Fanndís Friðriksdóttir (born 9 May 1990) is an

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er who plays as a

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for Valur in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna, and currently for Australian club

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for the

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season. She spent the 2017–2018 season with

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in the French

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and has previously played in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna for Breiðablik and the Norwegian

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for

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and

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. Fanndís has been a part of the Iceland's national team since 2009 and represented her country at the

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and

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editions of the

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Club career

Born in

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, Fanndís grew up in

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where she start playing in the youth teams of ÍBV before moving to

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in 2004, to play professionally for Breiðablik. After eight seasons at the

ic Úrvalsdeild kvenna with Breiðablik, where she scored 50 goals in 107 league matches, Fanndís decided to join Norwegian

club

, signing a year contract on 6 December 2012. Ahead of her second season in Norway, she moved from Kolbotn to

in December 2013. On 15 May 2014, Fanndís was released from her contract by Arna-Bjørnar after requesting a move back to Iceland to play for Breiðablik. As the request happened during Icelandic's last players transfer registration day, it was only confirmed on the following day (16 May 2014), that Fanndís was successfully registered as a Breiðablik player, her second spell at the club. At the end of the 2017 season, after four seasons of her second spell at Breiðablik, she had a combined total (both spells) of 104 goals scored in 197 matches in all Icelandic domestic competitions, of which 97 goals were scored in 173 league matches. In August 2017, she became the first Icelandic female player to join a

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club by signing a year contract to play for

. On 27 June 2018, Fanndís signed with Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Valur. In September 2018, she was loaned to

of the Australian W-League. She scored 2 goals in 11 matches for the club, witch finished 6th in the league, 1 point out of the playoffs.

International career

Fanndís has represented Iceland since 2005, initially at the under 17 team, progressing to the under 19 and eventually arriving at the senior team in 2009, making her senior international debut on 9 March 2009 in a 2–0 defeat by

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at the

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. A few months later she was called up to be part of

squad at the

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, where she made two brief substitute appearances as Iceland were eliminated in the first round. She played matches at the

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and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification before scoring her first goal for Iceland on 5 March 2012 in a 1–0 win over

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at the

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. Her second goal came on 15 September 2012 at a UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualification 2–0 win over

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. After playing the

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and friendly matches, national team

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Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Fanndís in the Iceland squad for the

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. She started three out of the four matches Iceland played in the tournament, including the Quarterfinal 4–0 defeat by

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. Fanndís scored her third goal on 10 March 2014 in a 1–0 win over China at the

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. Her fourth and fifth goals came during the

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, the fourth on 10 April 2014 in an 8–0 win over

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and the fifth on 13 September 2014 in a 3–0 win over

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. After playing the

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and

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, Fanndís scored again during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification matches, with her first brace (two goals in one match) for Iceland on 7 June 2016 in an 8–0 win over

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and one more goal came on 20 September 2016 in a 2–1 defeat by

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, taking her tally to eight goals. Her ninth and tenth were scored at the 2016 Sincere Cup, on 20 October 2016 in a 2–2 draw with China and on 24 October 2016 in a 1–0 win over

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. She took part at the

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and played in some friendly matches before national coach

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selected her to the national team for the

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. Fanndís started all three matches Iceland played in the tournament, scoring the country's only goal in the tournament and her 11th goal for Iceland, on 22 July 2017 in a 2–1 defeat by

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. Fanndís scored her second brace for the national team during Iceland opening match of the

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on 18 September 2017 in an 8–0 win over

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, it took her tally to 13 goals.

International goals

Personal life

Fanndís's father is former

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Friðrik Friðriksson Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 6 October 1964) is an Icelandic former international football goalkeeper. He played club football for Fram Reykjavik, Breiðablik, Fram again, B1909 (Denmark), Þór Akureyri and ÍBV. Friðrik won 26 cap ...

and her mother is former

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Nanna Leifsdóttir Nanna Herborg Leifsdóttir (born 2 June 1963 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic former alpine skier. She competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, coming 38th in the giant slalom with a time of 2:34:84 but failing to finish the slalom. She wa ...

Honours

* Úrvalsdeild kvenna: Winner 2005, 2015, 2019 *

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: Winner 2005, 2016 *Most Promising Player in Breiðablik in 2008 *Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the year in 2015

References

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