Place of birth Iceland Name Sara Gunnarsdottir Playing position Role Footballer | Number 7 Current team FC Rosengard Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir Date of birth (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 25) | ||
Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir and Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir - Lofsöngur (Icelandic Anthem)
Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (born 29 September 1990) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg of the German Frauen-Bundesliga. She previously played for Swedish Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård. Sara Björk has been part of Iceland's national team since 2007 and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
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- Hallbera Gun Gsladttir and Sara Bjrk Gunnarsdttir Lofsngur Icelandic Anthem
- F lj med sara bj rk gunnarsd ttir till island
- Club career
- International career
- Honours
- References
F lj med sara bj rk gunnarsd ttir till island
Club career
Sara Björk joined local team Haukar at the age of six and remained until she was 18. After three subsequent seasons with Breiðablik, she left Iceland in 2011, to sign a three-year professional contract with Swedish club LdB FC Malmö. She was an immediate success in Sweden, contributing 12 goals as Malmö won the Damallsvenskan title. In August 2013 she announced the extension of her Malmö contract for another two and a half seasons via Twitter.
In May 2016, Sara Björk announced that she would not extend her contract with Malmö (now known as FC Rosengård) and planned to leave Sweden after winning four Damallsvenskan titles in five years. At that stage she did not confirm speculation that she was heading for German club VfL Wolfsburg. Shortly afterwards the transfer to Wolfsburg was made official, ahead of their 2016–17 season.
International career
Sara Björk was included in Iceland's senior national squad in August 2007, aged 16. She had recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury after having to delay surgery because she was too young and her bones were not yet fused.
Still a month short of her 17th birthday, she made her national team debut in a UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match versus Slovenia in Dravograd. Sara Björk substituted in for Katrín Ómarsdóttir on 87 minutes.
Sara Björk scored twice in Iceland's 3–1 win over Norway at the 2009 Algarve Cup and was selected in the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finals in Finland. She played in all three group matches as Iceland were eliminated in the first round.
National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Sara Björk in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, where she played in all four matches including the 4–0 quarter-final defeat to hosts Sweden.
With Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir on maternity leave, incoming national coach Freyr Alexandersson appointed Sara Björk as Iceland's new team captain in 2014.