Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sveindís Jane.
Sveindís Jónsdóttir
Personal information
Full name Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir
Date of birth (2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Sandgerði, Iceland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 VfL Wolfsburg
Number 23
Youth career
–2018 Keflavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Keflavík 75 (49)
2020 → Breiðablik (loan) 15 (14)
2021– VfL Wolfsburg 39 (10)
2021 → Kristianstads DFF (loan) 19 (6)
International career‡
2016–2017 Iceland U16 10 (6)
2016–2018 Iceland U17 12 (5)
2016–2020 Iceland U19 19 (13)
2020– Iceland 40 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 7 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:38, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir (born 5 June 2001) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Icelandic national team.

In 2020, she won the Icelandic championship with Breiðablik, while also being named the Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year and winning the Úrvalsdeild Golden Boot award. In 2021, she was named the Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year and in 2022, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with VfL Wolfsburg.

Club career

Sveindís debuted with Keflavík's first team in 2015. During the 2016 season, she scored 27 goals in 19 games in the 1. deild kvenna.[1] In 2018, she helped Keflavík to a second-place finish in the 1. deild and promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna after scoring 9 goals in 18 matches.[2]

In December 2019, Sveindís was loaned to Breiðablik.[3] She helped Breiðablik finish first in the Úrvalsdeild in 2020 and was named the Player of the Year as well as winning the Golden Boot award after leading the league with 14 goals, same as teammate Agla María Albertsdóttir but in fewer minutes.[4]

In December 2020, Sveindís signed with VfL Wolfsburg. She was immediately loaned to Kristianstads DFF to gain experience.[5][6] On 18 April 2021, she scored after 11 minutes in her first match with Kristianstads in the Damallsvenskan.[7] In her second match, she scored one goal and assisted on another in Kristianstads' 2–1 win against Djurgården.[8] On 30 April she injured her knee in a game against Växjö DFF after her foot got stuck in the hybrid grass and was carried from the PITCH on a stretcher.[9] She was later ruled out for at least 6 weeks.[10] On 5 May it was announced that she had been named the Damallsvenskan Player of the Month for March.[11] In December 2021, she was named the Icelandic Women's Footballer of the Year.[12]

On 29 January 2022, Sveindís debuted in the Frauen-Bundesliga.[13] In her first start, on 11 March 2022, she scored two goals in a 5–1 victory against 1. FC Köln.[14] In May 2022, she won the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg.[15]

On 11 December 2024, she became the first Icelander to score 4 goals in a single UEFA Women's Champions League match. She scored the goals in a 25 minute span after coming in as a substitute in Wolfsburg's 6–1 win against AS Roma.[16]

International career

Sveindís was selected to the Icelandic national team for the first time ahead of its game against Latvia on 17 September 2020.[17] She started the match and scored Iceland's second goal on 8 minute. She later added another goal on 32 minute in Iceland's 9–0 victory.[18] On 23 September she set up Iceland's goal in a 1–1 tie against Sweden.[19]

Personal life

Sveindís was born in Keflavík, Iceland,[20] to an Icelandic father and a Ghanaian mother and raised in Keflavík.[21] Her uncle Þorsteinn Bjarnason was a footballer who represented Iceland as a goalkeeper.[22]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 11 April 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2020 5 2
2021 8 4
2022 12 1
2023 5 1
Total 30 8
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jónsdóttir goal.
List of international goals scored by Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Latvia 2–0 9–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 quaifying
2 5–0
3 26 October 2021  Cyprus 2–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4 4–0
5 25 November 2021 Yanmar Stadium, Almere, Netherlands  Japan 1–0 2–0 Friendly
6 30 November 2021 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 3–0 4–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7 29 June 2022 Stadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland  Poland 2–0 3–1 Friendly
8 11 April 2023 Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland  Switzerland 2–1 2–1
9 27 February 2024 Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur, Iceland  Serbia 1–1 2–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches
10 5 April 2024  Poland 3–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
11 12 July 2024 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Germany 3–0 3–0
12 16 July 2024 Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, Sosnowiec, Poland  Poland 1–0 1–0

Honours

Club

Breiðablik

Winner

VfL Wolfsburg

Winner

Individual

References

  1. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (2 July 2019). "Mömmu bannað að æfa en Sveindís sló ung í gegn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (18 September 2020). "Einn landsleikur, tvö mörk". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (5 December 2019). "Sveindís Jane lánuð í Breiðablik (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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