Elín Metta Jensen
Elín Metta Jensen in October 2017
Personal information
Full name Elín Metta Jensen
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Þróttur Reykjavík
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Florida State 34 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2022 Valur 183 (132)
2023– Þróttur Reykjavík 5 (2)
International career‡
2010–2012 Iceland U17 14 (17)
2011–2014 Iceland U19 19 (9)
2012–2015 Iceland U23 2 (3)
2013– Iceland 62 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 October 2022

Elín Metta Jensen (born 1 March 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Þróttur Reykjavík. Elín represented her country at the 2013, 2017 and 2022 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career

Elín has played for Valur since 2010. She made her Úrvalsdeild debut aged 15 in July 2010, scoring the fifth goal in Valur's 7–2 win over Haukar.[1] In 2012, she scored 18 goals in 18 games to win the league's Golden Boot.[2] Elín was voted Úrvalsdeild player of the year for the season of 2019, scoring 16 goals and providing 10 assists, a season that saw Valur win the title.[3] Elín signed a new three-year contract with Valur in February 2020.[4]

International career

Elín made her senior international debut for Iceland on 16 June 2012, aged 17, replacing record goalscorer Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir after 75 minutes of a 3–0 friendly win over Hungary. Her first two goals came in a 5–0 victory over Malta on 19 June 2014.[5] Elín played in a historic 3–2 win over Germany in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, scoring one goal and providing two assists to her teammate Dagný Brynjarsdóttir.[6] Elín was also instrumental in securing a place for Iceland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, scoring the winning goal against Slovakia at home and the equalizer against Sweden, also at home. She finished as the top goalscorer in group F in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers.[7] Elín was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2017 and 2022.[8]

Honours

Jensen at Florida State

Club

Valur

Winner

Runner-up

Individual

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 August 2021[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Icelandic Cup League Cup Super Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valur 2010 Úrvalsd. 210000000021
2011 Úrvalsd. 6120310020132
2012 Úrvalsd. 1818444210002724
2013 Úrvalsd. 17172071000002629
2014 Úrvalsd. 188215500002514
2015 Úrvalsd. 129314400001914
2016 Úrvalsd. 10311000000114
2017 Úrvalsd. 1716316800002625
2018 Úrvalsd. 1712202000002112
2019 Úrvalsd. 1816217400002721
2020 Úrvalsd. 1613223211212419
2021 Úrvalsd. 1611224900002222
2022 Úrvalsd. 16720221040259
Þróttur 2023 Úrvalsd. 520000000052
Career total 188134281347473181266192

International goals

As of match played 22 September 2020. Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Elín Jensen goal.[10]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 June 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland10 Malta
2–0
5–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2
5–0
3 4 March 2016Est. Bela Vista Parchal, Algarve, Portugal15 Denmark
1–0
4–1
2016 Algarve Cup
4 7 June 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland20 North Macedonia
3–0
8–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5 6 April 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia26 Slovakia
1–0
2–0
Friendly
6 18 September 2017Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland30 Faroe Islands
1–0
8–0
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7
3–0
8 20 October 2017BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany31 Germany
2–1
3–2
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9 21 January 2019La Manga, La Manga, Spain37 Scotland
1–0
2–1
Friendly
10
2–0
11 29 August 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland43 Hungary
1–0
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
12
4–1
13 2 September 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland44 Slovakia
1–0
1–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
14 8 October 2019Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia46 Latvia
4–0
6–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
15 17 September 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland50 Latvia
1–0
9–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
16 22 September 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland51 Sweden
1–1
1–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

References

  1. ↑ Arnarsson, Arnar Daði (13 July 2010). "Elín Metta: Vissi ekki að ég myndi Keppa fyrir 2 dögum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Jónsson, Óskar Ófeigur (15 September 2012). "Nýju markaprinsessur landsliðsins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Óskar Örn og Elín Metta leikmenn ársins á lokahófi KSÍ og Leikmannasamtakanna". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Elín Metta gerir nýjan þriggja ára samning hjá Val". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). fótbolti.net. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ísland slátraði Möltu í undankeppni HM". Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Þýskaland-Ísland 2–3". Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Elín Metta markahæst í riðlinum". Vísir.is. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Familiar squad for Iceland". UEFA. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Elín Metta Jensen leikjaferill". ksi.is.
  10. ↑ "Elín Metta Jensen". ksi.is. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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