Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir

Margrét Lára in April 2015
Personal information
Full name	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir
Date of birth	(1986-07-25) 25 July 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth	Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Valur
Youth career
	Tý
	ÍBV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	ÍBV	40	(48)
2005–2006	Valur	28	(57)
2006–2007	FCR Duisburg	0	(0)
2007–2008	Valur	34	(70)
2009	Linköpings FC	12	(2)
2009–2011	Kristianstads DFF	51	(27)
2012	Turbine Potsdam	7	(1)
2012–2015	Kristianstads DFF	50	(21)
2016–	Valur	4	(2)
National team‡
2001–2003	Iceland U-17	15	(6)
2001–2004	Iceland U-19	15	(13)
2003–2006	Iceland U-21	13	(11)
2003–	Iceland	106	(76)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 June 2016

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2016.

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (born 25 July 1986) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Valur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. She is the all-time top goalscorer of Iceland's national team and competed at the UEFA Women's Championships in 2009 and 2013. In a club career sometimes disrupted by injury Margrét Lára has previously represented ÍBV and Valur of the Úrvalsdeild, Duisburg and Turbine Potsdam of the German Bundesliga and Linköpings and Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan.

Margrét Lára is the elder sister of Elísa Viðarsdóttir, who also plays for Iceland's national team.

Margrét Lára was born in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland to Viðar Elíasson and his wife Guðmunda Bjarnadóttir. Viðar had played football for ÍBV and later became chairman of the club. As well as Margrét Lára, both her brothers Bjarni Geir Viðarsson and Sindri Viðarsson played football for ÍBV, as did her only sister Elísa.