Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir

Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 8 August 2001) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter Milan and the Iceland national team.

Club career Karólína started her senior professional career with Icelandic club FH. She then moved to Breiðablik, where she won the Besta deild kvenna (Iceland league title) and Icelandic Cup in her first year. In 2019, she won the Icelandic League Cup and Super Cup trophies and played UEFA Women's Champions League football for the first time, scoring two goals. Karólína won the league title for the second time with Breiðablik in 2020.

In January 2021, Karólína signed with Bayern Munich. In June 2021, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with the team. It was announced on 10 February 2022 that she had extended her contract at Bayern Munich until 2025. Karólína won the Bundesliga title for the second time in the 2022-23 season.

In July 2023, she joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan in order to get more regular playing time. The 2023-24 season saw Karólína record her best Bundesliga goal tally to date of five goals. On 19 June 2024, Karólína signed another contract extension with Bayern until 2026 whilst also agreeing to have another season on loan at Leverkusen.

In July 2025, after the end of her loan at Leverkusen, Karólína left Bayern Munich and moved permanently to Serie A club Inter Milan.

International career Karólína has been capped several times for the Iceland national team. On 17 June 2019, she made her debut in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland, replacing Hlín Eiríksdóttir in the 61st-minute. Karólína scored her first goal for Iceland in a 9–0 win over Latvia on 17 September 2020.

In February 2023, Karólína featured in all three matches for Iceland as they won the 2023 Pinatar Cup. It was the first time the nation had won the tournament.

On 13 June 2025, Karólína was called up to the Iceland squad for the UEFA Euro 2025.

Personal life Her maternal uncle, Gylfi Sigurðsson, is a professional footballer.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vilhjálmsdóttir goal.

Honours Breiðablik

Besta deild kvenna: 2018, 2020 Icelandic Cup: 2018 Icelandic League Cup: 2019 Icelandic Women's Football Super Cup: 2019 Bayern Munich Frauen-Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2022–23 Iceland Women

Pinatar Cup: 2023