Dagný Brynjarsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Dagný.
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Dagný Brynjarsdóttir in October 2017.
Personal information
Full name Dagný Brynjarsdóttir[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Hella, Iceland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Florida State Seminoles 87 (44)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 KFR/Ægir 11 (3)
2007–2013 Valur 77 (22)
2014–2015 Selfoss 28 (17)
2015 Bayern Munich 9 (2)
2016–2019 Portland Thorns 53 (6)
2020 Selfoss 13 (5)
2021– West Ham United 50 (10)
International career‡
2007–2008 Iceland U17 10 (4)
2007–2009 Iceland U19 16 (0)
2012 Iceland U23 1 (1)
2010– Iceland 113 (38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Portland Thorns, Selfoss, and collegiate soccer for the Florida State Seminoles.

Early life

Dagný started playing football when she was six years old, with her first club, KFR from Hella and Hvolsvöllur. She played for them in 2006 as they competed in a joint effort with Ægir from Þorlákshöfn. From 2007 to 2013 she played for Valur from Reykjavík in the best women's league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild as it was then called.

In 2011 Dagný began attending Florida State University and began playing for Florida State Seminoles.[2] She returned to Iceland to play for Valur during the summer months.

College career

Florida State Seminoles

Dagný attended Florida State University where she was a four-year starter from 2011 to 2014 for the Seminoles in the midfielder position. She helped lead the Seminoles to a national championship in 2014. Dagný holds the school record for 19 game-winning goals and is second in total goals (44), shots (232), and points (111). She was a first team All-American in 2014 and the runner-up for the MAC Hermann Trophy, given annually to the best college female soccer player.[3] She was named Soccer America 2014 Women's Player of the Year.[4] She was also named as a first team Scholar All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.[5]

Club career

Brynjarsdóttir playing in the 2017 NWSL Championship game

Selfoss and Bayern München

In 2014, Dagný played for Selfoss.[6] In 2015, she signed for the second half of the season to the German Frauen-Bundesliga team Bayern München.[7]

Portland Thorns

After her career at Florida State, Dagný did not sign up for the 2015 draft to play in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States. In May 2015, she attempted to play during the 2015 season with the Western New York Flash, but was prevented from doing so by league rules.[8]

In October 2015, the Portland Thorns FC announced that they had acquired rights for her from the Boston Breakers and that she would play for the Thorns in the 2016 NWSL season.[9]

After spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Thorns, it was announced that Dagný would miss the 2018 season due to pregnancy. She gave birth to a son in June 2018 and returned to training with the team in March 2019.[10][11]

Selfoss

In 2019, Dagný left the Thorns, citing the difficulty of raising her son so far away from her home nation and family, and returned to Iceland to sign with Selfoss.[12][13]

West Ham United

On 28 January 2021, Dagný signed for FA WSL side West Ham United.[14][15] She made her debut for the club in a 2–0 home defeat in a league match against Chelsea on 7 March 2021[16] She ended her first season campaign with 9 appearances across all competition with no goals. It was not until the 2021–22 season that she scored her first goal for the club in the season opener against Manchester City in a 2–0 league win on 3 October 2021. She then scored West Ham United's extra-time winner at Reading in the FA Women's Cup fifth round on 27 February 2022. She ended the season with 27 appearances for West Ham United in all competitions, scoring six goals.[16]

Prior to the start of the 2022–23 season, Dagný switched her kit number from 32 to 10, following the departure of Kateřina Svitková from the club in the summer. She was then named club captain for the club by manager Paul Konchesky.[17] She would end the season as the club's topscorer with 11 goals in 28 appearances across all competition and named 2022/23 Women's Player of the Year by the supporters.[18]

On 9 August 2023, Dagný announced that she will miss the 2023–24 season after announcing she is expecting her second child.[19]

On 8 March 2024, West Ham United released their original documentary, Ómarsson,[20] which tells the story of Dagný's journey with pregnancy as a professional sportswoman and the barriers faced by female athletes when making the decision to start a family.

International career

Dagný made her debut for the senior Iceland national football team at the 2010 Algarve Cup; in a 2–0 defeat to the United States on 24 February 2010.[21] She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[22] In Iceland's final group match against the Netherlands, Dagný headed the only goal of the game to secure her team's place in the quarter-finals.[23] It later emerged that she had played the game with a broken foot, sustained in the previous match against Germany.[24] On 7 April 2022, she played her 100th match for Iceland in a 5–0 win over Belarus in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[25]

Personal life

Dagný gave birth to son Brynjar Atli in June 2018,[26] making her one of several mothers playing in NWSL.[11] She subsequently married the father, long-term boyfriend Ómar Páll Sigurbjartsson, in July 2019.[27]

In August 2023, Dagný and Ómar Páll announced they were expecting their second child, another boy, who was subsequently born in early 2024.[28][29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 May 2023[30][31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Other[d] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KFR/Ægir 2006 1. deild karla 11 3 1 0 — — — 12 3
Valur 2007 Besta deild kvenna 6 1 0 0 4 3 — — 10 4
2008 Besta deild kvenna 9 0 2 0 7 5 — — 18 5
2009 Besta deild kvenna 17 3 3 3 2 4 2 0 1 0 25 10
2010 Besta deild kvenna 14 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 20 9
2011 Besta deild kvenna 11 4 3 0 0 0 — 1 0 15 4
2012 Besta deild kvenna 12 6 3 1 0 0 — 1 1 16 8
2013 Besta deild kvenna 8 2 2 0 0 0 — — 10 2
Total 77 22 16 5 14 12 4 0 4 3 114 42
Selfoss 2014 Besta deild kvenna 11 7 3 2 — — — 14 9
2015 Besta deild kvenna 17 10 4 2 — — — 21 12
Total 28 17 7 4 — — — 35 21
Bayern Munich 2014–15 Frauen-Bundesliga 9 2 0 0 — — — 9 2
Portland Thorns 2016 NWSL 18 5 — — — — 18 5
2017 NWSL 13 0 — — — — 13 0
2019 NWSL 22 1 — — — — 22 1
Total 53 6 — — — — 53 6
Selfoss 2019 Besta deild kvenna 0 0 0 0 2 0 — — 2 0
2020 Besta deild kvenna 13 5 2 1 1 0 — 1 0 16 6
Total 13 5 2 1 3 0 — 1 0 18 6
West Ham United 2020–21 FA WSL 9 0 0 0 0 0 — — 9 0
2021–22 FA WSL 20 4 4 2 3 0 — — 27 6
2022–23 WSL 21 6 2 2 5 3 — — 28 11
Total 50 10 6 4 8 3 — — 64 17
Career Total 241 65 32 14 22 15 4 0 5 3 304 97
  1. ^ Includes Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes FA WSL Cup, Icelandic Women's Football League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. ^ Include Icelandic Women's Super Cup

International

As of match played 12 April 2023[32]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2010 9 0
2011 8 1
2012 6 2
2013 13 1
2014 12 7
2015 9 3
2016 12 5
2017 7 3
2019 9 3
2020 5 4
2021 7 3
2022 11 5
2023 5 0
Total 113 38
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brynjarsdóttir goal.
List of international goals scored by Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 26 October 2011 The Oval, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 0–2 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying [33]
2 21 June 2012 Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 0–6 0–10 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying [34]
3 25 October 2012 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Ukraine 3–2 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying play-off round [35]
4 17 July 2013 Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö, Sweden  Netherlands 0–1 0–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 [36]
5 5 April 2014 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 0–1 0–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [37]
6 10 April 2014 Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta  Malta 0–4 0–8 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [38]
7 0–8
8 19 June 2014 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Malta 4–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [39]
9 13 September 2014 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Israel 1–0 3–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [40]
10 17 September 2014 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Serbia 5–1 9–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [41]
11 9–1
12 22 September 2015 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Belarus 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying [42]
13 26 September 2015 Lendava Sports Park, Lendava, Slovenia  Slovenia 0–1 0–6 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying [43]
14 0–6
15 2 March 2016 Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal  Belgium 1–2 1–2 2016 Algarve Cup [44]
16 12 April 2016 FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 0–5 0–5 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying [45]
17 7 June 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  North Macedonia 8–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying [46]
18 16 September 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Slovenia 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying [47]
19 3–0
20 20 October 2017 BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany  Germany 0–1 2–3 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [48]
21 1–3
22 24 October 2017 Městský stadion, Znojmo, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 0–1 1–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [49]
23 17 June 2019 Leppävaaran Stadion, Espoo, Finland  Finland 0–2 0–2 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [50]
24 29 August 2019 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Hungary 3–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification [51]
25 8 October 2019 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia  Latvia 0–2 0–6 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification [52]
26 4 March 2020 Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain  Northern Ireland 0–1 0–1 2020 Pinatar Cup [53]
27 17 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Latvia 3–0 9–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification [54]
28 4–0
29 6–0
30 11 June 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Republic of Ireland 3–0 3–2 Friendly [55]
31 22 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Czech Republic 2–0 4–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [56]
32 26 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Cyprus 2–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [57]
33 17 February 2022 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States  New Zealand 1–0 1–0 2022 SheBelieves Cup [58]
34 7 April 2022 Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Belarus 0–1 0–5 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [59]
35 18 July 2022 New York Stadium, Rotherham, England  France 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 [60]
36 2 September 2022 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Belarus 3–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [61]
37 5–0
38 7 April 2023 Marden Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey  New Zealand 1–0 1–1 Friendly [62]

Honours

Valur

Florida State Seminoles

  • ACC: 2011, 2013, 2014
  • ACC Regular Season: 2012, 2014
  • NCAA: 2014

FC Bayern Munich

Portland Thorns

Selfoss

Individual

See also

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