Edda Garðarsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Edda.
Edda Garðarsdóttir
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Edda in 2009
Personal information
Full name Edda Garðarsdóttir
Date of birth (1979-07-15) 15 July 1979 (age 42)
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
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)
National team‡
1995 Iceland U-17 5 (0)
1997 Iceland U-19 1 (1)
1996–2003 Iceland U-21 21 (2)
1999–2013 Iceland 103 (4)
Teams managed
2013–2014 Valur (assistant,strength and conditioning)
2015 KR (assistant,strength and conditioning)
2016–2017 KR
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:59, 9 August 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:59, 28 February 2018

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 finals in Finland.

Club career[]

After a spell in Denmark with Vorup FB, Edda enrolled at the University of Richmond and played college soccer for the Richmond Spiders.[2]

From 2009 until 2012 Edda, a box-to-box midfielder, played club football in Sweden for KIF Örebro DFF.[3] Along with Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir, she moved to Chelsea Ladies of the English FA WSL in January 2013.[4] 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.[5] In July the duo left Chelsea to sign for Valur in their homeland.

International career[]

When 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.[6]

Personal life[]

In June 2012 Edda's partner Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter.[7]

Achievements[]

Honours[]

  • Player of the Year at KR in 2004.
  • Player of the Year in Breiðablik 2005 and 2006.

See also[]

  • Foreign players in the FA WSL

References[]

  1. ^ Hans Steinar Bjarnason (11 October 2017). "Edda Garðarsdóttir hætt hjá KR". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Edda Gardarsdóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Edda Gardarsdottir" (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Two more internationals join Chelsea Ladies". Chelsea F.C. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Edda ekki með á EM". RUV.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. ^ 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[]

Edda Garðarsdóttir – FIFA competition record (archived)


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