Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir (born 18 January 1992), commonly anglicised as Berglind Björg Thorvalsdottir, is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

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and the Iceland national team.

Club career

A prolific goal scorer since youth, Berglind Björg started her professional career at Breiðablik in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the women's football top-tier league in Iceland. In 2011, she moved to ÍBV, spending two seasons with the team. From August 2012 until June 2016, Berglind Björg attended the Florida State University in the United States. During this period, she divided her time between playing for Florida State Seminoles and brief stints playing for professional clubs in her native country: first with Breiðablik (2013 and 2014) and later with

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(2015 and 2016). In July 2016, Berglind Björg definitively returned home to play again for Breiðablik. In September 2017, Berglind Björg left Iceland to play for Italy's Serie A club

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. She had played five matches for the team when the season was halted due to the

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pandemic. On 25 August 2022,

announced the signing of Berglind Björg on a two-year deal until June 2024.

International career

Berglind Björg debuted for Iceland U17 on 17 September 2007, in a match against Latvia for the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. She participated in all the six matches Iceland played in the competition. Berglind Björg also represented Iceland at the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. On 24 April 2008 she started to play for the Iceland U19 team. Her first match was against Belgium in the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualification. She also represented Iceland at the

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, 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds and 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Rounds. In 2010, Berglind Björg was called for the 2010 Algarve Cup and debuted in Iceland's first match in the competition on February 24 against the

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. She also represented Iceland at the 2011 Algarve Cup, the

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(when Iceland finished third) and the 2017 Algarve Cup. On 6 April 2017, in a match against

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, she scored her first international goal. On 22 June 2017 she was included by coach Freyr Alexandersson in the squad that represented Iceland at the

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Personal life

Berglind is the sister of international footballer Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berglind Björg goal.''

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorvaldsdottir, Berglind Bjorg 1992 births Living people Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Women's association football forwards Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Fylkir women's football players A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players PSV (women) players A.C. Milan Women players Le Havre AC players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Berglind Björg Thorvaldsdóttir Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in France UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players