Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir

Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir (born 7 October 1997) is an Icelandic footballer who plays 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.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ingibjörg.
Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir
Ingibjörg representing Iceland in a match against Germany at Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany on 20 October 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997
Place of birth Grindavík, Iceland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Vålerenga
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2012 Grindavík
2012–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Grindavík 6 (1)
2012–2017 Breiðablik 67 (5)
2018–2019 Djurgårdens IF 43 (4)
2020– Vålerenga 77 (15)
International career‡
2012–2013 Iceland U17 14 (3)
2014–2015 Iceland U19 15 (5)
2017– Iceland 55 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2023

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. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". KSí. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. Hafliði Breiðfjörð (11 December 2017). "Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir til Djurgarden (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). 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. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  7. "Iceland 1–2 Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "Góður sigur hjá stelpunum á Skallagrími". Grindavík (in Icelandic). 1 December 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. "Heimavöllurinn - Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir í ítarlegu spjalli". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 23 December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. "Úrvalsdeild kvenna Domino´s deildin (2013 Tímabil) - Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  11. "U-16". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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