Arna Sif Pálsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Arna.

Arna Sif Pálsdóttir
Personal information
Born	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36) Heimaey, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Valur
Number	39
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2005–2009	HK
2009-2010	Horsens HK
2010-2011	Team Esbjerg
2011-2013	Aalborg DH
2013-2015	SK Aarhus
2015-2017	OGC Nice
2017–2018	Debreceni VSC
2018–2019	ÍBV
2019–	Valur
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–present	Iceland	128[1]	(199)
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2019

Arna Sif Pálsdóttir (born 5 January 1988) is an Icelandic team handball player for Valur of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She plays on the Icelandic national team,^[2] and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.^[3]

Club career

Arna came up through the junior ranks of HK and played with the senior team from 2005 to 2009.^[4] She played for Horsens HK during the 2009–2010 season, appearing in 20 games in the Danish Damehåndboldligaen and scoring 19 goals. After Horsens was relegated, she signed with rival Team Esbjerg.^[5]

In June 2017, Arna signed with Debreceni VSC.^[6][7] After nine seasons away, Arna returned to Iceland in June 2018 and signed with ÍBV of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.^[8]

National team career

Arna sif played her first game for the Icelandic national team in 2006.^[4]

References

1. "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
2. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 December 2014). "Arna Sif: Við eigum skilið að fara alla leið á HM". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
3. "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Iceland" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
4. "Arna Sif Pálsdóttir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 2 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
5. "Arna samdi við Esbjerg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 June 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
6. Ívar Benediktsson (2 June 2017). "Fer til Ungverjalands". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
7. "Arna Sif Pálsdóttir hefur samið við eitt besta lið Ungverjalands". Stöð 2 (in Icelandic). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
8. Kristinn Páll Teitsson (1 June 2018). "ÍBV fékk góðan liðsstyrk í Örnu Sif og Sunnu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 March 2019.

External links

• Arna Sif Pálsdóttir at the European Handball Federation