Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir

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Ólína playing for Iceland in 2009
Personal information
Full name Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir
Date of birth (1982-11-16) 16 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Grindavík, Iceland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2001–2002 Central Michigan Chippewas
2003–2004 Richmond Spiders
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 Grindavík 18 (3)
2002–2006 Breiðablik 56 (21)
2007–2008 KR 31 (6)
2009–2012 KIF Örebro DFF 53 (2)
2013 Chelsea Ladies 7 (0)
2013–2014 Valur 24 (6)
2015 Fylkir 18 (2)
2017 KR 4 (0)
International career‡
1999 Iceland U–17 4 (0)
2002–2006 Iceland U–21 17 (0)
2003–2014 Iceland 70 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:57, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir (born 16 November 1982) is an Icelandic football defender and a former member of the Icelandic national football team.

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Club career

From 2009 until 2012, Ólína played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF. [1] She joined Chelsea Ladies of the English FA WSL in January 2013. [2] She returned to Iceland at the start of July and signed for Valur. [3] In November 2014 she signed for Fylkir.

In November 2016, Ólína signed with KR. [4] She missed the majority of the 2017 Úrvalsdeild season due to a concussion she received in the second game of the season. [5]

National team career

Ólína was part of Iceland's national team and competed in the UEFA Women's Championships in 2009 and 2013. She retired from international football in 2014. [6]

Personal life

In June 2012, Ólína and partner Edda Garðarsdóttir had their first child when she (Ólína) gave birth to a daughter. [7]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Olina Vidarsdottir" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Two more internationals join Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea F.C. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Edda og Ólína í Val". RÚV. July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ólína aftur í KR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Nadine Guðrún Yaghi; Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir (10 November 2017). "Skortur á úrræðum og fræðslu varðandi höfuðhögg íþróttafólks hér á landi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Guðmundur Marinó Ingvarsson (13 September 2014). "Ólína hætt með landsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Ása Hreinsdóttir, Indíana (23 June 2012). "Ólína og Edda orðnar mömmur". DV. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir – FIFA competition record (archived)

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