Katrín Ómarsdóttir (born 27 June 1987) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who played the

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position. Before spending four seasons in the English FA WSL with

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and

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from 2013, she had played professional football in Sweden and the United States. Katrín has over 60

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for Iceland's national team and represented her country at the 2009 and

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editions of the

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Club career

Born in

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, Katrín made her club debut for KR of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna when she was 14 years old. She represented KR in the inaugural season of the

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in 2001–02. Katrín attended the

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in the

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and played for their women's soccer team from 2008 until 2010. She was signed by

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of the

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for the summer of 2010. In 2011, she returned to California to play for new

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(WPSL) franchise Orange County Waves. She scored six goals in nine regular season appearances as the team won the 2011 WPSL Championship. In January 2012 Katrín agreed to join Philadelphia Independence of

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(WPS), but the league folded before the season started. Instead she returned to Kristianstads and played out the

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season, scoring four goals in 21 appearances. In January 2013 Katrín signed for Liverpool Ladies, who had finished bottom of the FA WSL in 2011 and 2012 but were investing heavily in improving their team. She scored the second goal as Liverpool beat Bristol Academy 2–0 on the final day to secure the league title. Liverpool retained their league title in

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but fared poorly in 2015, finishing seventh of eight teams. Katrín was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the season. On New Year's Eve 2015 Katrín joined

, alongside veteran Liverpool teammate Becky Easton. Doncaster were

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after only winning one game all season, secured by Katrín's winning goal against Reading F.C. Women. She left the club at the expiry of her one-year contract, and promptly re-joined KR. In November 2020 she joined the coaching staff at KR, but continued to be available a player. In November 2021, Katrín joined the coach staff of Haukar. She left the club along with manager Guðrún Jóna Kristjánsdóttir in end of June 2022.

International career

Katrín made her senior debut for

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in August 2006, a 1–0 home defeat to Sweden in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers. At

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, Katrín played in two of the three group matches as Iceland were eliminated in the first round. National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson also selected Katrín in his Iceland squad for

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Honours

; WSL Women's Super League (2) *

; Icelandic champion (2) * 2002, 2003 ; Icelandic Cup (3) * 2002, 2007, 2008

References

External links

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California player page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Omarsdottir, Katrin 1987 births California Golden Bears women's soccer players Living people Katrin Omarsdottir Katrin Omarsdottir Katrin Omarsdottir Kristianstads DFF players Damallsvenskan players Liverpool F.C. Women players Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Women's Super League players Expatriate women's footballers in England Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Women's association football midfielders Orange County Waves players