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Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir

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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 Sigríður Lára.
Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2018 ÍBV 145 (22)
2018 LSK 8 (1)
2019 ÍBV 18 (3)
2020 FH 16 (0)
2021 Valur 8 (2)
2021–2022 FH 29 (6)
Total 224 (34)
International career‡
2010–2011 Iceland U17 14 (1)
2011–2013 Iceland U19 15 (4)
2015 Iceland U23 1 (0)
2016–2020 Iceland 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 March 2023

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

Career

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Club

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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] She left FH following its relegation from the Úrvalsdeild and signed with Valur in January 2021.[6] She returned to FH in July 2021 after appearing in Valur's all eight league games, scoring two goals.[7] In 2022, she appeared in 18 matches in the 1. deild kvenna for FH, scoring 2 goals. In March 2023, she announced her retirement from football due to arthritis.[8]

International

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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.[9] Sigríður Lára debuted for the Icelandic senior team on February 14, 2016, in a 1–1 tie against Poland.[10] 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.[11] She played two matches in the tournament, against France[12] and Switzerland.[13]

Personal life

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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.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (15 August 2018). "Sísí Lára búin að skrifa undir í Noregi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (15 August 2018). "Sigríður Lára til Lilleström". RÚV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Leikmaður - Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Sísí snýr heim - "Hjartað slær í Eyjum"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Sigríður Lára í FH". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. ^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (2 January 2021). "Sigríður Lára til liðs við Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (1 July 2021). "Sísí aftur í FH (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  8. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (5 March 2023). "Sigríður Lára leggur skóna á hilluna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir". KSí. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Pólland – Ísland 1–1". KSí. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  11. ^ "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  12. ^ "France1-0 Iceland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Iceland1-2 Switzerland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (25 January 2018). "Landsliðskona verður í lyfjagjöf fyrir lífstíð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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