Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir

Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir (born 16 November 1982) is an Icelandic football defender and a former member of the Icelandic national football team.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ólína.
Ólína G. Viðarsdóttir
Ólína playing for Iceland in 2009
Personal information
Full name Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir
Date of birth (1982-11-16) 16 November 1982
Place of birth Grindavík, Iceland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2001–2002 Central Michigan Chippewas
2003–2004 Richmond Spiders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Grindavík 18 (3)
2002–2006 Breiðablik 56 (21)
2007–2008 KR 31 (6)
2009–2012 KIF Örebro DFF 53 (2)
2013 Chelsea Ladies 7 (0)
2013–2014 Valur 24 (6)
2015 Fylkir 18 (2)
2017 KR 4 (0)
International career‡
1999 Iceland U–17 4 (0)
2002–2006 Iceland U–21 17 (0)
2003–2014 Iceland 70 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:57, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Club career

From 2009 until 2012, Ólína played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.[1] She joined Chelsea Ladies of the English FA WSL in January 2013.[2] She returned to Iceland at the start of July and signed for Valur.[3] In November 2014 she signed for Fylkir.

In November 2016, Ólína signed with KR.[4] She missed the majority of the 2017 Úrvalsdeild season due to a concussion she received in the second game of the season.[5]

National team career

Ólína was part of Iceland's national team and competed in the UEFA Women's Championships in 2009 and 2013. She retired from international football in 2014.[6]

Personal life

In June 2012, Ólína and partner Edda Garðarsdóttir had their first child when she (Ólína) gave birth to a daughter.[7]

Achievements
  • Two times Icelandic champion
  • Three times Icelandic cup winner

References
  1. "Olina Vidarsdottir" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Two more internationals join Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea F.C. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. "Edda og Ólína í Val". RÚV. July 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. "Ólína aftur í KR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 November 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. Nadine Guðrún Yaghi; Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir (10 November 2017). "Skortur á úrræðum og fræðslu varðandi höfuðhögg íþróttafólks hér á landi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. Guðmundur Marinó Ingvarsson (13 September 2014). "Ólína hætt með landsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  7. Ása Hreinsdóttir, Indíana (23 June 2012). "Ólína og Edda orðnar mömmur". DV. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir – FIFA competition record (archived)

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