Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir (born 28 January 1996) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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. She represents

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internationally. She has previously played for

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in the American

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, Breiðablik and FH in the Icelandic

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in the French

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in the American

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, and América and

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in the Mexican

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College career

Hauksdóttir played

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for the

. She was named the

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(AAC) midfielder of the year in 2018 and 2019. During her time at South Florida, she scored 18 goals in 78 starting appearances and was selected three consecutive seasons for the AAC All-Conference First Team.

Club career

Hauksdóttir played for Breiðablik from 2011 to 2021, making over 100 appearances for the club and helped win the league title twice. Her debut for the club in the Pepsi League was at the age of 15. She was loaned to

for part of the

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season, where she made seven appearances. In June 2021, Hauksdóttir signed for American club

. In February 2022 she signed with

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of the

. In August 2023, she joined fellow Liga MX Femenil side

. In March 2024, Hauksdóttir returned to her homeland Iceland, signing a contract with FH until the end of the season. The club announced the signing in Spanish too, due to her popularity amongst the Mexican fans. Hauksdóttir returned to play in the United States in July 2024, signing with Tampa Bay Sun in the

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, coached by Denise Schilte-Brown, who coached Hauksdóttir while she played for the

International career

Andrea played at youth level for Iceland, from under-16 up to under-19. She was first called up for Iceland's senior national team in January 2016.

Honors

Breiðablik * Úrvalsdeild kvenna:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Icelandic Cup:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* Icelandic Super Cup: 2014, 2016 Tampa Bay Sun *

: 2024–25 Individual *

Midfielder of the Year: 2018, 2019 *

All-Conference First Team: 2017, 2018, 2019

Personal life

Andrea is in a relationship with

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Shane McClanahan, who plays for the

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. The couple met while they attended college at the

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References

External links

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USF Profile

Breiðablik Profile
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