Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir

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Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir
Personal information
Full name Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir
Date of birth (1984-02-01) 1 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Valur
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004
Valur
 50 (30)
2007
Afturelding
 0 (0)
2008–2011
Valur
 65 (66)
2012 Avaldsnes IL 22 (24)
2013–2016
Valur
 38 (6)
2015 → HK/Víkingur (loan) 6 (5)
2018
Augnablik
 9 (2)
International career‡
2000–2001 Iceland U-17 8 (0)
2001–2002 Iceland U-19 5 (2)
2003–2004 Iceland U-21 3 (0)
2009–2012 Iceland 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 May 2021

Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir (born 1 February 1984) is an

striker
.

Football

Club career

Kristín was a squad member of

Valur for 2013.[1]

International career

Kristín first represented Iceland at Under-17 level, making her debut against Germany in July 2000.[2] She played eight times at Under-17 level before making her debut at Under-19 level in September 2001,[2] scoring the final goal in a 7–0 win over Bulgaria.[3] In 2003, she stepped up to Under-21 level, making her debut in March against Sweden.[2] She also played in the Under-21 games against Denmark and Germany in July 2004, before dropping out of football due to a serious back injury sustained in a car accident.[4]

Following her return to action with Valur, Kristín was called into Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad as a late replacement for Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir, who had a broken leg.[5] She did not play in the tournament but made her debut for the Iceland senior women's team on 17 September 2009,[2] coming on as a late substitute for Dóra María Lárusdóttir as Iceland mauled Estonia 12–0.[6] She was again a late substitute, this time for Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir in the following game, a 1–0 win in Northern Ireland.[7]

Achievements

  • Icelandic champion
    (4): 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
  • Icelandic cup (4):
  • Úrvalsdeild kvenna
    top goal scorer in (2): 2009, 2010

Personal life

Kristín was a member of the band Igore,

rapper and the group's main lyricist.[10][11] In 2018, she released the single "Ég Sé Þig".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Kristín Ýr aftur til Vals" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir" (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Ísland - Búlgaría 7–0" (in Icelandic). KSI. 6 September 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  4. ^ Eide, Øystein (9 May 2012). "Bjarnadóttir nettet fem ganger" (in Norwegian). Haugesunds Avis. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Bjarnadóttir on board for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Ísland - Eistland 12–0" (in Icelandic). KSI. 17 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Norður-Írland - Ísland 0–1" (in Icelandic). KSI. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  8. ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (11 October 2016). "Kristín Ýr lætur blaðamann heyra það fyrir að drulla yfir lagið hennar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ Inga Rún Sigurðardóttir (12 November 2004). "Ekki bara sumar og kókómalt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 59. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Ekki bara sumar og kókómalt" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 12 October 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Igore albums". icelandicmusic.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  12. ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (6 September 2018). "Kristín Ýr frumsýnir nýtt lag: Veit að ég á heima í tónlistinni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.

External links

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