Elísa Viðarsdóttir

Elísa Viðarsdóttir (born 26 May 1991) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a defender in the Úrvalsdeild for Valur and the Iceland women's national football team. She is the younger sister of Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, Iceland's record goalscorer.[1] Like Margrét Lára, she began her career with Úrvalsdeild club ÍBV.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Elísa.
Elísa Viðarsdóttir
Personal information
Full name Elísa Viðarsdóttir
Date of birth (1991-05-26) 26 May 1991
Place of birth Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Valur
Number 7
Youth career
ÍBV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 ÍBV 92 (10)
2014–2015 Kristianstads DFF 41 (0)
2016– Valur 46 (3)
National team‡
2009–2010 Iceland U-19 7 (0)
2012 Iceland U-23 1 (0)
2012– Iceland 38 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 January 2019

Club career

She has played for ÍBV since 2007 with her first league match coming in 2008.

Kristianstads DFF, the Swedish club where Margrét Lára was playing, gave a trial to Elísa before the start of their 2013 Damallsvenskan season. During Elísa's visit she played in a pre-season friendly but Kristianstads had no immediate plans to sign her to a contract.[2] She eventually transferred to Kristianstads in January 2014, by which time Margrét Lára had gone on maternity leave.[3]

In November 2015, she returned to play in the Úrvalsdeild when she sign a contract with Valur.[4]

International career

Elísa's senior international debut came at the 2012 Algarve Cup, in a 1–0 defeat to Germany.[5]

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[6]

Honours

Club
ÍBV

Runner-up

References
  1. "Litla systir Margrétar í landsliðið". MBL.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. Persson, Patrik (19 March 2013). "Lillasyster Vidarsdottir i KDFF" (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. "Elísa til Kristianstad" (in Icelandic). RÚV. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  4. "Arna Sif Ásgrímsdóttir and Elisa Viðarsdóttir sign an agreement with Football Valur: huge strength" (in Icelandic). Valur. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. "Elísa Viðarsdóttir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  6. "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.


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