Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Anna.

Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir
Personal information
Born	(1985-05-01) 1 May 1985 (age 39) Reykjavík, Iceland
Nationality	Icelandic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Line Player
Club information
Current club	Valur
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2002–2005	Grótta KR
2005–2008	Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2008–2009	Stjarnan
2009	Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2009–2014	Valur
2014–2017	Íþróttafélagið Grótta
2018–2019	Valur
2021–	Valur
National team ^1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Iceland	101[1]	(202)
Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2003 KR 2 (0) 2018 Valur 0 (0) 2021 Valur 0 (0) International career 2003 Iceland U19 1 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2018

Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir (born 1 May 1985)[2] is an Icelandic handballer and footballer. She won the Icelandic championship eight times[3] and the Icelandic Handball Cup five times during her career.[4]

Handball

Career

In July 2011, Anna moved to Hungarian club Érdi VSE,[5] but was later released from her contract by mutual agreement without playing a game.[6][7]

Anna won the Icelandic championship with Grótta in 2015 and 2016.[8] She served as a player/assistant coach for Grótta during the 2016–2017 season.[9][10]

After sitting for the first half of the 2017–2018 season due to the birth of her second child, Anna signed with Valur in January 2018.[11]

After missing the 2019–2020 season,[12] she announced her retirement from competitive handball in April 2020.[13]

On 27 February 2021, she returned to Valur and played in its 20–21 loss to ÍBV.[14][15] On 31 March 2021, it was announced that she had been selected to the national team ahead of its two games against Slovenia.[16] She appeared in the second game, scoring three goals in her first national team game in six years.[17]

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Titles

• Icelandic champion: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024
• Icelandic Handball Cup: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019

Individual awards

• Úrvalsdeild kvenna Defense Player of the Year: 2014

Football

Anna played two games for KR in the Icelandic top-tier women's football league in 2003.[18] She was twice an unused substitute goalkeeper for Valur during the 2018 season. On 6 July 2021, she was again an unused substitute goalkeeper for Valur in its 2–1 victory against Selfoss in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, replacing Fanney Inga Birkisdóttir who was away with the junior national teams.[19]

References

1. "A landslið kvenna". hsi.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
2. "Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdótir Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
3. Bjarni Helgason (1 June 2024). "Hann er náttúrulega eitthvað vélmenni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
4. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 April 2020). "Vann nítján af þrjátíu stórum titlum sem í boði voru á síðasta áratug". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
5. "Bemutatkozott a csapat" (in Hungarian). Érdi VSE Official Website. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
6. "Izlandi helyén montenegrói" (in Hungarian). Érdi VSE Official Website. 27 August 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
7. Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (9 August 2011). "Anna Úrsúla hætt við Ungverjalandsdvöl – spilar með Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
8. Magnús Ellert Bjarnason (18 January 2018). "Anna Úrsúla til liðs við Val". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
9. Hans Steinar Bjarnason (31 October 2016). "Anna Úrsúla spilandi aðstoðarþjálfari Gróttu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
10. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (27 October 2016). "Kemur Anna Úrsúla Íslandsmeisturunum til bjargar?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
11. "Anna Úrsúla til liðs við Val á ný". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
12. Hjörvar Ólafsson (13 September 2019). "Skórnir virðast ekki vera komnir upp í hillu hjá Önnu Úrsúlu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 April 2020.
13. "Handboltaskórnir komnir í ruslið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
14. Kristín Björk Ingimarsdóttir (27 February 2021). "Ágúst er svo góður sölumaður, hann liggur bara á manni þar til maður segir já". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
15. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (2 March 2021). "Ræddu "endurkomu drottningarinnar" og handboltaskóna sem fóru í ruslið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
16. Hjörvar Ólafsson (31 March 2021). "Anna Úrsúla snýr aftur í landsliðið". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
17. Gunnar Egill Daníelsson (21 April 2021). "Sagt að ég megi ekki tjá mig um það framar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
18. "Félagsmaður – Anna Úrsúla Guðmundsdóttir". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
19. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (7 July 2021). "Elskar að hætta við að hætta og nú farin að gera það í fleiri íþróttum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 July 2021.