Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
Fanndís Friðriksdóttir | |
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| Born | May 9, 1990 Akureyri, Iceland |
| Occupation | Footballer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Icelandic national team footballer, clubs including Breiðablik, Kolbotn, Arna-Bjørnar, Olympique de Marseille, Valur, Adelaide United |
Fanndís Friðriksdóttir (born 9 May 1990) is an Icelandic footballer specializing as a left winger, currently playing for Valur in Iceland's top-tier league, the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. During the 2018–19 W-League season, she also competed for Australian side Adelaide United. Her 2017–2018 campaign was spent with Olympique de Marseille in France’s premier women's league, Division 1 Féminine. Prior to that, she featured in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna representing Breiðablik, and played in Norway’s Toppserien for clubs Kolbotn and Arna-Bjørnar. Since 2009, Fanndís has been an integral part of the Iceland national team, participating in the UEFA Women's Championship tournaments of 2009, 2013, and 2017.
Club career
Originating from Akureyri, Fanndís was raised in Vestmannaeyjar where she started her youth football journey with ÍBV. In 2004, she relocated to Kópavogur to commence her professional career with Breiðablik. Over eight seasons competing in Iceland’s Úrvalsdeild kvenna, she netted 50 goals across 107 league games. On 6 December 2012, she secured a one-year deal with Norwegian top-flight club Kolbotn. The following year, in December 2013, she transferred to another Norwegian side, Arna-Bjørnar, ahead of her second season in the Toppserien.
Fanndís requested a move back to Iceland and was released by Arna-Bjørnar on 15 May 2014. The subsequent day, her return to Breiðablik was finalized, marking her second tenure at the club. By the conclusion of the 2017 season, combining both periods at Breiðablik, she had accumulated 104 goals in 197 domestic appearances, including an impressive 97 goals from 173 league matches.
In August 2017, Fanndís made history as the first Icelandic female player to join a French Division 1 Féminine team by signing a one-year contract with Olympique de Marseille. She returned to Icelandic football on 27 June 2018 by signing with Úrvalsdeild outfit Valur. Shortly thereafter, in September 2018, she was loaned out to Australian W-League club Adelaide United, where she scored twice in 11 appearances as the team finished sixth and narrowly missed playoff qualification.
International career
Fanndís has represented Iceland since progressing through the youth ranks beginning in 2005 with the under-17 and under-19 squads before earning her senior debut on 9 March 2009. Her first senior cap came during a 2–0 loss against Denmark at the Algarve Cup that year.
She was included in Iceland’s roster for UEFA Women's Euro 2009, making two substitute appearances before the team’s exit in the group stage. Fanndís took part in the qualification campaigns for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as well as competing in the Algarve Cups of 2010 and 2011. Her inaugural international goal arrived on 5 March 2012 during a narrow 1–0 victory over China at the Algarve Cup. Later that year, on 15 September, she scored again in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against Northern Ireland which ended in a 2–0 win.
Under coach Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson’s guidance at UEFA Women's Euro 2013, Fanndís started three out of four matches including the quarterfinal defeat against Sweden. She continued her scoring form at the following year’s Algarve Cup and contributed two goals during the qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup—one each against Malta (8–0) and Israel (3–0).
Following appearances at the Algarve Cups in both 2015 and 2016, Fanndís recorded a brace in an emphatic 8–0 victory over Macedonia during UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification. She also found the net against Scotland, China, and Uzbekistan throughout that campaign, raising her international goal total to ten by late 2016.
At UEFA Women's Euro 2017, she started all three group matches and scored Iceland’s sole goal of the tournament during their loss to Switzerland. Fanndís achieved her second international brace during Iceland’s opening fixture of the qualification phase for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup—an emphatic 8–0 win over Faroe Islands—bringing her total goals scored for Iceland to thirteen.
International goals
Personal life
Fanndís is the daughter of former goalkeeper for the Iceland men's national football team, Friðrik Friðriksson, and former Olympic alpine skier, Nanna Leifsdóttir.
Honours
- Winner of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in the years 2005, 2015, and 2019
- Champion of the Icelandic Women's Cup in both 2005 and 2016
- Awarded Most Promising Player by Breiðablik in the year 2008
- Named Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year in the season of 2015
External links
- Career statistics in French domestic football at Footofeminin.fr
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Akureyri
- Sportspeople from Vestmannaeyjar
- Icelandic women's footballers
- 21st-century Icelandic sportswomen
- Iceland women's international footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Besta deild kvenna players
- Toppserien players
- Première Ligue players
- Breiðablik men's football players
- Kolbotn Fotball players
- Arna-Bjørnar players
- Olympique de Marseille (women) players
- Women's association football wingers
- Women's association football forwards
- Valur (women's football) players
- ÍBV women's football players
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players
- Adelaide United FC (women) players
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia