Laufey Sigurðardóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-27) 27 January 1963
Place of birth Akureyri, Iceland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1985 ÍA
1985–1986 SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
1987 ÍA
1988 Stjarnan (10)
1991 ÍA 14 (16)
1992–1993 Stjarnan 18 (5)
1994–2003 ÍA 53 (23)
International career
1984–1997 Iceland 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laufey Sigurðardóttir (born 27 January 1963) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete who was a member of the Iceland national teams in badminton, football and handball. A prominent goalscorer in football, she led the Icelandic top-tier league in goals scored in 1983 and 1991.[1]

Football

Laufey started her senior team career with Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA) in 1973. She led the Icelandic top-tier league in scoring in 1983[2] and helped the team to back-to-back national championships in 1984 and 1985.[3] On 21 July 1983, she scored 8 goals in a 12–1 win against Víðir Garður.[4]

Laufey played for SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 during the 1985–1986 season.[5][3] An injury in the DFB-Pokal final on 3 May 1986 cut her season short and she was forced to miss the rest of the West Germany championship where her team finished second.[6][7] She returned to ÍA prior to the 1987 season[8] where she had a hot start, scoring 7 goals in the first 6 matches and helped the team win the national championship. Following the season, she signed with Stjarnan.[9] After one season with Stjarnan, she moved to Kansas City in the United States where she played for Gino Shiraldis and Hurray.[3]

She returned to ÍA in 1991 and took the league by a storm, leading it in goals scored and was named the Player of the Year in 1991 while helping the club win the Icelandic Cup.[3][10]

After initially planning on sitting out the 1992 season following the birth of her first child,[11] she signed Stjarnan in July 1992.[12] After two seasons with Stjarnan, Laufey returned again to ÍA in 1994. Following the 1997 season, she played sporadically with the club until finally retiring for good in 2003.[3]

Honours

Club

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Olga hefur oftast verið markakóngur". Morgunblaðið. 9 May 2008. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Hörð barátta um silfrið í fyrstu deild kvenna – Laufey markadrottning með 18 mörk!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 9 September 1983. p. 10. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Var landsliðskona í þremur íþróttagreinum á sama tíma". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 15 June 2016. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  4. ↑ "Endi bundinn á sigurgönguna". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 22 July 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Spilaði á stuttbuxum í 10 stiga gaddi gegn Duisburg". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 13 March 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Fái ég ekki atvinnuleyfi verð ég heima". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 9 July 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Laufey leikur til úrslita um vestur-þýska titilinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 June 1986. p. 23. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  8. ↑ Erna Lúðvíksdóttir (2 June 1987). "Búast má við skemmtilegu og spennandi móti í sumar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 10B. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  9. ↑ Logi B. Eiðsson (1 December 1987). "Laufey í Stjörnuna". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). p. 9. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  10. ↑ "Guðmundur og Laufey bestu leikmenn 1991". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 24 September 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  11. ↑ "Laufey í fríi næsta sumar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 October 1991. p. 33. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
  12. ↑ "Laufey fer í Stjörnuna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 July 1992. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.Open access icon
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