Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stjarnan
Number 30
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 KR 51 (10)
2012–2014 Þór/KA 42 (23)
2015 Klepp 9 (2)
2016–2018 Stjarnan 43 (28)
2020 KR 11 (4)
2021- Stjarnan 19 (7)
International career
2007–2008 Iceland U17 11 (0)
2009–2011 Iceland U19 15 (5)
2012 Iceland U23 1 (1)
2013– Iceland 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2020

Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir (born 11 December 1992) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stjarnan in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

Career

Club

Katrín made her debut for KR in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top Icelandic league, on 9 May 2009 in a 1–1 home defeat to Valur at the age of 16 and 149 days. Two months later, on 3 July 2009, she scored her first professional goal in a 1:4 away defeat again against Valur. In 2012, she moved to Þór/KA. In 2015, she played one season for Klepp in the Norwegian top-tier league. In 2016, she signed with her current club, Stjarnan.

She sat out the 2019 season due to pregnancy.[1] After playing for KR in 2020, Katrín returned to Stjarnan in 2021.[2]

International

On 22 September 2007 Katrin debuted for Iceland U17 in a 3–0 away win over Ukraine.[3] Between April 2009 and April 2011, she played 15 games with the U-19 national team and scored five goals.[4] On 1 June 2013 Katrín debuted for the Iceland Senior Team in a 2–3 home defeat against Scotland, when she came as a substitute in the 90th minute for Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir.[5] On June 24, 2013, Katrín was included in the group called to represent Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013,[6] however, on July 4, she was replaced by Soffía Arnþrúður Gunnarsdóttir.[7] In 2017, again Katrín was called to represent her country in UEFA Women's Euro.[8] This time, however, she not only went to the tournament but also played two matches, against France[9] and Switzerland.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Katrín til liðs við KR". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (7 May 2021). "Katrín aftur í Stjörnuna: "Hlakka til að byrja aftur af krafti"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Leikskýrsla". KSí. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir". KSí. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ísland – Skotland 2–3". KSí. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Stefánsson, Stefán. "Familiar squad for Iceland". UEFA. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir ekki með á EM 2013 – Soffía Arnþrúður kemur inn". KSí. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "France1-0 Iceland". UEFA. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Iceland 1–2 Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 2 January 2018.


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