Edda Garðarsdóttir
 Edda in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edda Garðarsdóttir | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Valur | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Richmond Spiders | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992 | KR | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Valur Reyðarfirði | ||
| 1995–2000 | KR | 61 | (11) |
| 2000 | Vorup FB | ||
| 2000–2004 | KR | 48 | (13) |
| 2005–2006 | Breiðablik | 34 | (16) |
| 2007–2008 | KR | 39 | (7) |
| 2009–2012 | KIF Örebro DFF | 78 | (10) |
| 2013 | Chelsea Ladies | 5 | (0) |
| 2013– | Valur | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | Iceland U-17 | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | Iceland U-19 | 1 | (1) |
| 1996–2003 | Iceland U-21 | 21 | (2) |
| 1997– | Iceland | 103 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:59, 9 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Edda Garðarsdóttir (born 15 July 1979) is an Icelandic football midfielder who plays for Úrvalsdeild club Valur. Since her debut in 1997 she has accrued over 100 caps for Iceland's national team and competed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finals in Finland.
Club career
After a spell in Denmark with Vorup FB, Edda enrolled at the University of Richmond and played college soccer for the Richmond Spiders.[1]
From 2009 until 2012 Edda, a box-to-box midfielder, played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.[2] Along with Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir, she moved to Chelsea Ladies of the English FA WSL in January 2013.[3] An interview Edda gave in May 2013 revealed that club rules prevented Ladies players from talking to their male clubmates, unless the male player had initiated the conversation.[4] In July the duo left Chelsea to sign for Valur in their homeland.
International career
When national team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson named his Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in June 2013, Edda was conspicuously absent from the list.[5]
Personal life
In June 2012 Edda's partner Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter.[6]
Achievements
- Icelandic champion six times.
- Icelandic Women's Cup winner five times.
- Swedish Cup one time.
Honours
- Player of the Year at KR in 2004.
- Player of the Year in Breiðablik 2005 and 2006.
See also
References
- ↑ "Edda Gardarsdóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ "Edda Gardarsdottir" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Two more internationals join Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea F.C. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ Ólafsson, Guðjón (31 May 2013). "Atvinnumaðurinn Edda Garðarsdóttir: "Ekki leyfilegt að tala við karlalið Chelsea nema þeir eigi frumkvæðið"" (in Icelandic). Pressan.is. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ↑ "Edda ekki með á EM". RUV.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Ása Hreinsdóttir, Indíana (23 June 2012). "Ólína og Edda orðnar mömmur" (in Icelandic). DV. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
External links
Edda Garðarsdóttir – FIFA competition record
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