Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir (born 25 July 1999) is an Icelandic football player who plays for Icelandic club Haukar.[1]
| 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 | |||
Club career
editHarpa 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
editHarpa 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)