Kim Olafsson

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Kim Olafsson
Personal information
Full name Kim Olafsson Gunnlaugsson [1]
Date of birth (1998-08-27) 27 August 1998 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Luxembourg
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position(s) Forward [3]
Team information
Current team
Munsbach
Number 14
Youth career
2014–2015 Frankfurt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 1. FFC Frankfurt II 27 (1)
2020-2021 Frankfurt - (-)
2021–2022 Elversberg 2 (0)
2022– Munsbach 0 (0)
International career
2015 Iceland U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 4 (0)
2014– Luxembourg 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2022 [4]

Kim Olafsson Gunnlaugsson (born 27 August 1998) is a Luxembourgish footballer who plays as a forward for Munsbach and the Luxembourg women's national team. [2]

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Early life

Olafsson was born in Luxembourg to an Icelandic father and a Luxembourgish mother. Kim moved with only 15 years to Frankfurt, Germany to pursue her football career. After two successful years she unfortunately got a knee injury. 2017 first ACL tear, 2018 and 2019 inside meniscus tear(all left Knee). Kim is still working on her comeback. [5] [6]

Club career

Olafsson has played for FFC Frankfurt II 2. Bundesliga in Germany. [7]

International career

Olafsson made her senior debut for Luxembourg on 29 October 2014 as a 79th-minute substitution in a 1–0 friendly home win over Lithuania. [4] She scored her first international goal on 11 December 2014 in a 2–3 friendly away loss to Cyprus. [4] After these two friendly appearances for Luxembourg, she agreed to officially play for Iceland at youth levels. She represented Iceland at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and two UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifications (2016 and 2017). [7] On 11 April 2021, she resumed her senior international career with Luxembourg, appearing in a 2–1 friendly away win over Liechtenstein. [4]

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 December 2014 Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2–32–3 Friendly

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References

  1. "Kim Olafsson Gunnlaugsson". Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Cadre". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 Kim OlafssonUEFA competition record (archive)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Kim Olafsson". Der luxemburgische Fussball (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. Grellier, Nicolas (9 April 2021). "Huit ans après, Kim Olafsson revient en sélection". L'essentiel (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. Tómas Þór Þórðarson (19 June 2015). "Gæti reynst falinn fjarsjóður". Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 Kim Olafsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.