Ingibjörg_Sigurdardóttir

Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir

Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic footballer


Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir (born 7 October 1997) is an Icelandic footballer who most recently played as a defender for Vålerenga in the Toppserien, the top-tier women's football league in Norway. A multi-sport athlete in her youth, she played in the Icelandic top-tier basketball league and for Iceland's junior national basketball teams before fully focusing on football.

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Football

Club career

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 for Grindavík's senior 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 senior team. Until 2016, she played alternately with the youth and senior team, then exclusively for the senior team.[3]

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

National team career

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]

Basketball

Club career

Alongside football, Ingibjörg also played basketball for Grindavík basketball team. She first played for the senior team during the 2011-2012 season in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna. On 30 November 2011, she scored 30 points in a victory against Skallagrímur.[8] The following season she appeared in three games in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna before fully focusing on football.[9][10]

National team career

Ingibjörg played 12 games for the Icelandic U-16 team from 2011 to 2013.[11]

Titles

1. deild kvenna: 2012


References

  1. "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir bikarmeistari". Grindavik. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". KSí. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". KSí. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. Hafliði Breiðfjörð (11 December 2017). "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir til Djurgarden (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  6. "France 1 – 0 Iceland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. "Iceland 1–2 Switzerland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Góður sigur hjá stelpunum á Skallagrími". Grindavík (in Icelandic). 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. "Heimavöllurinn - Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir í ítarlegu spjalli". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 23 December 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. "Úrvalsdeild kvenna Domino´s deildin (2013 Tímabil) - Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  11. "U-16". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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