Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir

Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir
Ingibjörg representing Iceland in a match against Germany at Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany on October 20, 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997
Place of birth Grindavík, Iceland
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Breiðablik
Number 25
Youth career
2009–2012 Grindavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Grindavík 6 (1)
2012–2017 Breiðablik 67 (5)
2018– Djurgårdens IF 6 (1)
National team
2012–2013 Iceland U17 14 (3)
2014–2015 Iceland U19 15 (5)
2017– Iceland 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir (born 7 October 1997) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a defender for Djurgårdens IF in the Damallsvenskan, the top-tier women's football league in Sweden.

Career

Club

Ingibjörg grew up in Grindavík in southwest Iceland and joined the local club Grindavík at a young age. On August 17, 2011, at 13 years old, she debuted as a professional player in a match against Þróttur Reykjavík in the top-tier women's football league in Iceland.[1][2] In 2012, at the age of 14 years, Ingibjörg signed with Breiðablik, the record champions in Icelandic women's football. In August 2012, she debuted for Breiðablik A-team. Until 2016, she played alternately in youth and in the A-team, then exclusively for the A-team.[3]

In December 2017, Ingibjörg signed with Djurgårdens IF of the Damallsvenskan.[4]

International

At the age of 14, Ingibjörg was called for the Icelandic U-17 team, which participated in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Her first game for the U17 team was on April 18, 2012, in Poperinge against Belgium. Ingibjörg also participated in the qualifying tournament for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. In March 2014, Ingibjörg debuted for the Icelandic U-19 team in a match against Finland.[3] Ingibjörg played her first international match for Iceland senior team on June 8, 2017, in a 0-0 away game against Ireland when she played 90 minutes. Shortly thereafter, Ingibjörg was included in the squad that represented Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[5] She played against France and Switzerland in the Group Stage.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir bikarmeistari". Grindavik. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". KSí. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". KSí. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (11 December 2017). "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir til Djurgarden (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "France 1 - 0 Iceland". UEFA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Iceland 1-2 Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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