Agla María Albertsdóttir

Icelandic footballer
Agla María Albertsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Breiðablik
(on loan from BK Häcken)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Breiðablik 0 (0)
2015 Valur 8 (2)
2016–2017 Stjarnan 34 (8)
2018–2021 Breiðablik 66 (44)
2022– BK Häcken 8 (0)
2022– → Breiðablik 3 (2)
International career‡
2014–2016 Iceland U17 22 (4)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 5 (6)
2017– Iceland 47 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:50, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Agla María Albertsdóttir (born 5 August 1999) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Breiðablik on loan from BK Häcken. She has won the Icelandic championship twice in 2016 and 2018, as well as the Icelandic Cup once in 2018.

Playing career

Club career

Agla María came up through the junior ranks of Breiðablik and was first called up to the senior team in 2014 when she was an unused sub in a Úrvalsdeild kvenna game against Selfoss.[1] On 30 June 2015 Agla María moved to Valur where she made her professional debut on 17 July 2015, when she replaced Hildur Antonsdóttir in the 46th minute of a defeated against Þór/KA.[2] On 14 January 2016 she signed with Stjarnan. She won the Icelandic championship with the club in September that year.[3]

In January 2018, Agla María signed back with Breiðablik.[4] In August 2018, she assisted in both goals in Breiðablik's 2–1 victory against Stjarnan in the Icelandic Cup Finals.[5][6] On 17 September, she helped Breiðablik win the national championship after it defeated Selfoss in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[7] In March 2019, she signed a new 3-year contract with Breiðablik.[8][9]

National team career

Agla María debuted for Iceland U17 on 13 April 2014, at 15 years old, in a match against Wales.[10] She participated in all the six matches Iceland U17 played in the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification.[11] On 4 April 2015 Agla María debuted for Iceland U19 in a match against France.[12] She subsequently was part of the group that tried to qualify for the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and for the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[11] On 6 April 2017 Agla María debuted for Iceland Senior Team in a match against Slovakia.[13] On 22 June 2017 she was called by coach Freyr Alexandersson to represent Iceland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[14] She participated in all three matches Iceland played in the competition.[15][16][17]

Honours

Club

Breiðablik

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Leikskýrsla: Selfoss - Breiðablik - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ "THÓR / KA WLWLW 5 – 0 VALUR". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (30 September 2016). "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fjórða sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (28 January 2018). "Tekur mikið á að kveðja Stjörnuna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ Einar Sigurvinsson (17 August 2018). "Umfjöllun: Stjarnan - Breiðablik 1-2 - Breiðablik bikarmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  6. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (17 August 2018). "Agla María: "Margar góðar vinkonur mínar í Stjörnunni en maður vill alltaf vinna"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  7. ^ Kristján Jónsson (19 September 2018). "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari 2018". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (24 March 2019). "Agla María framlengir". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (28 May 2020). "Agla María hyggst klára námið og vanda valið fyrir atvinnumennsku". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Wales – Ísland 0–4". KSí. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Agla María Albertsdóttir". KSí. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Frakkland – Ísland 5–0". KSí. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Slóvakía – Ísland 0–2". KSí. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. ^ "A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017". KSí. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ^ "France 1–0 Iceland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Iceland 1–2 Switzerland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Iceland 0–3 Austria". UEFA. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Leikmenn ársins í Pepsi Max deild kvenna". ksi.is (in Icelandic). 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

  • Agla María Albertsdóttir at Soccerway
  • Agla María Albertsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
  • Agla María Albertsdóttir at WorldFootball.net
  • Agla María Albertsdóttir – UEFA competition record (archive)
Awards
Úrvalsdeild
kvenna
Besta deild
kvenna
  • 2022: Ingadóttir
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Iceland squads
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Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Iceland
a Í. Gunnarsdóttir replaced Ívarsdóttir after Iceland's first match.


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