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Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Karólína Lea.
Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir
Karólína with Iceland in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
(on loan from Bayern Munich)
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 FH 29 (3)
2018–2020 Breiðablik 49 (8)
2021– Bayern Munich 23 (0)
2021–2023 Bayern Munich II 3 (3)
2023– → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 22 (5)
International career‡
2016–2017 Iceland U-16 11 (2)
2016–2018 Iceland U-17 15 (7)
2018–2020 Iceland U-19 22 (10)
2019– Iceland 51 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:25, 01 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:46, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 8 August 2001) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen on loan from Bayern Munich and the Iceland national team. She is the niece of the Icelandic footballer Gylfi Sigurðsson[2]

Club career

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Karólína started her senior professional career with Icelandic club FH. She then moved to Breiðablik, where she won the Besta deild kvenna (Iceland league title) and Icelandic Cup in her first year. In 2019, she won the Icelandic League Cup and Super Cup trophies and played UEFA Women's Champions League football for the first time, scoring two goals. Vilhjálmsdóttir won the league title for the second time with Breiðablik in 2020.

In January 2021, Karólína signed with Bayern Munich.[3][4] In June 2021, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with the team.[5] It was announced on 10 February 2022 that she had extended her contract at Bayern Munich until 2025.[6] Vilhjálmsdóttir won the Bundesliga title for the second time in the 2022-23 season.

In July 2023, she joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan in order to get more regular playing time.[7] The 2023-24 season saw Karólína record her best Bundesliga goal tally to date of five goals. On 19 June 2024, Vilhjálmsdóttir signed another contract extension with Bayern until 2026 whilst also agreeing to have another season on loan at Leverkusen.[8]

International career

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Karólína has been capped several times for the Iceland national team.[9] On 17 June 2019, she made her debut in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland, replacing Hlín Eiríksdóttir in the 61st-minute. Vilhjálmsdóttir scored her first goal for Iceland in a 9–0 win over Latvia on 17 September 2020.[10]

She was part of the Iceland squad that played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England. Iceland drew all three of their group stage games, with Vilhjálmsdóttir scoring in a 1–1 draw against Italy, but they failed to reach the knockout stage.[11]

In February 2023, Karólína featured in all three matches for Iceland as they won the 2023 Pinatar Cup. It was the first time the nation had won the tournament.

Personal life

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Her maternal uncle, Gylfi Sigurðsson, is a professional footballer.[10]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 20 May 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] League cup [b] UEFA Women's Champions League Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FH 2016 Besta deild kvenna 14 1 1 1 2 0 — 17 0
2017 Besta deild kvenna 15 2 0 0 5 0 — 20 2
Total 29 3 1 1 7 0 — 37 4
Breiðablik 2018 Besta deild kvenna 16 0 4 1 4 0 — 24 1
2019 Besta deild kvenna 18 4 1 0 7 4 7 2 33 10
2020 Besta deild kvenna 15 4 2 0 2 3 — 19 7
Total 49 8 7 1 13 7 7 2 76 18
Bayern Munich 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 — 3 1 9 1
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 10 0 2 0 — 3 1 15 1
2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 7 0 2 0 — 2 0 11 0
Total 23 0 4 0 — 8 2 35 2
Bayer Leverkusen (loan) 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga 22 5 3 0 — — 25 5
2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga —
Career total 123 16 15 2 20 7 15 4 173 29
  1. ^ includes Icelandic Women's Football Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ includes Icelandic Women's Football League Cup

International

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As of match played 8 April 2025[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2019 1 0
2020 3 1
2021 9 4
2022 9 3
2023 13 1
2024 12 1
2025 4 4
Total 51 14
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vilhjálmsdóttir goal.
List of international goals scored by Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Latvia 9–0 9–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
2 13 April 2021 Campo Enzo Bearzot, Coverciano, Italy  Italy 1–1 1–1 Friendly
3 15 June 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
4 26 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Cyprus 3–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5 30 November 2021 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 1–0 4–0
6 7 April 2022 Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Belarus 4–0 5–0
7 5–0
8 14 July 2022 Academy Stadium, Manchester, England  Italy 1–0 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
9 5 December 2023 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
10 27 October 2024 Geodis Park, Nashville, United States  United States 1–0 1–3 Friendly
11 25 February 2025 Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans, France  France 1–2 2–3 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League
12 8 April 2025 Valbjarnarvöllur/Thróttarvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland  Switzerland 1–2 3–3
13 2–3
14 3–3

Honours

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Breiðablik

Bayern Munich

Iceland Women

References

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  1. ^ Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (9 April 2021). "Það er verið að reyna að gera mig að einhverri þýskri vél". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (6 January 2021). "Bayern festir kaup á Karólínu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ^ Bianchi, Alex (25 January 2021). "Bayern Monaco Frauen: Karolina Lea Vilhjalmsdottir ha firmato" (in Italian). Calcioline. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ Hjörtur Leó Guðjónsson (17 June 2021). "Karólína Lea: Það er auðvitað bara geggjað að vinna deildina þegar maður er svona ungur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir verlängert vorzeitig bis 2025". www.fcbayern.com (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Karólína Vilhjálmsdóttir joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan". FC Bayern Munich. 7 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir extends contract with FC Bayern Women".
  9. ^ "Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Karólína Lea skoraði sitt fyrsta landsliðsmark í 9–0 sigri Íslands á Lettum". Fjarðarfréttir (in Icelandic). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ^ UEFA.com. "History: Italy 1-1 Iceland | UEFA Women's EURO 2022". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  12. ^ "Iceland - K. Vilhjálmsdóttir - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir - Leikmaður". Iceland Football Association. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  14. ^ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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