Elísa Viðarsdóttir (born 26 May 1991) is an Icelandic

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who plays as a defender in the Úrvalsdeild for

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and the

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. She is the younger sister of

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (born 25 July 1986) is an Icelandic former footballer who played in the striker position. She is the all-time top goalscorer of the Iceland national team and competed for her country at the UEFA Women's Champions ...

, Iceland's record goalscorer. Like Margrét Lára, she began her career with Úrvalsdeild club ÍBV.

Club career

She has played for ÍBV since 2007 with her first league match coming in 2008.

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, the Swedish club where Margrét Lára was playing, gave a trial to Elísa before the start of their

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season. During Elísa's visit she played in a pre-season friendly but Kristianstads had no immediate plans to sign her to a contract. She eventually transferred to Kristianstads in January 2014, by which time Margrét Lára had gone on

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. In November 2015, she returned to play in the Úrvalsdeild when she signed a contract with

International career

Elísa's senior international debut came at the 2012 Algarve Cup, in a 1–0 defeat to

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. She was called up to be part of the

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for the

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Honours

Club

; ÍBV Runner-up * Úrvalsdeild: 2012

References

External links

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

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Elísa Vidarsdóttir
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