Dagný Brynjarsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Dagný.
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Personal information
Full nameDagný Brynjarsdóttir
Date of birth (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991
Place of birthIceland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubValur
Number14
Youth career
2011–Florida State Seminoles
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2006KFR/Ægir11(3)
2007–Valur77(22)
National team‡
2007–2008Iceland U-1710(4)
2007–2009Iceland U-1916(0)
2012Iceland U-231(1)
2010–Iceland34(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 July 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:13, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic footballer. She plays as a midfielder for Valur, Florida State University and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Dagný started playing football when she was six years old, with her first club, KFR from Hella and Hvolsvöllur. She played for them in 2006 as they competed in a joint effort with Ægir from Þorlákshöfn. Since 2007 she has played for Valur from Reykjavík in the best women's league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild.

In 2011 Dagný began attending Florida State University and playing college soccer for the "Seminoles" varsity team.[1] She returned to Iceland to play for Valur during the summer months.

International career

Dagný made her debut for the senior Iceland national football team at the 2010 Algarve Cup; in a 2–0 defeat to the United States on 24 February 2010.

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[2] In Iceland's final group match against the Netherlands, Dagný headed the only goal of the game to secure her team's place in the quarter-finals.[3] It later emerged that she had played the game with a broken foot, sustained in the previous match against Germany.[4]

Honours

Valur

Winner

Runner-up

References

  1. ↑ Karmel, Tom (9 October 2013). "Brynjarsdottir flourishing in a foreign setting". fsunews.com. Florida State University. Retrieved 30 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Ísland-Holland, 1-0". RUV.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013. 
  4. ↑ Sverrisson, Sindri (31 July 2013). "Dagný lék fótbrotin á EM". MBL.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 30 October 2013. 

External links

Iceland squad – 2013 UEFA Women's European Championship
Iceland
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