Katrín Jónsdóttir

Katrín Jónsdóttir
Katrín Jónsdóttir during the game against Sweden on April 6, 2013
Personnel
birthday	May 31, 1977
place of birth	Iceland
position	Defense
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1991-1994	Breiðablik Kópavogur	42 0(8)
1995	UMF Stjarnan	14 0(5)
1996-1997	Breiðablik Kópavogur	26 (10)
1998-1999	Kolbotn IL
1999	Breiðablik Kópavogur	2 0(1)
1999-2003	Kolbotn IL
2004	Valur Reykjavík	7 0(2)
2005	Kolbotn IL
2006-2010	Valur Reykjavík	100 (41)
2011–2012	Djurgården Damfotboll	40 0(2)
2013	Umeå IK	18 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1992-1993	Iceland U-17	11 0(0)
1993-2001	Iceland U-21	27 0(1)
1994-2013	Iceland	133 (21)
1 Only league games are given.

Katrín Jónsdóttir (born May 31, 1977 ) is a former Icelandic soccer player . The defender played for the Icelandic national team between 1994 and 2013 , is their record player and was most recently captain .

Career

society

Katrín made his debut in 1991 for Breiðablik Kópavogur in the Icelandic league at the age of 14 and was three times champion and one cup winner with the club. In 1995 she played for UMF Stjarnan , but then returned to Breiðablik Kópavogur. Then she played alternately for the Norwegian first division club Kolbotn IL and Breiðablik Kópavogur, then alternately for Valur Reykjavík , with whom she won the championship several times, and Kolbotn IL with whom she won the Norwegian championship. Since 2011 she played in the Damallsvenskan , first for Djurgården Damfotboll and after their relegation in the 2013 season for the record champions Umeå IK .

National team

Katrín played her first international match on May 9, 1994 shortly before her 17th birthday in a 4-1 win against Scotland , but continued to play for the U-21 team until 2001. She has been the captain of the senior national team since August 26, 2007. She was part of the squad at the European Women's Football Championship in Finland in 2009 and was on the field in all three preliminary round matches. The team was eliminated from the tournament with zero points, but lost to Norway and Germany only just 0: 1. In 2011, she and her team reached the final of the Algarve Cup , which was lost 4-2 to the USA, making Iceland, which has participated nine times, for the first time among the top four teams.

In 2013 she took part in the women's European football championship for the second time with the national team. In the first game against Norway, the Icelandic team won the first point in a final round with a 1-1 draw. After a 3-0 defeat against Germany , the final group game against the Netherlands was won 1-0, with Iceland winning a European Championship final for the first time and moving into the quarter-finals against hosts Sweden as the best third party in the group . There the Icelanders had no chance at 0: 4 and were eliminated from the tournament. Katrín, who played in the national team when her youngest team-mate was not yet born, then announced the end of her career as a national player. However, the new national coach Freyr Alexandersson nominated it again for the first qualifying game for the 2015 World Cup. It was then used on September 26th.

job

During her time in Norway she finished her medical studies and is now working as a doctor.

successes

• Icelandic champion : 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2006–2010
• Norwegian champion : 2002, 2005

Awards

• 1998: Iceland's Player of the Year

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ksi.is: "Katrínar þætti Jónsdóttur lokið"
2. ↑ Byrjunarlið Íslands versus Sviss
3. ↑ uefa.com: Iceland - Switzerland

Web links

• Icelandic Federation Profile
• Profile on the Damallsvenskan website

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .