Margrét Rannveig Ólafsdóttir

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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 Margrét.

Margrét Rannveig Ólafsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-07-06) 6 July 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–2003 Breiðablik 156 (79)
2001 Philadelphia Charge 18 (2)
Total 174 (82)
National team‡
1991–1992 Iceland U-16 8 (0)
1993–2000 Iceland U-21 24 (4)
1993–2002 Iceland 51 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:25, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:25, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Margrét Rannveig Ólafsdóttir (born 6 July 1976) is an Icelandic former professional footballer. She played 51 times for the Iceland women's national football team, scoring eight goals. Except for the 2001 season, in which she played for the Philadelphia Charge of the Women's United Soccer Association,[1] Margrét spent her entire playing career with Breiðablik.[2]

She was named Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year in 1994.[3] She was the first female player to win 50 caps for Iceland.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Margret Olafsdottir". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 12 February 2002. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Margrét Rannveig Ólafsdóttir". Breiðablik (sports club). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ Jónsson, Óskar Ó. (1 May 2003). "Iceland - Women's Players' Footballer of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Fimmtugasti landsleikur Margrétar" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 18 September 2002. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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