Katrín Ómarsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Katrín.

Katrín Ómarsdóttir

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Personal information
Full name	Katrín Ómarsdóttir
Date of birth	(1987-06-27) 27 June 1987
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Doncaster Rovers Belles
Youth career
2008–2010	California Golden Bears
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2009	KR	70	(27)
2010	Kristianstads DFF	8	(2)
2011	Orange County Waves	9	(6)
2012	Kristianstads DFF	21	(4)
2013–2015	Liverpool Ladies	35	(3)
2016–	Doncaster Rovers Belles
International career‡
2002–2004	Iceland U-17	8	(2)
2004–2006	Iceland U-19	9	(4)
2006	Iceland U-21	4	(0)
2006–	Iceland	64	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 19 December 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:10, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Katrín Ómarsdóttir (born 27 June 1987) is an Icelandic football midfielder who plays for Doncaster Rovers Belles of the English FA WSL. Before arriving in England with Liverpool in 2013, she had played professional football in Sweden and the United States. Katrín has over 60 caps for Iceland's national team and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Club career

Born in Hamburg, Katrín made her club debut for KR of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna when she was 14 years old. She represented KR in the inaugural season of the UEFA Women's Cup in 2001–02.

Katrín attended the University of California, Berkeley in the United States and played for their women's soccer team from 2008 until 2010. She was signed by Kristianstads DFF of the Damallsvenskan for the summer of 2010. In 2011 she returned to California to play for new Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) franchise Orange County Waves. She scored six goals in nine regular season appearances as the team won the 2011 WPSL Championship.

In January 2012 Katrín agreed to join Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), but the league folded before the season started. Instead she returned to Kristianstads and played out the 2012 Damallsvenskan season, scoring four goals in 21 appearances.

In January 2013 Katrín signed for Liverpool Ladies, who had finished bottom of the FA WSL in 2011 and 2012 but were investing heavily in improving their team. She scored the second goal as Liverpool beat Bristol Academy 2–0 on the final day to secure the league title. Liverpool retained their league title in 2014 but fared poorly in 2015, finishing seventh of eight teams. Katrín was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the season.

On New Year's Eve 2015 Katrín joined Doncaster Rovers Belles, alongside veteran Liverpool team-mate Becky Easton.

International career

Katrín made her senior debut for Iceland in August 2006, a 1–0 home defeat to Sweden in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers.

At UEFA Women's Euro 2009, Katrín played in two of the three group matches as Iceland were eliminated in the first round. National team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson also selected Katrín in his Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

Honours

• Sport Person of the Year in Seltjarnarnes in 2007.

Liverpool Ladies

• WSL Women's Super League (2): 2013, 2014

External links

• KSÍ – Katrín Ómarsdóttir (Icelandic)
• California player page