Kristrún Rut Hassing Antonsdóttir (born 12 October 1994) is an Icelandic

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. She played in both the Icelandic top-tier

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and

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leagues and later professionally in

overseas.

Early life

Kristrún was born in

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to Anton Tómasson and Helga Hassing.

Football career

In October 2017, Kristrún signed with

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club

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. In her first game, she scored after 2 minutes in a 4–0 victory against Real Colombo. For the season, she appeared in 17 games for Chieti, scoring 5 goals. She returned to

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in May 2018 before signing with

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club

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in July the same year. In April 2019, she left Roma and signed with

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

. In June 2021, Kristrún signed back with Selfoss.

Basketball career

Kristrún played five season with

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from 2009 to 2015 and helped the team to the 2010 Úrvalsdeild finals. She spent the 2012–2013 season playing for Potomac High School in Dumfries, Virginia.

References

External links

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A.S. Roma profile
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