Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kristianstads DFF (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Valur | ||
| 1995–1997 | Stjarnan | ||
| 1997–2001 | Valur | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–2001 | Valur (Youth teams) | ||
| 2001–2002 | ÍBV | ||
| 2002–2003 | Breiðablik | ||
| 2003–2008 | Valur | ||
| 2005–2007 | Iceland women (assistant A and U-21 head coach) | ||
| 2009– | Kristianstads DFF | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir (born 2 October 1976) is an Icelandic football coach and former player, currently in charge of Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF. Elísabet was the head coach of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild team Valur from 2003 to 2008; during which her team won four league titles and one cup title. Elísabet became head coach of Kristianstads DFF in the Swedish women's football league, Damallsvenskan, in January 2009. In 2013 Elísabet appeared in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport.
Elísabet started with Valur FC as a youth player and progressed to the senior team before moving to Stjarnan in 1995 and playing two seasons with the club. She then rejoined her mother club Valur FC in 1997 and played until 2001 when she decided to retire and take over IBV in the highest women´s league as the head coach. At the age of 24 years, Elísabet became the youngest ever female to work as a head coach in the highest division.
Elísabet got her start in coaching at the age of 16 when she joined the youth program at Valur FC as an assistant coach. For nine years she coached different age groups at the club and played a big part in building one of the most organized and successful youth programs on the women's side in Iceland. She won many national trophies with her youth teams and was named Iceland's 1999 youth team coach of the year.
In 2001 Elísabet left her mother club Valur FC for the opportunity of coaching ÍBV in the women´s top league. After one year with ÍBV she took over Breiðablik's under-19 team and guided them to the Icelandic championship. In 2003 she was hired by Valur FC as the senior team's head coach, winning the club's first league title in 15 years and being named the 2003 Coach of the Year. Elísabet remained Valur FC's head coach for five consecutive seasons, leading the team to four league titles and one cup title. She took the team all the way to the quarter finals of the 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup. Elísabet is known for making high-profile transfers for her teams and brought players like German world champion Viola Odebrecht and Scottish Julie Fleeting to Iceland to play for her at Valur FC.
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