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Helena Ólafsdóttir
Helena Ólafsdóttir (born 12 November 1969) is an Icelandic association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player. A Striker (association football), striker during her playing career, she is currently in her second spell as manager of the women's team at Valur women's football, Valur in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football), Úrvalsdeild kvenna. A qualified sports teacher and personal trainer outside of football, Helena grew up in the town of Neskaupstaður before moving to Reykjavík aged 11. She started her career in the youth team at Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Víkingur Reykjavík before joining KR women's football, KR in the summer of 1986 and went on to score 55 goals in 64 league appearances for the club over the following five seasons. In 1992, she signed for Íþróttabandalag Akraness, ÍA and it was there that she won the first honours of her career as the side won both the Icelandic Women's Cup and the Icelandic Women's Super Cup tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neskaupstaður
Neskaupstaður () is a town located on the fjord Norðfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland, against the Norwegian Sea. It is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and, as of 2016, it has a population of 1,481. Neskaupstaður is the second largest town in Eastern Region (Iceland), Eastern Region. The town was originally built on a farm called "Nes", settled by Egill Rauði ("the red"). The town was nicknamed "Little Moscow" in the 20th century due its strong socialist background. History Until 1949, the town was accessible via mountain pass in oddskarð or a boat. Then it was connected through a 626-meter long single-lane tunnel that passed through the Oddskard mountains called Oddskarðsgöng. Oddskarðsgöng was 632 meters above the sea level and was built between 1974–1977. Oddskarđsgöng is now closed. The town is now connected with a new 7.542-meter 2-lane tunnel called Norðfjarðargöng which was constructed between 2013–2017. The building of an aluminum smelte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
