Olga Færseth

Olga started her senior career with Keflavík in 1991[2] but moved to Breiðablik in 1992 where she became Icelandic champion in 1992 and 1994.[3][4] In 1995 she joined KR where she became Icelandic champion three years in a row (1997-1999).[5][6][7] She is the leading scorer in the Icelandic women's top division, scoring 269 goals in 217 games.[8][9]

Olga played 54 games for the Icelandic national football team, scoring 14 goals.[10]

• Úrvalsdeild: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002
• Icelandic Women's Cup: 1994, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008

• Úrvalsdeild player of the year: 1998, 2001[11]
• Icelandic Footballer of the Year: 2001[12]
• Úrvalsdeild top goal scorer: 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002[13]

Olga played for five seasons in the Icelandic top-tier league, winning the national championship four times. She was voted the domestic player of the year in 1994[14] and was twice selected for the domestic All-first team, in 1993 and 1994.[15] In 1994 she set a finals record by scoring 111 points in the finals series (22.2 points per game).[16] The record stood for 22 years until it was broken by Haiden Denise Palmer in 2016.[17] She spent the 1995-96 season in United States, playing for Brewton–Parker College in Georgia.[18] After tearing a cruciate ligament in her knee in 1996 she decided to retire from basketball an focus solely on football.[19]

Between 1991 and 1994, Olga played 16 games for the Icelandic national basketball team.[20] She was a member of the team that won bronze at the 1993 Games of the Small States of Europe in Malta.[21]

• Icelandic champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
• Icelandic Basketball Cup: 1993, 1994

• Úrvalsdeild Domestic Player of the Year (1994)[22]
• Úrvalsdeild Domestic All-First Team (1993, 1994)[23]