Elín Metta Jensen

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Elín.

Elín Jensen
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Elín Metta Jensen in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Elín Metta Jensen
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Valur
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Florida State 34 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Valur 167 (125)
National team‡
2010–2012 14 (17)
2011–2014 19 (9)
2012–2015 2 (3)
2013– Iceland 58 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 April 2021

Elín Metta Jensen (born 1 March 1995) is an Icelandic footballer. She plays as a striker for Valur. Elín has been part of Iceland's national team since 2012 and represented her country at the 2013 and 2017 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career[]

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[]

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 and 2017.[8]

Honours[]

Jensen at Florida State

Club[]

Valur

Winner

Runner-up

Individual[]

Career Statistics[]

Club[]

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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 13 2
18 18 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 27 24
17 17 2 0 7 10 0 0 0 0 26 29
18 8 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 25 14
2015 12 9 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 19 14
10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4
2017 17 16 3 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 26 25
17 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 12
18 16 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 27 21
Úrvalsd. 16 13 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 24 19
16 11 2 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 22 22
Career total 167 125 25 13 45 45 2 1 4 1 243 185

International goals[]

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 , 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[]

  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. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Familiar squad for Iceland". UEFA. 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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