Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir

Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir (born 14 September 1986) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild club Valur and the Iceland national team. Although primarily a left-back, she can also play further forward as a left winger.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hallbera Guðný.
Hallbera G. Gísladóttir
Before Iceland's Euro 2013 play-off against Ukraine in October 2012
Personal information
Full name Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir
Date of birth (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986
Place of birth Akranes, Iceland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Playing position(s) Left-back, Left wing
Club information
Current team
 Valur
Number 11
Youth career
ÍA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 ÍA 14 (1)
2006–2011 Valur 96 (31)
2012–2013 Piteå IF 40 (1)
2014 Torres 13 (1)
2014 Valur 10 (0)
2015–2016 Breiðablik 36 (2)
2017 Djurgårdens IF 22 (0)
2018- Valur 34 (0)
National team‡
2003 Iceland U-17 7 (0)
2003–2004 Iceland U-19 9 (0)
2005 Iceland U-21 2 (0)
2008– Iceland 113 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020

Club career

She played for Valur from 2006 to 2011 before moving to Sweden. In December 2011 Hallbera went on trial with KIF Örebro DFF who made a contract offer,[2] but she opted to join Piteå instead.

In 2014, she joined Torres of the Italian women's Serie A. [3]

International career

Hallbera made her senior international debut at the 2008 edition of the Algarve Cup, in a 2–0 win over Poland.

She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[4]

Personal life

Hallbera's father Gísli Gíslason is a former mayor of Akranes.[5]

Honours

Club
Valur

Winner

  • Úrvalsdeild: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Icelandic Women's Cup: 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

References
  1. "Hallbera Gisladottir". Connect World Football. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ""Berry" har bollen om det ska bli Örebro" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. "Il botto di fine anno arriva dall'Islanda: ingaggiata Berry Gisladottir" (in Italian). torrescalciofemminile.it. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  5. Daðason, Kolbeinn Tumi (3 August 2012). "Þóttist ekki ætla að borða sushi í mánuð" (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 15 August 2013.


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