Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir (born 1 February 1984) is an

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ic former

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who played as a

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Football

Club career

Kristín was a squad member of Iceland women's national team at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She was the top scorer for

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in 2001 and 2003 but got badly injured in 2004 and quit football after that. She made a comeback with Afturelding in 2007 without playing for them and then transferring back to

for the 2008 season. She was the top scorer in Iceland in both 2009 and 2010 with 23 league goals in 18 games in both seasons. She played for

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in Norway for the 2012 season but returned to

for 2013.

International career

Kristín first represented

at Under-17 level, making her debut against

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in July 2000. She played eight times at Under-17 level before making her debut at Under-19 level in September 2001, scoring the final goal in a 7–0 win over

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. In 2003, she stepped up to Under-21 level, making her debut in March against

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. She also played in the Under-21 games against

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and Germany in July 2004, before dropping out of football due to a serious back injury sustained in a car accident. Following her return to action with Valur, Kristín was called into Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad as a late replacement for

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, who had a broken leg. She did not play in the tournament but made her debut for the Iceland senior women's team on 17 September 2009, coming on as a late substitute for

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as Iceland mauled

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12–0. She was again a late substitute, this time for

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 ...

in the following game, a 1–0 win in

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Achievements

* Icelandic champion (4): 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010. * Icelandic cup (4): * Úrvalsdeild kvenna top goal scorer in (2): 2009, 2010

Personal life

Kristín was a member of the band Igore, who released ''9 líf'' (9 lives), their only album to date, in 2004. As her

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Kido, Kristín was a rapper and the group's main lyricist. In 2018, she released the single "Ég Sé Þig".

References

External links

*
Kristín's alter ego page on MySpace

Kristín's alter ego page on Facebook

Igore – "Rhythm And Blues"
on

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