Hlín Eiríksdóttir (born 12 June 2000) is an Icelandic

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who last played as a

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for

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club

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. She has been part of the

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since 2018.

Career

Club

Hlín made her Úrvalsdeild debut with

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in 2015. She played her first game on September 1, 2015, when she replaced

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in the 64th minute in a 0–4 defeat against

Þór/KA Þór/KA is an Icelandic women's football team based in Akureyri. It is a joint team fielded by Þór Akureyri and Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and currently competes in Úrvalsdeild kvenna. On September 29, 2017, they won their second Icelandi ...

. It would be her only appearance that summer. Hlín's first goal for her senior side came against Breiðablik on August 10, 2017 in a 2–0 win at home. In December 2020, Hlín signed with

of the Swedish top-tier

. In November 2022, it was reported that she would not play for the team the following season.

International

Hlín debuted for Iceland U17 on April 23, 2015 at 14 years old in a match against Wales. She participated in all the six matches Iceland U17 played in the

2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying competition was a women's under-17 football competition that determined the seven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Czech Republic in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship ...

. On August 25, 2016, Hlín debuted for Iceland U19 in a match against Poland. On January 23, 2018 Hlín made her first appearance for Iceland Senior Team in a friendly match against

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. Hlín scored her first international goal against

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in the

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Algarve Cup.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Iceland's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Eiríksdóttir's mother is former

player

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References

External links

* * * 2000 births Living people Hlin Eiriksdottir Hlin Eiriksdottir Hlin Eiriksdottir Women's association football midfielders {{Iceland-women-footy-bio-stub