Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir

Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir (born 2 October 1976) is an Icelandic football coach and former player, currently in charge of Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF.[1] Elísabet was the head coach of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna team Valur from 2003 to 2008, during which her team won four league titles and one cup title. Elísabet became head coach of Kristianstads DFF in the Swedish women's football league, Damallsvenskan, in January 2009.[2] In 2013 Elísabet appeared in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Elísabet.
Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir
Elísabet in 2014
Personal information
Full name Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir
Date of birth (1976-10-02) 2 October 1976
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Team information
Current team
 Kristianstads DFF (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Valur
1995–1997 Stjarnan
1997–2001 Valur
Managerial career
1992–2001 Valur (Youth teams)
2001–2002 ÍBV
2002–2003 Breiðablik
2003–2008 Valur
2005–2007 Iceland women (assistant A and U-21 head coach)
2009– Kristianstads DFF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Elísabet started with Valur FC as a youth player and progressed to the senior team before moving to Stjarnan in 1995 and playing two seasons with the club. She then rejoined her mother club Valur FC in 1997 and played until 2001 when she decided to retire and take over IBV in the highest women´s league as the head coach. At the age of 24 years, Elísabet became the youngest ever female to work as a head coach in the highest division.

Coaching career

Youth teams

Elísabet got her start in coaching at the age of 16 when she joined the youth program at Valur FC as an assistant coach. For nine years she coached different age groups at the club and played a big part in building one of the most organized and successful youth programs on the women's side in Iceland. She won many national trophies with her youth teams and was named Iceland's 1999 youth team coach of the year.

Senior teams

In 2001 Elísabet left her mother club Valur FC for the opportunity of coaching ÍBV in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. After one year with ÍBV she took over Breiðablik's under-19 team and guided them to the Icelandic championship. In 2003, she was hired by Valur as the senior team's head coach, winning the club's first league title in 15 years and being named the 2003 Coach of the Year. Elísabet remained Valur's head coach for five consecutive seasons, leading the team to four league titles and one cup title. She took the team all the way to the quarter finals of the 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup. Elísabet is known for making high-profile transfers for her teams and brought players like German world champion Viola Odebrecht and Scottish Julie Fleeting to Iceland to play for her at Valur FC.

As the only female trainer in Damallsvenskan, 2013

Elísabet moved to Sweden in January 2009 to take over Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She has been leading the team as a head coach for six consecutive seasons and has helped the club develop their organization and show some good results from season to season. Through her time at the club Kristiantads DFF has signed some big names including Icelandic stars Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir and Sif Atladóttir, Danish international Johanna Rasmussen and Swedish stars Hedvig Lindahl (sold to Chelsea 2015), Kosovare Asllani (sold to PSG 2012) and Josefine Öqvist (sold to Montpellier 2013). In September 2012 Elísabet signed a new two-year contract with the club.

In August 2014, Marija Banušić gave Kristianstads the lead in the Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) final, but Elísabet's team were defeated 2–1 by Linköpings FC.[3]

National teams

Elísabet served as an assistant to Jörundur Áki Sveinsson for the Icelandic women's national team and was also the head coach for the U-21 national team from 2005 to 2007.

When Freyr Alexandersson—Elísabet's former assistant and successor at Valur—was named Icelandic women's team coach in 2013, she agreed to scout opposition teams on his behalf.[4]

Honours

Managerial honours

Valur

Individual

References

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  2. FIFA Player Statistics: Elisabet GUNNARSDOTTIR - FIFA.com
  3. Rogovitski, Dmitri (8 August 2014). "Ryazan and Linköping claim cups". Moscow: UEFA. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. "Elísabet njósnar fyrir Frey" (in Icelandic). RÚV. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. sv:Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir
  6. Iceland's Valur show ambition – UEFA.com
  7. Iceland honours stars of the season – UEFA.com
  8. Valur take Icelandic Cup – UEFA.com
  9. Från botten till toppen för Gunnarsdóttir i Kristianstad — svenskfotboll.se
  10. "Nomineringar till Fotbollsgalan 2012 — fogis.se". Archived from the original on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  11. Fótbolti - Titlar - Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
  12. Þjálfarar ársins útnefndir hjá KÞÍ | Fræðsla | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
  13. Nýir þjálfarar A og U21 kvenna ráðnir | Fréttir | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2013-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. Guðbjörg, Þóra og Elísabet tilnefndar - mbl.is
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