Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Valur | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | → KH (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2017 | KR | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–present | Haukar | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Iceland U16 | 6 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Iceland U17 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021 | |||
Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir (born 25 July 1999) is an Icelandic football player who plays for Icelandic club Haukar.[1]
Club career[edit]
Harpa came up through the junior programs of Valur and appeared in two Úrvalsdeild kvenna matches in 2014. During the 2016 season, she played for KH in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna where she netted 2 goals in 11 matches. The following season, she returned to the Úrvalsdeild with KR before signing with Haukar in February 2018.[2] In 2019, Harpa was diagnosed with cancer after suffering from debilitating headaches for three years.[3][4] Over the next three months she went six chemotherapy treatments.[5] She finished her last treatment on 31 December the same year.[6] She returned to the court in a practice game against KR in May 2020, playing the last 15 minutes.[7]
National team career[edit]
Harpa has played for the Icelandic U16 team and U17 team.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Hörður Snævar Jónsson (29 May 2020). "433 Saga Hörpu sem er tvítug kallar fram tár bros og takkaskó – "Stolt af sjálfri mér"". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Ingólfur Stefánsson (10 February 2018). "Harpa Karen og Hildur Karítas í Hauka (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Hörður Snævar Jónsson (29 May 2020). "Allt lífið gjörbreyttist". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 May 2020). "Snéri aftur á fótboltavöllinn eftir krabbamein: Er svo ótrúlega glöð og stolt af sjálfri mér". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (15 September 2020). "Grét mest þegar hún sagði fólki frá". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (29 May 2020). "Krabbameinið breytti öllu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Benedikt Bóas Hinriksson (2 June 2020). "Laus við krabbamein og segir lífið vera ljúft". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (15 March 2016). "U17 ára landslið kvenna sem fer til Serbíu". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
External links[edit]
- Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)