Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir
Icelandic footballer
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Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 8 August 2001) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter Milan and the Iceland national team.
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Karólína with Iceland in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 August 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2017 | FH | 29 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Breiðablik | 49 | (8) |
| 2021–2025 | Bayern Munich | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Bayern Munich II | 3 | (3) |
| 2023–2025 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 44 | (7) |
| 2025– | Inter Milan | 12 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Iceland U-16 | 11 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Iceland U-17 | 15 | (7) |
| 2018–2020 | Iceland U-19 | 22 | (10) |
| 2019– | Iceland | 61 | (15) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:21, 8 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:46, 8 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Karólína started her senior professional career with Icelandic club FH. She then moved to Breiðablik, where she won the Besta deild kvenna (Iceland league title) and Icelandic Cup in her first year. In 2019, she won the Icelandic League Cup and Super Cup trophies and played UEFA Women's Champions League football for the first time, scoring two goals. Karólína won the league title for the second time with Breiðablik in 2020.
In January 2021, Karólína signed with Bayern Munich.[2][3] In June 2021, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with the team.[4] It was announced on 10 February 2022 that she had extended her contract at Bayern Munich until 2025.[5] Karólína won the Bundesliga title for the second time in the 2022-23 season.
In July 2023, she joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan in order to get more regular playing time.[6] The 2023-24 season saw Karólína record her best Bundesliga goal tally to date of five goals. On 19 June 2024, Karólína signed another contract extension with Bayern until 2026 whilst also agreeing to have another season on loan at Leverkusen.[7]
In July 2025, after the end of her loan at Leverkusen, Karólína left Bayern Munich and moved permanently to Serie A club Inter Milan.[8]
International career
Karólína has been capped several times for the Iceland national team.[9] On 17 June 2019, she made her debut in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland, replacing Hlín Eiríksdóttir in the 61st-minute. Karólína scored her first goal for Iceland in a 9–0 win over Latvia on 17 September 2020.[10]
She was part of the Iceland squad that played at the UEFA Euro 2022 in England. Iceland drew all three of their group stage games, with Karólína scoring in a 1–1 draw against Italy, but they failed to reach the knockout stage.[11]
In February 2023, Karólína featured in all three matches for Iceland as they won the 2023 Pinatar Cup. It was the first time the nation had won the tournament.
On 13 June 2025, Karólína was called up to the Iceland squad for the UEFA Euro 2025.[12]
Personal life
Her maternal uncle, Gylfi Sigurðsson, is a professional footballer.[10]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FH | 2016 | Besta deild kvenna | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Besta deild kvenna | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | |||
| Breiðablik | 2018 | Besta deild kvenna | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Besta deild kvenna | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 10 | |
| 2020 | Besta deild kvenna | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 19 | 7 | ||
| Total | 49 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 18 | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2021–22 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Bayern Munich | 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| Total | 44 | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 7 | ||||
| Career total | 148 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 200 | 33 | ||
- includes Icelandic Women's Football Cup, DFB-Pokal
- Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
International
- As of match played 2 July 2025[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | |
| Total | 55 | 15 | |
- Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vilhjálmsdóttir goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 September 2020 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Latvia |
9–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 2 | 13 April 2021 | Campo Enzo Bearzot, Coverciano, Italy |  Italy |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 15 June 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 26 October 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Cyprus |
3–0 | 5–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 30 November 2021 | AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus | Cyprus |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 6 | 7 April 2022 | Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia |  Belarus |
4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 7 | 5–0 | |||||
| 8 | 14 July 2022 | Academy Stadium, Manchester, England | Italy |
1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |
| 9 | 5 December 2023 | Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark |  Denmark |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 10 | 27 October 2024 | Geodis Park, Nashville, United States |  United States |
1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 11 | 25 February 2025 | Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans, France |  France |
1–2 | 2–3 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 12 | 8 April 2025 | Valbjarnarvöllur/Thróttarvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland |  Switzerland |
1–2 | 3–3 | |
| 13 | 2–3 | |||||
| 14 | 3–3 | |||||
| 15 | 27 June 2025 | Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova, Serbia |  Serbia |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Breiðablik
- Besta deild kvenna: 2018, 2020
- Icelandic Cup: 2018
- Icelandic League Cup: 2019
- Icelandic Women's Football Super Cup: 2019
- Bayern Munich
Iceland Women
