Sandra María Jessen (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic

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who plays as a midfielder for

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 ...

and the Icelandic national football team. She won the Icelandic championship with

in 2012 and 2017 and was named the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year in 2018.

Club career

In February 2016, Sandra joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan for the rest of the 2015–16 Frauen-Bundesliga season. She rejoined Þór/KA in May 2016. On September 28, 2017, she won the Icelandic championship with Þór/KA after defeating FH, in the last game of the season, 2–0 with goals from herself and Sandra Stephany Mayor. On January 4, 2018, Sandra joined

Slavia Praha Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

on loan until the end of April. She is scheduled to return before the start of the 2018 Úrvalsdeild kvenna season. On 22 September 2018, Sandra was voted as the Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year. In January 2019, Sandra signed with Bayer Leverkusen. In January 2022, Sandra signed back with

Honours

Titles

* Úrvalsdeild kvenna: **Winner: 2012,

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Icelandic Women's Super Cup The Icelandic Women's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni kvenna'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Icelandic League (Úrvalsdeild) champions and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both ti ...

: **Winner: 2013 *

Icelandic Women's Cup The Icelandic Women's Football Cup ( is, Bikarkeppni kvenna í knattspyrnu) is the national women's football cup competition in Iceland. The first edition of the cup was played out in 1981. List of finals The list of finals: By team See al ...

: **''Runners-up'' 2013

Awards

* Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year **

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* * 1995 births Living people Sandra Jessen Sandra Jessen Sandra Jessen Women's association football midfielders Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Icelandic expatriates in Germany Icelandic expatriates in the Czech Republic Sandra Jessen Sandra Jessen SK Slavia Praha (women) players Czech Women's First League players Frauen-Bundesliga players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Iceland-women-footy-bio-stub