Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir (born 24 August 1998) is an Icelandic

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Iceland national team. She had previously played for

Linköpings FC Linköpings Fotboll Club is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name L ...

and the Icelandic club

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 ...

Club career

In December 2018 Anna Rakel signed a two-year professional contract with Swedish

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

club

. She agreed a

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to newly-

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Damallsvenskan club IK Uppsala in December 2019, signing a one-year contract.

International career

Anna Rakel made her senior debut for the Iceland national team in January 2018, playing in a 2–1 friendly defeat by

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Honours

;Þór/KA Winner * Úrvalsdeild: 2017 *

Icelandic Women's Super Cup The Icelandic Women's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni kvenna'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Icelandic League (Úrvalsdeild) champions and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both ti ...

: 2018

References

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Football Association of Iceland The Football Association of Iceland ( is, Knattspyrnusamband Íslands, KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA the same year, and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league, Úrvalsde ...

(KSÍ) 1998 births Living people Anna Rakel Petursdottir Anna Rakel Petursdottir Anna Rakel Petursdottir Damallsvenskan players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Women's association football defenders Anna Rakel Petursdottir Linköpings FC players IK Uppsala Fotboll players {{Iceland-women-footy-bio-stub