Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir

Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir (born 18 January 1992) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Breiðablik, Iceland, in the Úrvalsdeild.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Berglind Björg.
Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir
Þorvaldsdóttir playing for Florida State Seminoles on 29 November 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992
Place of birth Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Florida State University 72 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Breiðablik 63 (30)
2011–2012 ÍBV 29 (16)
2013–2014 Breiðablik 16 (7)
2015–2016 Fylkir 20 (16)
2016–2017 Breiðablik 26 (23)
2017 Verona 8 (4)
2018– Breiðablik 38 (39)
2019 → PSV (loan) 9 (1)
2020 → Milan (loan) 5 (5)
National team
2008–2009 Iceland U17 13 (11)
2008–2011 Iceland U19 25 (17)
2010– Iceland 44 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career
Berglind Björg nearly scoring a goal for Florida State Seminoles on October 11, 2015

Club

A prolific goal scorer since the young age, Berglind Björg started her professional career at Breiðablik in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the women's football top-tier league in Iceland. In 2011, she moved to ÍBV, spending two seasons with the team. From August 2012 until June 2016, Berglind Björg attended the Florida State University in the United States. On this period, she divided her time between playing for Florida State Seminoles and brief stints playing for professional clubs in her native country. First with Breiðablik (2013 and 2014) and later with Fylkir (2015 and 2016). On July 2016, Berglind Björg definitively returned home to play again for Breiðablik. On September 2017, Berglind Björg left Iceland to play in Italy Serie A's club Verona. She had played 5 matches for the team when the season was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.[1]

International

Berglind Björg debuted for Iceland U17 on 17 September 2007 in a match against Latvia for the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[2] She participated in all the six matches Iceland played in the competition. Berglind Björg also represented Iceland at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[3] On 24 April 2008 she started to play for the Iceland U19 team. Her first match was against Belgium in the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualification.[4] Berglind Björg also represented Iceland at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds and 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds.[3] In 2010, Berglind Björg was called for the 2010 Algarve Cup and debuted in Iceland's first match in the competition on 24 February against the United States.[5][6] She also represented Iceland at the 2011 Algarve Cup, 2016 Algarve Cup (when Iceland finished third) and 2017 Algarve Cup.[3] On 6 April 2017, in a match against Slovakia, Berglind Björg scored her first international goal.[7] On 22 June 2017 she was included by coach Freyr Alexandersson on the squad that represented Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[8]

References
  1. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (24 May 2020). "Berglind Björg: Hræðilegt að vera á Ítalíu undanfarnar vikur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. "Lettland – Ísland 1–7". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. "Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. "Ísland – Belgía 0–1". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. "Hope Solo Saves Two Penalties as the USA Defeats Iceland 2–0 to Open 2010 Algarve Cup". US Soccer. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. "Bandaríkin – Ísland 2–0". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. "Slóvakía – Ísland 0–2". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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