Katrín Ómarsdóttir

Icelandic footballer

Katrín Ómarsdóttir
Katrín with Iceland in 2012
Personal information
Full name Katrín Ómarsdóttir
Date of birth (1987-06-27) 27 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Hamburg, West Germany
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 California Golden Bears
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 KR 70 (27)
2010 Kristianstads DFF 8 (2)
2011 Orange County Waves 9 (6)
2012 Kristianstads DFF 21 (4)
2013–2015 Liverpool Ladies 35 (3)
2016 Doncaster Rovers Belles 14 (1)
2017–2021 KR 56 (13)
International career‡
2002–2004 Iceland U-17 8 (2)
2004–2006 Iceland U-19 9 (4)
2006 Iceland U-21 4 (0)
2006–2014 Iceland 69 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:10, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Katrín Ómarsdóttir (born 27 June 1987) is an Icelandic football coach and former player who played the midfielder position. Before spending four seasons in the English FA WSL with Liverpool and Doncaster Rovers Belles from 2013, she had played professional football in Sweden and the United States. Katrín has over 60 caps for Iceland's national team and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career

Born in Hamburg, Katrín made her club debut for KR of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna when she was 14 years old.[1] She represented KR in the inaugural season of the UEFA Women's Cup in 2001–02.

Katrín attended the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and played for their women's soccer team from 2008 until 2010.[2] She was signed by Kristianstads DFF of the Damallsvenskan for the summer of 2010.[3] In 2011, she returned to California to play for new Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) franchise Orange County Waves. She scored six goals in nine regular season appearances as the team won the 2011 WPSL Championship.[4][5]

In January 2012 Katrín agreed to join Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS),[6] but the league folded before the season started. Instead she returned to Kristianstads and played out the 2012 Damallsvenskan season, scoring four goals in 21 appearances.[7]

In January 2013 Katrín signed for Liverpool Ladies, who had finished bottom of the FA WSL in 2011 and 2012 but were investing heavily in improving their team. She scored the second goal as Liverpool beat Bristol Academy 2–0 on the final day to secure the league title.[8] Liverpool retained their league title in 2014 but fared poorly in 2015, finishing seventh of eight teams. Katrín was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the season.[9]

On New Year's Eve 2015 Katrín joined Doncaster Rovers Belles, alongside veteran Liverpool teammate Becky Easton.[10] Doncaster were relegated after only winning one game all season, secured by Katrín's winning goal against Reading F.C. Women. She left the club at the expiry of her one-year contract,[11] and promptly re-joined KR.[12] In November 2020 she joined the coaching staff at KR, but continued to be available a player.[13]

In November 2021, Katrín joined the coach staff of Haukar.[14] She left the club along with manager Guðrún Jóna Kristjánsdóttir in end of June 2022.[15]

International career

Katrín made her senior debut for Iceland in August 2006, a 1–0 home defeat to Sweden in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers.

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Katrín played in two of the three group matches as Iceland were eliminated in the first round. National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson also selected Katrín in his Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[16]

Honours

WSL Women's Super League (2)
Icelandic champion (2)
  • 2002, 2003
Icelandic Cup (3)
  • 2002, 2007, 2008

References

  1. ^ "Katrín Ómarsdóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ Katrin Omarsdottir: California player page, Cal Athletics.
  3. ^ Isländsk landslagsspelare till Kristianstad Archived 24 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, damfotball.com.
  4. ^ "2011 Statistics - Games Played". Women's Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. ^ "2011 Statistics - Goals". Women's Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Frida returns". Phillysoccernews.com. 20 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Katrin Omarsdottir" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  8. ^ Rudd, Alyson (30 September 2013). "Katrin Omarsdottir helps Liverpool to first title". The Times. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Liverpool Ladies: Becky Easton among four players released". BBC Sport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Doncaster Rovers Belles sign Becky Easton & Katrin Omarsdottir". BBC Sport. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Katrín kveður Doncaster" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Katrín Ómarsdóttir í KR" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  13. ^ Guðmundsdóttir, Sóley (23 November 2020). "Katrín Ómars í þjálfarateymi KR" (in Icelandic). DV. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  14. ^ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (7 November 2021). "Katrín Ómars og Agnes Þóra aðstoða Guðrúnu Jónu í Haukum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  15. ^ Brynjar Ingi Erluson (24 June 2022). "Jóna og Katrín hættar með Hauka (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  16. ^ Stefánsson, Stefán (24 June 2013). "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 30 September 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Katrín Ómarsdóttir.
  • Katrín Ómarsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
  • Katrín Ómarsdóttir – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • California player page
  • Katrín Ómarsdóttir at Soccerway
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