Sigríður Þorláksdóttir Baxter

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Sigríður Þorláksdóttir Baxter
Personal information
Born27 May 1977 (1977-05-27) (age 46)
Ísafjörður, Iceland
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Association football career
Youth career
BÍ 88
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993 11 (10)
1994–1997 Stjarnan 38 (16)
1998 Breiðablik 13 (2)
2000 Breiðablik 2 (1)
2002 Breiðablik 5 (0)
2006 Haukar 5 (0)
2007 Höttur 11 (4)
2008 Breiðablik 7 (0)
2008 Höttur 7 (5)
2010 Fram 14 (4)
2012–2014 Höttur 40 (6)
International career
1993 Iceland U-17 6 (1)
1994–1997 Iceland U-21 8 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Fram
2010–2014 Höttur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2017
Sport
SportAlpine Skiing
Football

Sigríður Björk Þorláksdóttir Baxter (born May 27, 1977) is an Icelandic retired Alpine skier [1] and football player.

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Alpine skiing

Sigríður competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the women's slalom [2] and was the Icelandic national champion in slalom and Giant slalom in 1998. [3] [4] [5]

Football

Sigríður played football in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna for Stjarnan and Breiðablik, where she won the Icelandic Football Cup and Icelandic Football Super Cup in 1998. [6] [7]

She was a player-manager for Fram in 2010 and took over as manager of Höttur women's team in November 2010 where she served until 2014. [8]

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