Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir Explained

Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir
Fullname:Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir
Birth Date:1984 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Iceland
Currentclub:Valur
Clubnumber:12
Position:Striker
Years1:2001–2004
Years2:2007
Years3:2008–2011
Years4:2012
Years5:2013–2016
Years6:2015
Years7:2018
Clubs3:Valur
Clubs4:Avaldsnes IL
Clubs5:Valur
Clubs6:HK/Víkingur (loan)
Clubs7:Augnablik
Caps1:50
Caps2:0
Caps3:65
Caps4:22
Caps5:38
Caps6:6
Caps7:9
Goals1:30
Goals2:0
Goals3:66
Goals4:24
Goals5:6
Goals6:5
Goals7:2
Nationalyears1:2000–2001
Nationalyears2:2001–2002
Nationalyears3:2003–2004
Nationalyears4:2009–2012
Nationalteam4:Iceland
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalcaps2:5
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalcaps4:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:2
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalgoals4:1
Pcupdate:8 May 2021
Ntupdate:8 May 2021

Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir (born 1 February 1984) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker.

Football

Club career

Kristín was a squad member of Iceland women's national team at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She was the top scorer for Valur in 2001 and 2003 but got badly injured in 2004 and quit football after that. She made a comeback with Afturelding in 2007 without playing for them and then transferring back to Valur for the 2008 season. She was the top scorer in Iceland in both 2009 and 2010 with 23 league goals in 18 games in both seasons. She played for Avaldsnes IL in Norway for the 2012 season but returned to Valur for 2013.[1]

International career

Kristín first represented Iceland at Under-17 level, making her debut against Germany in July 2000.[2] She played eight times at Under-17 level before making her debut at Under-19 level in September 2001,[2] scoring the final goal in a 7–0 win over Bulgaria.[3] In 2003, she stepped up to Under-21 level, making her debut in March against Sweden.[2] She also played in the Under-21 games against Denmark and Germany in July 2004, before dropping out of football due to a serious back injury sustained in a car accident.[4]

Following her return to action with Valur, Kristín was called into Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad as a late replacement for Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir, who had a broken leg.[5] She did not play in the tournament but made her debut for the Iceland senior women's team on 17 September 2009,[2] coming on as a late substitute for Dóra María Lárusdóttir as Iceland mauled Estonia 12–0.[6] She was again a late substitute, this time for Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir in the following game, a 1–0 win in Northern Ireland.[7]

Achievements

Personal life

Kristín was a member of the band Igore,[8] who released 9 líf (9 lives),[9] their only album to date, in 2004. As her alter ego Kido, Kristín was a rapper and the group's main lyricist.[10] [11] In 2018, she released the single "Ég Sé Þig".[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kristín Ýr aftur til Vals. mbl.is. Icelandic. 2013-01-30.
  2. Web site: Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir. KSI. Icelandic. 2009-11-06.
  3. News: Ísland - Búlgaría 7–0. Icelandic. KSI. 2001-09-06. 2009-11-06.
  4. News: Bjarnadóttir nettet fem ganger. Norwegian. Haugesunds Avis. 9 May 2012. 9 December 2013. Øystein. Eide.
  5. Web site: Bjarnadóttir on board for Iceland. 6 August 2009. 9 December 2013. uefa.com. UEFA.
  6. News: Ísland - Eistland 12–0. KSI. Icelandic. 2009-09-17. 2009-11-06. 28 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728052414/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=218336. dead.
  7. News: Norður-Írland - Ísland 0–1. KSI. Icelandic. 2009-10-28. 2009-11-06.
  8. News: Stefán Árni Pálsson . Kristín Ýr lætur blaðamann heyra það fyrir að drulla yfir lagið hennar . 8 May 2021 . . 11 October 2016 . Icelandic.
  9. News: Inga Rún Sigurðardóttir . Ekki bara sumar og kókómalt . 8 May 2021 . . 12 November 2004 . 59 . Icelandic.
  10. News: Ekki bara sumar og kókómalt. Morgunblaðið. Icelandic. 2004-10-12. 2013-01-30.
  11. Web site: Igore albums. icelandicmusic.com. 2013-01-30.
  12. News: Stefán Árni Pálsson . Kristín Ýr frumsýnir nýtt lag: Veit að ég á heima í tónlistinni . 8 May 2021 . . 6 September 2018 . Icelandic.