| Dagný Brynjarsdóttir | |
| Fullname: | Dagný Brynjarsdóttir[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1991 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Hella, Iceland |
| Currentclub: | West Ham United |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Collegeyears1: | 2011–2014 |
| College1: | Florida State Seminoles |
| Collegecaps1: | 87 |
| Collegegoals1: | 44 |
| Years1: | 2006 |
| Clubs1: | KFR/Ægir |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2007–2013 |
| Clubs2: | Valur |
| Caps2: | 77 |
| Goals2: | 22 |
| Years3: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs3: | Selfoss |
| Caps3: | 28 |
| Goals3: | 17 |
| Years4: | 2015 |
| Clubs4: | Bayern Munich |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs5: | Portland Thorns |
| Caps5: | 53 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Years6: | 2020 |
| Clubs6: | Selfoss |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2021– |
| Clubs7: | West Ham United |
| Caps7: | 50 |
| Goals7: | 10 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007–2008 |
| Nationalteam1: | Iceland U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2007–2009 |
| Nationalteam2: | Iceland U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2012 |
| Nationalteam3: | Iceland U23 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2010– |
| Nationalteam4: | Iceland |
| Nationalcaps4: | 113 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 38 |
| Pcupdate: | 19:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 19:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC) |
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Portland Thorns, Selfoss, and collegiate soccer for the Florida State Seminoles.
Dagný started playing football when she was six years old, with her first club, KFR from Hella and Hvolsvöllur. She played for them in 2006 as they competed in a joint effort with Ægir from Þorlákshöfn. From 2007 to 2013 she played for Valur from Reykjavík in the best women's league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild as it was then called.
In 2011 Dagný began attending Florida State University and began playing for Florida State Seminoles.[2] She returned to Iceland to play for Valur during the summer months.
Dagný attended Florida State University where she was a four-year starter from 2011 to 2014 for the Seminoles in the midfielder position. She helped lead the Seminoles to a national championship in 2014. Dagný holds the school record for 19 game-winning goals and is second in total goals (44), shots (232), and points (111). She was a first team All-American in 2014 and the runner-up for the MAC Hermann Trophy, given annually to the best college female soccer player.[3] She was named Soccer America 2014 Women's Player of the Year.[4] She was also named as a first team Scholar All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.[5]
In 2014, Dagný played for Selfoss.[6] In 2015, she signed for the second half of the season to the German Frauen-Bundesliga team Bayern München.[7]
After her career at Florida State, Dagný did not sign up for the 2015 draft to play in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States. In May 2015, she attempted to play during the 2015 season with the Western New York Flash, but was prevented from doing so by league rules.[8]
In October 2015, the Portland Thorns FC announced that they had acquired rights for her from the Boston Breakers and that she would play for the Thorns in the 2016 NWSL season.[9]
After spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Thorns, it was announced that Dagný would miss the 2018 season due to pregnancy. She gave birth to a son in June 2018 and returned to training with the team in March 2019.[10] [11]
In 2019, Dagný left the Thorns, citing the difficulty of raising her son so far away from her home nation and family, and returned to Iceland to sign with Selfoss.[12] [13]
On 28 January 2021, Dagný signed for FA WSL side West Ham United.[14] [15] She made her debut for the club in a 2–0 home defeat in a league match against Chelsea on 7 March 2021[16] She ended her first season campaign with 9 appearances across all competition with no goals. It was not until the 2021–22 season that she scored her first goal for the club in the season opener against Manchester City in a 2–0 league win on 3 October 2021. She then scored West Ham United's extra-time winner at Reading in the FA Women's Cup fifth round on 27 February 2022. She ended the season with 27 appearances for West Ham United in all competitions, scoring six goals.
Prior to the start of the 2022–23 season, Dagný switched her kit number from 32 to 10, following the departure of Kateřina Svitková from the club in the summer. She was then named club captain for the club by manager Paul Konchesky.[17] She would end the season as the club's topscorer with 11 goals in 28 appearances across all competition and named 2022/23 Women's Player of the Year by the supporters.[18]
On 9 August 2023, Dagný announced that she will miss the 2023–24 season after announcing she is expecting her second child.[19]
On 8 March 2024, West Ham United released their original documentary, Ómarsson, which tells the story of Dagný's journey with pregnancy as a professional sportswoman and the barriers faced by female athletes when making the decision to start a family.
Dagný made her debut for the senior Iceland national football team at the 2010 Algarve Cup; in a 2–0 defeat to the United States on 24 February 2010.[20] She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[21] In Iceland's final group match against the Netherlands, Dagný headed the only goal of the game to secure her team's place in the quarter-finals.[22] It later emerged that she had played the game with a broken foot, sustained in the previous match against Germany.[23] On 7 April 2022, she played her 100th match for Iceland in a 5–0 win over Belarus in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[24]
Dagný gave birth to son Brynjar Atli in June 2018,[25] making her one of several mothers playing in NWSL. She subsequently married the father, long-term boyfriend Ómar Páll Sigurbjartsson, in July 2019.[26]
In August 2023, Dagný and Ómar Páll announced they were expecting their second child, another boy, who was subsequently born in early 2024.[27] [28]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| KFR/Ægir | 2006 | 1. deild karla | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Valur | 2007 | Besta deild kvenna | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2008 | Besta deild kvenna | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | — | — | 18 | 5 | ||||
| 2009 | Besta deild kvenna | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2010 | Besta deild kvenna | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | ||
| 2011 | Besta deild kvenna | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 2012 | Besta deild kvenna | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 2013 | Besta deild kvenna | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 77 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 114 | 42 | |||
| Selfoss | 2014 | Besta deild kvenna | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 9 | ||||
| 2015 | Besta deild kvenna | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | 35 | 21 | ||||||
| Bayern Munich | 2014–15 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| Portland Thorns | 2016 | NWSL | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||||
| 2017 | NWSL | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | NWSL | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 53 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 53 | 6 | |||||||
| Selfoss | 2019 | Besta deild kvenna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Besta deild kvenna | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Total | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | ||||
| West Ham United | 2020–21 | FA WSL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | FA WSL | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
| 2022–23 | WSL | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 64 | 17 | |||||
| Career Total | 241 | 65 | 32 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 304 | 97 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2010 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2013 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2016 | 12 | 5 | ||
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2019 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 113 | 38 | ||
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brynjarsdóttir goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 October 2011 | 0–2 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying | [30] | ||
| 2 | 21 June 2012 | 0–6 | 0–10 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying | [31] | ||
| 3 | 25 October 2012 | 3–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying play-off round | [32] | ||
| 4 | 17 July 2013 | 0–1 | 0–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 | [33] | ||
| 5 | 5 April 2014 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [34] | |
| 6 | 10 April 2014 | Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 0–4 | 0–8 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [35] | |
| 7 | 0–8 | ||||||
| 8 | 19 June 2014 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [36] | |
| 9 | 13 September 2014 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [37] | |
| 10 | 17 September 2014 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 5–1 | 9–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [38] | |
| 11 | 9–1 | ||||||
| 12 | 22 September 2015 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | [39] | |
| 13 | 26 September 2015 | 0–1 | 0–6 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | [40] | ||
| 14 | 0–6 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 March 2016 | Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2016 Algarve Cup | [41] | |
| 16 | 12 April 2016 | FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | 0–5 | 0–5 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | [42] | |
| 17 | 7 June 2016 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 8–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | [43] | |
| 18 | 16 September 2016 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying | [44] | |
| 19 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 20 | 20 October 2017 | BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [45] | |
| 21 | 1–3 | ||||||
| 22 | 24 October 2017 | Městský stadion, Znojmo, Czech Republic | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [46] | |
| 23 | 17 June 2019 | Leppävaaran Stadion, Espoo, Finland | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [47] | |
| 24 | 29 August 2019 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 3–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification | [48] | |
| 25 | 8 October 2019 | Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia | 0–2 | 0–6 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification | [49] | |
| 26 | 4 March 2020 | Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2020 Pinatar Cup | [50] | |
| 27 | 17 September 2020 | 3–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification | [51] | ||
| 28 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 29 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 30 | 11 June 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 3–0 | 3–2 | Friendly | [52] | |
| 31 | 22 October 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [53] | |
| 32 | 26 October 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [54] | |
| 33 | 17 February 2022 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 SheBelieves Cup | [55] | ||
| 34 | 7 April 2022 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [56] | ||
| 35 | 18 July 2022 | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | [57] | ||
| 36 | 2 September 2022 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [58] | ||
| 37 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 38 | 7 April 2023 | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [59] | ||
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