Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir

Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir, often nicknamed "Sísí",[1][2] (born 11 March 1994) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for FH in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna the top-tier women's football league in Iceland.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigríður Lára.
Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994
Place of birth Iceland
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FH
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 ÍBV 145 (22)
2018 LSK 8 (1)
2018–2019 ÍBV 18 (3)
2020– FH 5 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Iceland U17 14 (1)
2011–2013 Iceland U19 15 (4)
2015 Iceland U23 1 (0)
2016– Iceland 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2020

Career

Club

Sigríður Lára senior career started in 2009 for ÍBV in the Icelandic second-tier 1. deild kvenna. Two years later, she played her first match in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2011. During her ÍBV career, she recorded 145 league appearances, scoring 22 goals.[3]

On 14 August 2018, with ÍBV in 5th place in the Úrvalsdeild, she was allowed to leave the club and sign with LSK of the Norwegian Toppserien.[2][1] She returned to ÍBV in November 2018 after helping LSK win the Norwegian championship.[4]

In 2019, she left ÍBV and signed a 2-year contract with Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar.[5]

International

Sigríður Lára represented Iceland at the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, where Iceland finished fourth. She also represented her country in the qualifyings for the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. In both occasions, Iceland failed to qualify.[6] Sigríður Lára debuted for the Icelandic senior team on February 14, 2016, in a 1–1 tie against Poland.[7] She also played for her country at the 2017 Algarve Cup. On June 22, 2017, Sigríður Lára was included by coach Freyr Alexandersson in the squad that represented Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[8] She played two matches in the tournament, against France[9] and Switzerland.[10]

Personal life

In January 2018, it was reported that Sigríður had been diagnosed with arthritis, at the age of 23, and would have to take medication for the rest of her life to keep the symptoms down.[11]

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References
  1. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (15 August 2018). "Sísí Lára búin að skrifa undir í Noregi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (15 August 2018). "Sigríður Lára til Lilleström". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. "Leikmaður - Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. "Sísí snýr heim - „Hjartað slær í Eyjum"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. "Sigríður Lára í FH". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. "Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir". KSí. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. "Pólland – Ísland 1–1". KSí. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. "France1-0 Iceland". UEFA. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. "Iceland1-2 Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. Sindri Sverrisson (25 January 2018). "Landsliðskona verður í lyfjagjöf fyrir lífstíð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 January 2018.


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