeeded in exploiting his explosive runs and dribbles to create dangerous counter-attacks or rely on him to make a difference from the wing.
Jacob Ondrejka Movement Without The Ball
The start of the following goal action, which began with a valuable bit of Ondrejka movement without the ball, highlights the winger’s awareness of his surroundings and ability to react quickly when not in possession of the ball to help his teammates find a passing option.
In fact, his movement without the ball was crucial for him to anticipate his marker’s movement and surprise the entire defensive line, as he received the ball while running and continued at the same speed before finishing with great accuracy.
Players who can control the ball while running at full speed, continue their run with it, and succeed in shooting with accuracy to score goals are rare but can be very useful in attacking situations.
Jacob Ondrejka Playmaking & Attacking Abilities
Ondrejka has a 73.6% passing rate and provides 54.2% accurate passes to the box.
His assist rate is currently poor, but if he continues to work hard, he has the potential to become much more impactful in terms of assists and increase the 0.15 assists made per game rate.
Indeed, he is yet to provide assists at Parma.
However, he used to be regularly impactful in terms of passing when he was playing with Antwerp.
Ondrejka was even the corners’ specialist at Antwerp, which shows how good his passing, especially his long passing, is.
Jacob Ondrejka Long-Passing Assist
The following assist example highlights Ondrejka’s ability to receive the ball and avoid the direct marker using efficient, oriented ball control, plus a body feint, before crossing the ball into the space left behind the opponent’s defence.
The coaching staff at Parma needs to encourage Ondrejka to replicate his ability to quickly spot his teammate, avoid the opponent with excellent dribbling techniques, and provide an assist with extreme precision in Serie A.
Although defending in Italy can be tougher than in Belgium, Ondrejka is capable of repeating such actions and assists in Serie A, especially after getting to know and practise the current level of Serie A teams.
Furthermore, one of Ondrejka’s most attempted actions is his penetration on the left wing, dribbling past his marker and crossing or passing to one of his teammates inside the box to finish the action.
This is a routine action that Ondrejka often performs successfully.
Jacob Ondrejka Through Pass Assist
Since he is exceptional at surpassing defenders in one-on-one duels, Ondrejka can take on more responsibility and attempt such actions regularly, as they can be crucial, as seen in the following example.
Moreover, we should note that Ondrejka’s direct approach to dribbling makes him particularly advantageous in most duels.
In other words, Ondrejka does not fear getting himself trapped in duels.
He faces defenders with surprising direct dribbles that leave no time for them to react if they did not expect such a move beforehand.
This plan often helps Ondrejka get past defenders in addition to relying on his pace.
Parma must utilise this dribbling talent to the team’s advantage by fostering more chemistry between the attacking players and refining their combinations and passing plans to reach the goal more efficiently.
Such ideas can benefit Ondrejka, who can become much more valuable if he creates a regular attacking duo or trio with his teammates in the attacking phase.
Moreover, Ondrejka has been a free-kick taker for Antwerp and has often created key opportunities thanks to his accurate crosses towards the box, and that’s something to exploit further at Parma.
Ondrejka’s ability to adapt to the two sides’ winger roles makes him a very valuable attacking player from a playmaking perspective.
He proved that he could create opportunities, dribble easily past defenders on both flanks and, more importantly, find the body balance and time needed to cross or pass accurately.
Jacob Ondrejka Abilities On The Right-Wing
Being able to do this on the right wing as well, despite being a left-winger, adds to Ondrejka’s attacking efficiency and makes him a winger who deserves more chances and playing time, whether at Parma or with another team.
It is true that a bit more maturity and determination to take more risks in certain actions will be needed for him to develop further.
Nevertheless, Ondrejka can be very beneficial for any Serie A team, especially when it comes to dribbling on the wings, creating numerical superiority thanks to his high rate of winning duels, and providing key passes, whether through crosses, as seen in the following example, or through passes.
Ondrejka has also shown glimpses of creativity in terms of dribbling and key passing, given that he is one of the most promising players in Serie A in terms of dribbling and body feints at the moment.
His direct style resembles that of wingers like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Rafael Leão.
He can dribble easily and confuse defenders with tricky body feints while keeping his body balanced to execute the next move.
Working further on these dribbles and feints will be crucial for Ondrejka’s career.
It can make him a much more decisive player, especially when he advances to the box.
Jacob Ondrejka Dribbling & Passing
The following assist picture further highlights Ondrejka’s unpredictability, which makes him one of the most potentially dangerous dribblers in Serie A.
Ondrejka pretended to go to the left side when trying to dribble past his opponent.
As soon as he realised it was not a good decision to move to that side, he made a quick pass with the exterior part of his foot to the teammate coming from behind.
Jacob Ondrejka Goalscoring Skills & Potential
In terms of goalscoring, Ondrejka still has a lot of potential to become a more consistent finisher by working on his movements inside the box and improving his shooting abilities.
The Swedish winger actually scores 0.34 goals per game, with a shooting average reaching 2.55 shots per match.
These numbers indicate that Ondrejka still needs to take more risks and aim to shoot more on goal per match to establish his attacking importance further and contribute to the goalscoring mission.
Jacob Ondrejka Goal Against Lazio
With Parma, he has already shown some very promising signs, scoring goals from various situations and employing different techniques, confirming that he can be very valuable in this regard next season.
The following example against Lazio highlights Ondrejka’s ability to show himself during attacks, move to the middle of the box, receive the ball under pressure and succeed in scoring with accuracy despite being surrounded by three opponents.
Jacob Ondrejka Curved Shot
The next example is even more impressive, demonstrating the danger Ondrejka poses from the left wing.
He was the one cutting inside and trying to provide a key pass.
As the ball was deflected and came back to Ondrejka, he immediately went for an outstanding curved shot that was very difficult to save, as it was well-angled.
This further confirms Ondrejka’s shooting talent, his ability to shoot with power and accuracy, as well as his confidence and quick decision-making in such situations.
Conclusion
As this Jacob Ondrejka analysis has shown, Ondrejka is an emerging Swedish talent who has begun his Serie A journey in the best possible way with Parma.
Within the first six months, he confirmed his talent and started to gain the manager’s confidence.
With the next season approaching, he needs to work harder on improving his playmaking and goal-scoring skills to increase his assist-making and goal-scoring statistics further, eventually attracting more interest from bigger clubs while helping Parma reach their seasonal targets.
