Anna María Baldursdóttir
Personal information
Full name Anna María Baldursdóttir
Date of birth (1994-08-28) August 28, 1994
Place of birth Iceland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Stjarnan
Number 10
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 St. John's Red Storm 40 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Stjarnan 169 (2)
International career‡
2012–2017 Iceland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:47, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:47, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

Anna María Baldursdóttir (born 28 August 1994) is an Icelandic football defender who plays for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild. She has also played for the Iceland women's national football team.

College career

In 2015 Anna María began studying at St. John's University in New York City and playing college soccer for the "Red Storm".[2] In a two-year stint she started 39 of her 40 appearances and scored two goals.[1]

Club career

Anna María developed into an important defender at her first club, Stjarnan. She signed a new three-year contract in October 2018.[3] In 2020, Stjarnan club captain Anna María missed much of the season with a torn thigh muscle but returned in September.[4]

International career

Anna María won her first senior cap for the Iceland women's national football team on 2 March 2012, as an 86th-minute substitute for Mist Edvardsdóttir in a 4–1 defeat by Sweden at the 2012 Algarve Cup.[5] She had been called up to the squad by coach Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson as a late replacement for Sif Atladóttir, who was injured.[6] She was named as one of eight players on standby for the Iceland squad at UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[7]

Honours

Stjarnan
  • Úrvalsdeild (4): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
  • Icelandic Women's Cup (3): 2012, 2014, 2015
  • Icelandic League Cup A (3): 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Icelandic Super Cup (2): 2012, 2015

References

  1. 1 2 "18 Anna Baldursdottir". St. John's University (New York City). Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "St. John's welcomes 2015 recruiting class". Top Drawer Soccer. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Anna María framlengir við Stjörnuna" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Helgason, Bjarni (7 September 2020). "Fyrirliðinn að snúa aftur" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Sigurðsson, Víðir (2 March 2012). "Svíar unnu öruggan sigur" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Anna María í landsliðshópinn fyrir Sif" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Landsliðshópurinn á EM - Harpa fer með" (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2021.


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