Sandra Sigurðardóttir

Sandra Sigurðardóttir (born 2 October 1986) is an Icelandic football goalkeeper who plays for Valur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. Sandra has played for Iceland's national team and was a squad member at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sandra.
Sandra Sigurðardóttir
Personal information
Full name Sandra Sigurðardóttir
Date of birth (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Valur
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Þór/KA/KS 40 (0)
2005–2016 Stjarnan 168 (1)
2011 Jitex 7 (0)
2016– Valur 88 (0)
National team‡
2002–2003 Iceland U-17 9 (0)
2002–2004 Iceland U-19 5 (0)
2015 Iceland U-23 1 (0)
2005– Iceland 39 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2022

Club career

In 2011 Sandra signed for Swedish Damallsvenskan team Jitex BK. A contract dispute followed and Sandra quickly left, but she was not allowed to play for Stjarnan again until FIFA ruled in her favour.[1] In 2016, Sandra signed for Valur. In June 2017, she became the Úrvalsdeild kvenna all-time leader in matches played, after breaking Sigurlín Jónsdóttir's 18-year-old record of 233 matches.[2] In May 2021, she broke the 300 match barrier.[3]

International career

Sandra made her senior Iceland debut in a 3–0 defeat by the United States in July 2005.[4] She was seen as the national team's third choice goalkeeper behind Þóra Björg Helgadóttir and Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir and collected five more caps during the next five years.

National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Sandra in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5]

References
  1. Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (30 August 2011). "Sandra laus frá Jitex: Maður léttist um nokkur kíló í hjartanu" (in Icelandic). Visir.is. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 June 2017). "Sandra orðin leikjahæst frá upphafi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. Haukur Harðarson (20 May 2021). "Sandra sú fyrsta í 300 leikja klúbbinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. "Sandra Sigurdardóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  5. Stefánsson, Stefán (24 June 2013). "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 October 2013.


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