Laufey Sigurðardóttir
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Akureyri, Iceland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1985 | ÍA | ||
| 1985–1986 | SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 | ||
| 1987 | ÍA | ||
| 1988 | Stjarnan | (10) | |
| 1991 | ÍA | 14 | (16) |
| 1992–1993 | Stjarnan | 18 | (5) |
| 1994–2003 | ÍA | 53 | (23) |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1997 | Iceland | 18 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Laufey Sigurðardóttir (born 27 January 1963) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete who was a member of the Iceland national teams in badminton, football and handball. A prominent goalscorer in football, she led the Icelandic top-tier league in goals scored in 1983 and 1991.[1]
Laufey started her senior team career with Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA) in 1973. She led the Icelandic top-tier league in scoring in 1983[2] and helped the team to back-to-back national championships in 1984 and 1985.[3] On 21 July 1983, she scored 8 goals in a 12–1 win against Víðir Garður.[4]
Laufey played for SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 during the 1985–1986 season.[5][3] An injury in the DFB-Pokal final on 3 May 1986 cut her season short and she was forced to miss the rest of the West Germany championship where her team finished second.[6][7] She returned to ÍA prior to the 1987 season[8] where she had a hot start, scoring 7 goals in the first 6 matches and helped the team win the national championship. Following the season, she signed with Stjarnan.[9] After one season with Stjarnan, she moved to Kansas City in the United States where she played for Gino Shiraldis and Hurray.[3]
She returned to ÍA in 1991 and took the league by a storm, leading it in goals scored and was named the Player of the Year in 1991 while helping the club win the Icelandic Cup.[3][10]
After initially planning on sitting out the 1992 season following the birth of her first child,[11] she signed Stjarnan in July 1992.[12] After two seasons with Stjarnan, Laufey returned again to ÍA in 1994. Following the 1997 season, she played sporadically with the club until finally retiring for good in 2003.[3]
