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Kristín Anna Arnþórsdóttir

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Kristín Anna Arnþórsdóttir
Born (1965-10-05) 5 October 1965 (age 59)
NationalityIcelandic
Association football career
Position(s) Defender / Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1994 Valur 99 (63)
1998 Grótta 4 (2)
International career
1984–1994 Iceland 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Handball career
Senior clubs
Years Team
19??–1984
ÍR
1984–1993
Valur
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Iceland 8 (18)

Kristín Anna Arnþórsdóttir (born 5 October 1965) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete. She was a member of Iceland's national teams in both football and handball.[1] She was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Football Player of the Year in 1986 when she also lead the league in goals scored.[2]

Football

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Kristín played 99 league games for Valur, scoring 63 goals. She had a short comeback with Grótta in 1998, appearing in 4 games and scoring 2 goals. She played 12 games for the Iceland national football team from 1984 to 1994, although there was no active national team from 1988 to 1992.[3] She started her career as a defender but later moved to the forward position.[4]

Honours

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Awards

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Handball

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During the winters, Kristín played handball for several years, first for ÍR and later for Valur.[1] She played 8 games for the Icelandic national handball team, scoring 18 goals.[5] In 1993, she won the Icelandic Cup while pregnant of her second child.[6]

Titles

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Personal life

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Kristín's daughter, Ásta Eir Árnadóttir, debuted for the Icelandic national football team in 2019.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Vanda Sigurgeirsdóttir (1 June 1993). "Á eftir bolta kemur barn". Íþróttablaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 16–17. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Átti alveg eins von á því að hljóta titilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 September 1986. pp. 4B. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Þrjú lið berjast um meistaratitilinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 August 2000. p. 2B. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ Þorgrímur Þráinsson (1 October 1986). "Við erum eins og stór "familía"". Íþróttablaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 21–23. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Landsliðskonur". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Handball Association. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Fyrirliðinn á von á barni". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 9 February 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Ásta Eir valin í stað Söndru". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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