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Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir

b. 1984

Icelandic footballer

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Born 1984. Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir is an Icelandic association football player.

Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir (born 1 February 1984) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a striker.

Football Club career Kristín was a squad member of Iceland women's national team at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. She was the top scorer for Valur in 2001 and 2003 but got badly injured in 2004 and quit football after that. She made a comeback with Afturelding in 2007 without playing for them and then transferring back to Valur for the 2008 season. She was the top scorer in Iceland in both 2009 and 2010 with 23 league goals in 18 games in both seasons. She played for Avaldsnes IL in Norway for the 2012 season but returned to Valur for 2013.

International career Kristín first represented Iceland at Under-17 level, making her debut against Germany in July 2000. She played eight times at Under-17 level before making her debut at Under-19 level in September 2001, In 2003, she stepped up to Under-21 level, making her debut in March against Sweden.

Following her return to action with Valur, Kristín was called into Iceland's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad as a late replacement for Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir, who had a broken leg. She did not play in the tournament but made her debut for the Iceland senior women's team on 17 September 2009, She was again a late substitute, this time for Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir in the following game, a 1–0 win in Northern Ireland.

Achievements Icelandic champion (4): 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Icelandic cup (4): Úrvalsdeild kvenna top goal scorer in (2): 2009, 2010

Personal life Kristín was a member of the band Igore, who released 9 líf (9 lives), their only album to date, in 2004. As her alter ego Kido, Kristín was a rapper and the group's main lyricist. In 2018, she released the single "Ég Sé Þig".

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Icelandic footballer

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Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir was born on 1 February 1984 in Iceland.

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Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir is an association football player.

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Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir is Icelandic.

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· Wikipedia: Kristín Ýr Bjarnadóttir

· Wikidata: Q3481262

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