Heidi Sevdal (born 6 March 1989) is a Faroese

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who currently plays for NSÍ, after representing various other teams in the Faroese 1. deild kvinnur. Since 2006, she has represented the

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at senior international level.

Club career

Sevdal spent time at the Danish

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club

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in 2006. In November 2013 Sevdal was named the Faroese women's footballer of the Year after scoring 30 goals for HB Tórshavn. In 2015, she was named player of the year once again. In 2017, along with

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, she was rewarded for finishing as top scorer and chosen striker of the year in Faroese football.

International career

Sevdal's first appearances for the senior

came in November 2006, at the

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series. At a preliminary round mini-tournament held in

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, Macedonia,

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goal in the Faroe Islands' first match was not enough, as they lost 2–1 to

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. The team was eliminated after another defeat, 1–0 to

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. In the final match the Faroe Islands beat hosts Macedonia 7–0. Sevdal started the first two matches and came on a substitute in the third. In September 2013, with the Faroe Islands seven goals down to

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in a 2015 Women's World Cup qualifier at

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, Sevdal scored two late consolation goals.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

References

External links

Heidi Sevdal
at Faroesoccer.com

at

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Heidi Sevdal
at Kvinnufotbolt.com 1989 births Living people People from Runavík Faroese women's footballers Faroe Islands women's international footballers Women's association football forwards {{Faroes-women-footy-bio-stub