Edda Garðarsdóttir (born 15 July 1979) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who last managed Úrvalsdeild club KR.[1] 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[2] finals in Finland.
 Garðarsdóttir 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 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| 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 | 91 | (11) |
| 2013 | Chelsea Ladies | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Valur | 9 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1995 | Iceland U-17 | 5 | (0) |
| 1997 | Iceland U-19 | 1 | (1) |
| 1996–2003 | Iceland U-21 | 21 | (2) |
| 1999–2013 | Iceland | 103 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | Valur (assistant,strength and conditioning) | ||
| 2015 | KR (assistant,strength and conditioning) | ||
| 2016–2017 | KR | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 9 August 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 28 February 2018 | |||
Club career
editAfter a spell in Denmark with Vorup FB, Edda enrolled at the University of Richmond and played college soccer for the Richmond Spiders.[3]
From 2009 until 2012 Edda, a box-to-box midfielder, played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.[4] Along with Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir, she moved to Chelsea Ladies of the English FA WSL in January 2013.[5] 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.[6] In July the duo left Chelsea to sign for Valur in their homeland.
International career
editWhen 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.[7]
Personal life
editIn June 2012 Edda's partner Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter.[8]
Achievements
edit- Icelandic champion six times.
- Icelandic Women's Cup winner five times.
- Swedish Cup one time.
Honours
edit- Player of the Year at KR in 2004.
- Player of the Year in Breiðablik 2005 and 2006.
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ Hans Steinar Bjarnason (11 October 2017). "Edda Garðarsdóttir hætt hjá KR". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Gardarsdóttir: Iceland not afraid". UEFA. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Edda Gardarsdóttir". UEFA. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. 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. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
External links
edit- Edda Garðarsdóttir at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- KSI Profile Archived 30 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine
- Chelsea Profile Archived 9 April 2013 at archive.today
Edda Garðarsdóttir – FIFA competition record (archived)
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