Sif Atladóttir (born 15 July 1985) is an Icelandic footballer and a member of the Iceland women's national team. Prior to playing professionally abroad, she won the Icelandic Championship three years in a row with

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, from 2007 to 2009.

Club career

Sif, who began her career as a forward but later developed into a pacey full back, left Icelandic club

for German side

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in the 2009–10 winter transfer window. In 2011, she moved to Kristianstads DFF following Saarbrücken's relegation. She missed the 2020 season due to being pregnant with her second child. She returned to the court in April 2021 in her first competitive game since October 2019. In October 2021, Sif announced that she was moving to Iceland after 12 years playing abroad.

International career

Sif is currently part of Iceland's national team and competed in the UEFA Women's Championships in

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and

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. She made her senior national team debut in a 2–1 defeat to Italy at the Algarve Cup in March 2007. On January 23, 2018, Sif played her seventieth game for the national team, the same number of games her father played for the men's national team.

Personal life

Sif is the daughter of

Atli Eðvaldsson Atli Eðvaldsson (3 March 1957 – 2 September 2019) was an Icelandic professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, widely regarded as one of the most influential players to come from Iceland. During his career, he w ...

, former

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and

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of the men's national team. She was born in Germany while her father was playing professionally for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Her brother

Emil Atlason Emil Atlason (born 22 July 1993) is an Icelandic footballer, who currently plays for Stjarnan. Club career Emil Atlason began his career with FH but did not make a senior debut for the club. In 2012, he joined KR. In 2015, Emil had loan spells ...

is also a footballer who plays for KR and the Iceland national under-21 football team, while sister Sara Atladóttir played for FH and the women's under-17 and under-19 national teams. Uncle Jóhannes "Shuggy" Eðvaldsson played for Celtic.

Titles

* Icelandic Champion: (3) :*2007, 2008, 2009 * Icelandic Cup: :*2009 *

Icelandic Super Cup The Icelandic Men's Super Cup (Icelandic: ''Meistarakeppni karla'') is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Úrvalsdeild karla and the Icelandic Cup holders (or, if the same team holds both titles, between the title-holde ...

: (3) :*2007, 2008, 2009 *

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: :*2007

References

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Player German domestic football stats
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