Hildur Antonsdóttir

Icelandic footballer

Hildur Antonsdóttir
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fortuna Sittard
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Valur	80	(12)
2016–2022	Breiðablik	57	(9)
2022–	Fortuna Sittard	22	(2)
International career^‡
2011	Iceland U-17	2	(3)
2011–2014	Iceland U-19	15	(2)
2020–	Iceland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:50, 7 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:22, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Hildur Antonsdóttir (born 18 September 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Sittard in the Eredivisie and the Iceland women's national team.

Club career

Hildur started her career with Valur but left the team midway through the 2016 season and joined Breiðablik.^[2] In May 2018, she was loaned to HK/Víkingur but two months later she was recalled and finished the season with Breiðablik.^[3] In June 2020, Hildur tore her anterior cruciate ligament, resulting in her missing the rest of the season.^[4] In 2022 she moves to Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands, a new team in the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen. She signed a contract for two seasons.^[5]

National team career

Hildur has been capped for the Iceland national team.^[6] She received her first international call up in 2020, after Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir had to be withdrawn from the squad due to an injury.^[7]

Personal life

Hildur is the daughter of Ragnheiður Víkingsdóttir who played football with Valur and the Icelandic national football team.^[2] Her sister, Heiða Dröfn Antonsdóttir, played 92 games in the Úrvalsdeild from 2009 to 2016.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Hildur Antonsdóttir". Playmaker Stats. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (4 August 2016). "Þurfti að kaupa dóttur sína: "Valshjartað lítils metið og selt fyrir einhverja þúsundkalla"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (24 July 2018). "Hildur Antons snýr til baka úr láni og klárar tímabilið með Blikum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (24 June 2020). "Lykilmaður Blika með slitið krossband". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ BIE OS omroep-IJslandse middenvelder voor Fortuna Vrouwen
^ "Hildur Antonsdóttir". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "A kvenna – Hildur Antonsdóttir inn í hópinn fyrir Pinatar Cup" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "Leikmaður – Heiða Dröfn Antonsdóttir". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (28 July 2016). "Báðar Antonsdæturnar búnar að finna sér ný lið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 May 2021.