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Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir

Harpa with Iceland in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir
Date of birth	(1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Garðabær, Iceland
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Stjarnan	84	(34)
2008–2010	Breiðablik	47	(23)
2011–2018	Stjarnan	120	(123)
International career
2002–2003	Iceland U17	9	(2)
2003–2004	Iceland U19	8	(3)
2006	Iceland U21	3	(0)
2006–2018	Iceland	67	(19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2017

Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir (born 27 June 1986) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker. During her career, she won both the Úrvalsdeild and the Icelandic Cup three times. She scored 181 goals in 252 matches in the Úrvalsdeild, and was the league's top scorer on three occasions. She played 67 matches for the Iceland national team, scoring 19 goals.

Club career

She played for Stjarnan from 2002 to 2007 before moving to Breiðablik. In 2011, she moved back to Stjarnan. In 2013 Harpa was top goalscorer in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna with 28 goals in 18 games. On 17 August 2018, Harpa tore her anterior cruciate ligament in the Icelandic cup finals where Stjarnan lost 1–2 against Breiðablik. After missing the 2019 season, she announced her retirement in March 2020.

International career

Harpa made her debut for the Iceland national team in March 2006, a 1–0 friendly defeat to England at Carrow Road. She broke her leg in July 2009 and was removed from Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad, to be replaced by Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir.

National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Harpa in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Personal life

In April 2011 Harpa gave birth to son Steinar Karl. She returned to competitive football three months later.

Honours

Club

Stjarnan

Winner

• Úrvalsdeild: 2011
• Icelandic Women's Cup: 2012
• Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2013
• Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2012

Runner-up

• Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2013

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 March 2009	Olhão, Portugal	China	1–1	1–2	2009 Algarve Cup
2.	7 March 2014	Lagos, Portugal	Norway	2–1	2–1	2014 Algarve Cup
3.	12 March 2014	Albufeira,Portugal	Sweden	1–0	2–1
4.				2–1
5.	10 April 2014	Ta'Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	8–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.				4–0
7.				6–0
8.	17 September 2014	Reykjavík, Iceland	Serbia	1–0	9–1
9.				7–1
10.	22 October 2015	Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	3–0	4–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
11.	26 October 2015	Lendava, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–0	6–0
12.				6–0
13.	12 April 2016	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	2–0	5–0
14.				3–0
15.				4–0
16.	3 June 2016	Falkirk, Scotland	Scotland	2–0	4–0
17.	8 June 2016	Reykjavík, Iceland	North Macedonia	2–0	8–0
18.				5–0
19.				6–0
20.	10 April 2018	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	3–0	5–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

References

1. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 March 2020). "Harpa ólétt og búin að leggja skóna á hilluna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
2. "Harpa markadrottning 2013". RUV.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
3. Anton Ingi Leifsson (21 August 2018). "Harpa með slitið krossband: "Heyrði smellinn"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2018.
4. Einar Sigurvinsson (17 August 2018). "Umfjöllun: Stjarnan - Breiðablik 1-2 - Breiðablik bikarmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 August 2018.
5. "Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
6. "Bjarnadóttir on board for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
7. Stefánsson, Stefán (24 June 2013). "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
8. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (19 September 2013). "Markahæsta mamman". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
9. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (19 September 2013). "Harpa aftur heim í Stjörnuna: Fótboltinn er bara fíkn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

External links

• Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
• Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at fussballtransfers.com (in German)
• Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir at Soccerway
• Profile at soccerdonna.de (in German)
• Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir – UEFA competition record (archive)

Iceland squads

v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 1 Helgadóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 Ó. Viðarsdóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 Gísladóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 S.B. Gunnarsdóttir 8 K. Jónsdóttir (c) 9 M. Viðarsdóttir 10 Lárusdóttir 11 Ómarsdóttir 12 Sigurðardóttir 13 G. Gunnarsdóttir 14 Brynjarsdóttir 15 Kristjánsdóttir 16 Þorsteinsdóttir 17 E. Viðarsdóttir 18 Óðinsdóttir 19 Friðriksdóttir 20 Þ. Jónsdóttir 21 S.A. Gunnarsdóttir 22 Hönnudóttir 23 Jensen Coach: Eyjólfsson v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 1 G. Gunnarsdóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 I. Sigurðardóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 Jónsdóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 S. Gunnarsdóttir (c) 8 Garðarsdóttir 9 Ásbjörnsdóttir 10 Brynjarsdóttir 11 Gísladóttir 12 S. Sigurðardóttir 13 Þráinsdóttir 14 M. Sigurðardóttir 15 Jensen 16 Þorsteinsdóttir 17 Albertsdóttir 18 Jessen 19 Kristjánsdóttir 20 Þorvaldsdóttir 21 Ásgrímsdóttir 22 Hönnudóttir 23 Friðriksdóttir Coach: Alexandersson

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