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Guðný Björk Óðinsdóttir

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Guðný B. Óðinsdóttir
Guðný with Iceland in 2013
Personal information
Full name Guðný Björk Óðinsdóttir
Date of birth (1988-09-27) 27 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–2005 Afturelding
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Valur 37 (11)
2009–2015 Kristianstads DFF 87 (5)
2010Valur (loan) 2 (0)
International career
2005 Iceland U-17 4 (0)
2005–2007 Iceland U-19 10 (1)
2006 Iceland U-21 4 (0)
2006–2015 Iceland 40 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:03, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:03, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Guðný Björk Óðinsdóttir (born 27 September 1988) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder for Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan and the Iceland women's national football team. She represented her country in the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Guðný made her senior international debut for Iceland in a 3–0 win over Portugal at the Laugardalsvöllur Arena in June 2006.

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Guðný was included in the squad but did not play in any of the matches as Iceland were eliminated in the first round.[1]

At the 2013 European Championships in Sweden, Guðný suffered the fourth anterior cruciate ligament injury of her career at the age of 24. While preparing for another surgery she insisted that she had no intention of retiring.[2]

Guðný made another comeback, but injuries eventually forced her into retirement at the age of 26 in May 2015.[3][4][5]

Achievements

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  • Icelandic champion 2 times (2006 and 2007). In addition played 2 of 18 games as Valur won in 2010.
  • Icelandic cup winner 2 times (2006 and 2010).

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Gudný Ódinsdóttir". UEFA. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Guðný Björk í fjórðu aðgerðina". MBL.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  3. ^ Jónsson, Hörður Snævar (8 May 2015). "Guðný Björk hættir í fótbolta" (in Icelandic). 433.is. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. ^ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (8 May 2015). "Guðný þarf að hætta 26 ára gömul - Sendi tilfinningaþrungið bréf á liðsfélagana". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ Pétur Hreinsson (8 May 2015). "Var ekki tilbúin að fórna virku lífi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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