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Full name
  
Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir

Number
  
26

Apps
  
(Gls)

Playing position
  
Forward

Place of birth
  
Iceland

Years
  
Team

Current team
  
Stjarnan

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Date of birth
  
(1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 30)

Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir (born 27 June 1986) is an Icelandic footballer. She plays as a striker for Stjarnan and the Iceland national team.

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Club career

She played for Stjarnan from 2002 to 2007 before moving to Breiðablik. In 2011, she moved back to Stjarnan. In 2013 Harpa was top goalscorer in the Úrvalsdeild with 28 goals in 18 games.

International career

Harpa made her debut for the Iceland national team in March 2006, a 1–0 friendly defeat to England at Carrow Road. She broke her leg in July 2009 and was removed from Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad, to be replaced by Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir.

National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Harpa in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Personal life

In April 2011 Harpa gave birth to son Steinar Karl. She returned to competitive football three months later.

Club

Stjarnan

Winner
  • Úrvalsdeild: 2011
  • Icelandic Women's Cup: 2012
  • Icelandic Women's League Cup: 2013
  • Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2012
  • Runner-up
  • Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2013
  • References

    Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir Wikipedia