Thelma Björk Einarsdóttir
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Position(s) | defender / Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1996-2009 | Valur | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | California Golden Bears | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006-2013 | Valur | 66 | (4) |
2014-2015 | Selfoss | 11 | (0) |
2016-2019 | Valur | 42 | (2) |
2021 | KR | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007 | Iceland U-16 | 3 | (0) |
2007-2009 | Iceland U-19 | 8 | (0) |
2012 | Iceland U-23 | 1 | (0) |
2010-2017 | Iceland | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 May 2021 |
Thelma Björk Einarsdóttir (born 11 July 1990) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder and defender.[1][2] She capped 12 times for the Icelandic national team from 2010 to 2017. Thelma spent the majority of her career with Valur in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna, winning the national championship six times and the Icelandic Cup three times.[3]
She announced her retirement from football in February 2020.[4] However, she returned to football in August 2021, appearing in 6 matches for KR in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Ívar Benediktsson (22 June 2018). "Meiri hasar að vera á miðjunni en í bakverðinum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Sara McMahon (29 July 2011). "Ekkert skemmtilegra en fótbolti". Fréttablaðið - Föstudagur (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Hjörvar Ólafsson (3 February 2020). "Thelma Björk leggur skóna á hilluna". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (3 February 2020). "Thelma Björk hætt í fótbolta". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (7 August 2021). "Thelma tekur fram skóna og spilar með KR (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ Alexandra Bía Sumarliðadóttir (19 August 2021). "Thelma Björk: Fékk símtal korter fyrir lok á glugganum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Thelma Björk Einarsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Thelma Björk Einarsdóttir at Soccerway
- Cal Golden Bears Bio
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Icelandic women's footballers
- Iceland women's international footballers
- Selfoss women's football players
- Besta deild kvenna players
- Valur (women's football) players
- California Golden Bears women's soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- Women's association football midfielders
- Icelandic women's football biography stubs