Diljá Ýr Zomers (born 11 November 2001) is an Icelandic

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who plays as a

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, winger, or

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for

OH Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it inherited, ''D ...

Career

In 2022, Diljá signed for Swedish side

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

. She was described as a "player that anagerTor-Arne Fredheim holds in high regard" while playing for the club. In 2023, she signed for Belgian side

. She scored six goals in her first four appearances for the club.

Personal life

Diljá was born in 2001 in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

. She has been in a relationship with Iceland international Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson.

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