Þórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir (born 19 November 1993, sometimes anglicised as Thórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir) is an Icelandic

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who plays for

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

. She has made two appearances for the

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Club career

From 2009 to 2013, Þórdís Hrönn played for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Breiðablik. In March 2014, Þórdís Hrönn signed for Swedish

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side

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. In October 2014, she signed a one-year contract extension with Älta IF. In 2016, Þórdís Hrönn signed for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna team

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, and she played for them until 2018, when she joined Swedish

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club

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. In May 2019, Þórdís was loaned to

Þór/KA Þór/KA is an Icelandic women's football team based in Akureyri. It is a joint team fielded by Þór Akureyri and Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and currently competes in Úrvalsdeild kvenna. On September 29, 2017, they won their second Icelandi ...

for two months, during the Swedish league offseason. Her loan was later extended until the end of the season, and whilst at Þór/KA, Þórdís Hrönn announced that she would not be returning to Kristianstads after her loan expired. In 2020, Þórdís Hrönn signed for Iceland club

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(KR). Þórdís Hrönn was supportive of the 2020 Úrvalsdeild kvenna being ended early due to an increase of

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cases in Iceland. In 2021, Þórdís Hrönn re-signed for Breiðablik, on a two-year contract. In July 2021, she was loaned to Cypriot club

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for the rest of the season. She scored six goals in eight league appearances for Apollon, and also made four appearances for the club in the

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. She returned to Breiðablik ahead of the

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, before signing for

in February 2022.

International career

Þórdís Hrönn has made 29 appearances for Iceland junior national teams and two appearances for the

. Both senior appearances were in friendly matches against

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in 2019. She was in the Iceland squad for the

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; she was on the bench for three matches of the tournament, but did not make any appearances.

Personal life

Þórdís Hrönn was born in

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, Iceland. Aside from football, she works in a hospital. During the

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, Þórdís Hrönn had to self-isolate four times. In March 2020, Þórdís Hrönn was forced to quarantine as she worked in a hospital. The next two quarantines were because of close contact with KR footballers who tested positive. The fourth time was after being a close contact of a KR coach who tested positive. It was the third time that the KR squad went into isolation.

Honours

* 2013

Icelandic Women's Football Cup The Icelandic Women's Football Cup ( is, Bikarkeppni kvenna í knattspyrnu) is the national women's football cup competition in Iceland. The first edition of the cup was played out in 1981. List of finals The list of finals: By team See al ...

* 2016 Úrvalsdeild kvenna

References

External links

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Football Association of IcelandBreiðablik
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sigfusdottir, Thordis Hronn 1993 births Living people Thordis Hronn Sigfusdottir Women's association football midfielders Thordis Hronn Sigfusdottir Kristianstads DFF players Damallsvenskan players Thordis Hronn Sigfusdottir Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus