Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Afturelding | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | FC Nordsjælland | 74 | (25) |
| 2025– | RB Leipzig | 7 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Denmark U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Denmark U17 | 11 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Denmark U19 | 19 | (5) |
| 2024– | Iceland | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2025 | |||
Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir (born 30 January 2005) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Iceland national team.
Club career
[edit]Emilía played her first senior team game with Afturelding in 2000 before moving to Denmark and joining FC Nordsjælland.[1] With Nordsjælland, she won the Kvindeligaen in 2024, as well as being the leagues top goalscorer, and the KvindePokalen (Danish Cup) in 2023 and 2024.[2]
International career
[edit]Born in Iceland[3][4] to an Icelandic father and a Danish mother, she played for Denmark's junior national teams before deciding to play for the Iceland senior national team in 2024.[5][6]
Honours
[edit]FC Nordsjælland
- Kvindeligaen: 2024
- KvindePokalen: 2023, 2024
- Kvindeligaen top goal scorer: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (8 January 2025). "Hvað gerir Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir í framtíðinni?". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Íslensk landsliðskona til Leipzig". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (30 May 2024). "Langaði meira að spila fyrir Ísland en fyrir Danmörku". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Edda Sif Pálsdóttir (29 May 2024). "Valdi Ísland eftir að hafa spilað fyrir yngri landslið Danmerkur". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Gunnar Egill Daníelsson (17 May 2024). "Hver er Emilía Kiær?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ Aron Guðmundsson (8 January 2025). "Valdi Ísland ekki Danmörku: „Snerist um hvað mig langaði mest að gera"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir at Soccerway
- Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 2005 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Icelandic sportswomen
- Icelandic women's footballers
- Iceland women's international footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
- Danish expatriate women's footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Icelandic expatriate women's footballers
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Afturelding women's football players
- FC Nordsjælland (women) players
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- RB Leipzig (women) players