Elín Metta Jensen

Elín Jensen
Personal information
Full name Elín Metta Jensen
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Valur
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Florida State 34 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Valur 117 (85)
National team‡
2010–2012 Iceland U-17 14 (17)
2011–2014 Iceland U-19 19 (9)
2012– Iceland U-23 2 (3)
2013– Iceland 36 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 January 2018

Elín Metta Jensen (born 1 March 1995) is an Icelandic footballer. She plays as a striker for Valur and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Elín has played for Valur since 2010. She made her Úrvalsdeild debut aged 15 in July 2010, scoring the fifth goal in Valur's 7–2 win over Haukar.[1] In 2012, she scored 18 goals in 18 games to win the league's Golden Boot.[2] Elín signed a new three-year contract with Valur in November 2013.[3]

International career

Elín made her senior international debut for Iceland on 16 June 2013, replacing record goalscorer Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir after 75 minutes of a 3–0 friendly win over Hungary. Elín played in a historic 3–2 win over Germany in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, scoring one goal and providing two assists to her teammate Dagný Brynjarsdóttir.[4]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[5]

Honours

Club

Valur

Winner

Runner-up

References

  1. ↑ Arnarsson, Arnar Daði (13 July 2010). "Elín Metta: Vissi ekki að ég myndi Keppa fyrir 2 dögum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (15 September 2012). "Nýju markaprinsessur landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Elín Metta áfram hjá Val". RUV.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Þýskaland-Ísland 2-3". Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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