Sandra Sigurðardóttir

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 (age 38)
Place of birth	Iceland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2004	Þór/KA/KS	40	(0)
2005–2016	Stjarnan	168	(1)
2011	Jitex	7	(0)
2016–	Valur	123	(0)
2023	→ Grindavík	2	(0)
Total		338	(1)
International career^‡
2002–2003	Iceland U-16	6	(0)
2003	Iceland U-17	3	(0)
2002–2004	Iceland U-19	5	(0)
2015	Iceland U-23	1	(0)
2005–	Iceland	49	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2023

Sandra Sigurðardóttir (born 2 October 1986) is an Icelandic football goalkeeper. 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. During her career, she won six Icelandic championships and four Icelandic Cups. She retired in 2023 as the Besta deild kvenna's all-time leader in games played.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] In May 2021, she broke the 300 match barrier.^[4]

In March 2023, she announced her retirement from football.^[1] In end of June, she returned to football and was sent on a loan to Grindavík for two games. Following the loan, she returned to Valur's roster.^[5]

International career

Sandra made her senior Iceland debut in a 3–0 defeat by the United States in July 2005.^[6] 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.^[7]

In September 2023, she was selected again to the national team after initially having retired from football in March the same year.^[8]

Private life

Sandra is married to Icelandic sport manager Hafdís Inga Hinriksdóttir. They have two children together.^[9]

References

1. Almarr Ormarsson; Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (3 March 2023). "Sandra Sigurðardóttir hætt í fótbolta". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. 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.
3. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 June 2017). "Sandra orðin leikjahæst frá upphafi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
4. Haukur Harðarson (20 May 2021). "Sandra sú fyrsta í 300 leikja klúbbinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
5. Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (28 August 2023). "Sandra mætti aftur í markið - „Af því að ég valdi hana"". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
6. "Sandra Sigurdardóttir". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
7. Stefánsson, Stefán (24 June 2013). "Familiar squad for Iceland". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
8. Aron Guðmundsson (7 September 2023). "Sandra lítið spilað en er valin í landsliðið: „Stend og fell með þessari ákvörðun"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
9. "L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022" (in German). July 2022.

External links

• Sandra Sigurðardóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)