Arna Sif Ásgrímsdóttir (born 12 August 1992) is an Icelandic

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who plays as a defender for 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 ...

and the Iceland national team. She had previously played for

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in Iceland and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in Sweden.

Club career

In 2011 Arna Sif became

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and switched from playing in midfield to central defence. After guiding the club to their first ever Úrvalsdeild title in 2012, she was named Akureyri's Athlete of the Year. Arna Sif joined 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 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in February 2015, after impressing in a short trial period. At the age of 22 she had played for Þór/KA for the previous eight seasons. In November 2015, she returned to play in the Úrvalsdeild when she signed a contract with

International career

Arna Sif made her senior debut for the Iceland national team in August 2014, playing in a World Cup qualifying match lost to

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by 1-0 at

Laugardalsvöllur Laugardalsvöllur () is Iceland's national football stadium and the home venue for the Iceland national football team. It is in Reykjavík with a capacity of 9,800. History The idea of building a sport venue in Laugardalur, along with some othe ...

in Reykjavík.

Honours

;Þór Akureyri Winner * Úrvalsdeild: 2012 *

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 ...

: 2013 Runners-up *

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: 2013

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* * * * * 1992 births Living people Icelandic women's footballers Icelandic expatriate women's footballers Iceland women's international footballers Damallsvenskan players BK Häcken FF players Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Valur (women's football) players Arna Ásgrímsdóttir Women's association football central defenders Þór/KA players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Iceland-women-footy-bio-stub