Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays for

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in the

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and the Iceland national team. She previously played for

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, Selfoss, and collegiate soccer for the

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Early life and education

Dagný started playing football when she was six years old, with her first club, KFR from

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and

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. She played for them in 2006 as they competed in a joint effort with

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from

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. Since 2007 she has played for

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from

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in the best women's league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild. In 2011 Dagný began attending

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and began playing for

. She returned to Iceland to play for Valur during the summer months.

Florida State Seminoles, 2011–2014

Dagný attended

where she was a four-year starter from 2011–2014 for the

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in the midfielder position. She helped lead the Seminoles to a national championship in 2014. Dagný holds the school record for 19 game-winning goals and is second in total goals (44), shots (232), and points (111). She was a first team All-American in 2014 and the runner-up for the MAC

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, given annually to the best college female soccer player. She was named Soccer America 2014 Women's Player of the Year. She was also named as a first team Scholar All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Club career

UMF Selfoss and Bayern München, 2014–2015

In 2014, Dagný played for Selfoss. In 2015, she signed for the second half of the season to the German

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team

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Portland Thorns, 2016–2019

After her career at Florida State, Dagný did not sign up for the 2015 draft to play in the

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in the United States. In May 2015, she attempted to play during the 2015 season with the

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, but was prevented from doing so by league rules. In October 2015, the

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announced that they had acquired rights for her from the

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and that she would play for the Thorns in the 2016 NWSL season. After spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Thorns, it was announced that Dagný would miss the 2018 season due to pregnancy. She gave birth to a son in June 2018 and returned to training with the team in March 2019.

Selfoss, 2019–2021

In 2019, Dagný left the Thorns, citing the difficulty of raising her son so far away from her home nation and family, and returned to Iceland to sign with Selfoss.

West Ham United, 2021–

On 28 January 2021, Dagný signed for

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side

International career

Dagný made her debut for the senior Iceland national football team at the

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; in a 2–0 defeat to the

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on 24 February 2010. She was called up to be part of the

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for the

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. In Iceland's final group match against the

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, Dagný headed the only goal of the game to secure her team's place in the quarter-finals. It later emerged that she had played the game with a broken foot, sustained in the previous match against

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. On 7 April 2022, she played her 100th match for Iceland in a 5–0 win over

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in the

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Selected international goals

Personal life

Dagný gave birth to son Brynjar in June 2018, making her one of several mothers playing in NWSL. She subsequently married the father, Omar Pall, in July 2019.

Honours

Winner * Iceland Top Division Champion: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 *

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: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

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: 2009, 2010, 2020 * ACC Champion: 2011, 2013, 2014 * ACC Regular Season Champion: 2012, 2014 * NCAA Champion: 2014 * Frauen Bundesliga Champion: 2015 * NWSL Regular Season Champion: 2016 * NWSL Champion: 2017 Runner-up *

: 2012, 2014, 2015 * Icelandic Women's League Cup: 2013 *

: 2012 * Herman Trophy Finalist: 2014

References

External links

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Portland Thorns player profile
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