Elín Metta Jensen

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Elín Metta Jensen (born 1 March 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Þróttur Reykjavík. Elín represented her country at the 2013, 2017 and 2022 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Elín Metta Jensen
Elín Metta Jensen in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Elín Metta Jensen
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Þróttur Reykjavík
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Florida State 34 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2022 Valur 183 (132)
2023– Þróttur Reykjavík 5 (2)
International career
2010–2012 Iceland U17 14 (17)
2011–2014 Iceland U19 19 (9)
2012–2015 Iceland U23 2 (3)
2013– Iceland 62 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 October 2022

Club career

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Elín has played for Valur since 2010. She made her Úrvalsdeild debut aged 15 in July 2010, scoring the fifth goal in Valur's 7–2 win over Haukar.[1] In 2012, she scored 18 goals in 18 games to win the league's Golden Boot.[2] Elín was voted Úrvalsdeild player of the year for the season of 2019, scoring 16 goals and providing 10 assists, a season that saw Valur win the title.[3] Elín signed a new three-year contract with Valur in February 2020.[4]

International career

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Elín made her senior international debut for Iceland on 16 June 2012, aged 17, replacing record goalscorer Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir after 75 minutes of a 3–0 friendly win over Hungary. Her first two goals came in a 5–0 victory over Malta on 19 June 2014.[5] Elín played in a historic 3–2 win over Germany in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, scoring one goal and providing two assists to her teammate Dagný Brynjarsdóttir.[6] Elín was also instrumental in securing a place for Iceland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, scoring the winning goal against Slovakia at home and the equalizer against Sweden, also at home. She finished as the top goalscorer in group F in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers.[7] Elín was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2017 and 2022.[8]

Honours

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Jensen at Florida State

Club

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Valur

Winner

Runner-up

Individual

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Career statistics

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Club

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As of 20 August 2021[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Icelandic Cup League Cup Super Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valur 2010 Úrvalsd. 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2011 Úrvalsd. 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 13 2
2012 Úrvalsd. 18 18 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 27 24
2013 Úrvalsd. 17 17 2 0 7 10 0 0 0 0 26 29
2014 Úrvalsd. 18 8 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 25 14
2015 Úrvalsd. 12 9 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 19 14
2016 Úrvalsd. 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4
2017 Úrvalsd. 17 16 3 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 26 25
2018 Úrvalsd. 17 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 12
2019 Úrvalsd. 18 16 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 27 21
2020 Úrvalsd. 16 13 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 24 19
2021 Úrvalsd. 16 11 2 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 22 22
2022 Úrvalsd. 16 7 2 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 25 9
Þróttur 2023 Úrvalsd. 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Career total 188 134 28 13 47 47 3 1 8 1 266 192

International goals

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As of match played 22 September 2020. Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Elín Jensen goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 June 2014 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 10   Malta
2–0
5–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2
5–0
3 4 March 2016 Est. Bela Vista Parchal, Algarve, Portugal 15   Denmark
1–0
4–1
2016 Algarve Cup
4 7 June 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 20   North Macedonia
3–0
8–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5 6 April 2017 NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia 26   Slovakia
1–0
2–0
Friendly
6 18 September 2017 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 30   Faroe Islands
1–0
8–0
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7
3–0
8 20 October 2017 BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany 31   Germany
2–1
3–2
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9 21 January 2019 La Manga, La Manga, Spain 37   Scotland
1–0
2–1
Friendly
10
2–0
11 29 August 2019 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 43   Hungary
1–0
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
12
4–1
13 2 September 2019 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 44   Slovakia
1–0
1–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
14 8 October 2019 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia 46   Latvia
4–0
6–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
15 17 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 50   Latvia
1–0
9–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
16 22 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 51   Sweden
1–1
1–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

References

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  1. ^ Arnarsson, Arnar Daði (13 July 2010). "Elín Metta: Vissi ekki að ég myndi Keppa fyrir 2 dögum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (15 September 2012). "Nýju markaprinsessur landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Óskar Örn og Elín Metta leikmenn ársins á lokahófi KSÍ og Leikmannasamtakanna". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Elín Metta gerir nýjan þriggja ára samning hjá Val". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Ísland slátraði Möltu í undankeppni HM". Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Þýskaland-Ísland 2–3". Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Elín Metta markahæst í riðlinum". Vísir.is. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Familiar squad for Iceland". UEFA. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Elín Metta Jensen leikjaferill". ksi.is.
  10. ^ "Elín Metta Jensen". ksi.is. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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