Laufey Sigurðardóttir

Laufey Sigurðardóttir
Personal information
Date of birth	27 January 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Akureyri, Iceland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1985	ÍA
1985–1986	SV Bergisch Gladbach 09
1987	ÍA
1988	Stjarnan
1991	ÍA
1992–1993	Stjarnan
1994–2003	ÍA
International career
1984–1997	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laufey Sigurðardóttir (born 27 January 1963) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete who was a member of the Iceland national teams in badminton, football and handball. A prominent goalscorer in football, she led the Icelandic top-tier league in goals scored in 1983 and 1991.^[1]

Football

Laufey started her senior team career with Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA) in 1973. She led the Icelandic top-tier league in scoring in 1983^[2] and helped the team to back-to-back national championships in 1984 and 1985.^[3] On 21 July 1983, she scored 8 goals in a 12–1 win against Víðir Garður.^[4]

Laufey played for SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 during the 1985–1986 season.^[5]^[3] An injury in the DFB-Pokal final on 3 May 1986 cut her season short and she was forced to miss the rest of the West Germany championship where her team finished second.^[6]^[7] She returned to ÍA prior to the 1987 season^[8] where she had a hot start, scoring 7 goals in the first 6 matches and helped the team win the national championship. Following the season, she signed with Stjarnan.^[9] After one season with Stjarnan, she moved to Kansas City in the United States where she played for Gino Shiraldis and Hurray.^[3]

She returned to ÍA in 1991 and took the league by a storm, leading it in goals scored and was named the Player of the Year in 1991 while helping the club win the Icelandic Cup.^[3]^[10]

After initially planning on sitting out the 1992 season following the birth of her first child,^[11] she signed Stjarnan in July 1992.^[12] After two seasons with Stjarnan, Laufey returned again to ÍA in 1994. Following the 1997 season, she played sporadically with the club until finally retiring for good in 2003.^[3]

Honours

Club

Úrvalsdeild kvenna: 1984, 1985, 1987
Icelandic Cup: 1991

Individual

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Player of the Year: 1991
Úrvalsdeild kvenna top scorer: 1983, 1991

References

^ "Olga hefur oftast verið markakóngur". Morgunblaðið. 9 May 2008. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Hörð barátta um silfrið í fyrstu deild kvenna – Laufey markadrottning með 18 mörk!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 9 September 1983. p. 10. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Var landsliðskona í þremur íþróttagreinum á sama tíma". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 15 June 2016. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Endi bundinn á sigurgönguna". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 22 July 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Spilaði á stuttbuxum í 10 stiga gaddi gegn Duisburg". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 13 March 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Fái ég ekki atvinnuleyfi verð ég heima". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 9 July 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Laufey leikur til úrslita um vestur-þýska titilinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 June 1986. p. 23. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ Erna Lúðvíksdóttir (2 June 1987). "Búast má við skemmtilegu og spennandi móti í sumar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 10B. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ Logi B. Eiðsson (1 December 1987). "Laufey í Stjörnuna". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). p. 9. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Guðmundur og Laufey bestu leikmenn 1991". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 24 September 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Laufey í fríi næsta sumar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 October 1991. p. 33. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
^ "Laufey fer í Stjörnuna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 July 1992. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

External links

Profile at Football Association of Iceland

[1] "Olga hefur oftast verið markakóngur". Morgunblaðið. 9 May 2008. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[2] "Hörð barátta um silfrið í fyrstu deild kvenna – Laufey markadrottning með 18 mörk!". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 9 September 1983. p. 10. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[skessuhorn-2016-3] "Var landsliðskona í þremur íþróttagreinum á sama tíma". Skessuhorn (in Icelandic). 15 June 2016. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[4] "Endi bundinn á sigurgönguna". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 22 July 1983. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[5] "Spilaði á stuttbuxum í 10 stiga gaddi gegn Duisburg". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 13 March 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[6] "Fái ég ekki atvinnuleyfi verð ég heima". Skagablaðið (in Icelandic). 9 July 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[7] "Laufey leikur til úrslita um vestur-þýska titilinn". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 26 June 1986. p. 23. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[8] Erna Lúðvíksdóttir (2 June 1987). "Búast má við skemmtilegu og spennandi móti í sumar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 10B. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[9] Logi B. Eiðsson (1 December 1987). "Laufey í Stjörnuna". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). p. 9. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[10] "Guðmundur og Laufey bestu leikmenn 1991". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 24 September 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[11] "Laufey í fríi næsta sumar". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 16 October 1991. p. 33. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

[12] "Laufey fer í Stjörnuna". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 July 1992. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Tímarit.is.

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