Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir

Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir (born 26 July 2003) is an Icelandic football goalkeeper for Fylkir of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna and the Icelandic national football team.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Cecilía.
Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir
Personal information
Full name Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir
Date of birth (2003-07-26) 26 July 2003
Place of birth Iceland
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Fylkir
Number 1
Youth career
200?–2010 Þróttur Reykjavík
2010–2018 Afturelding
2018– Fylkir
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Afturelding/Fram 18 (0)
2018– Fylkir 28 (0)
National team‡
2018 Iceland U-16 9 (0)
2018–2019 Iceland U-17 12 (0)
2019– Iceland U-19 1 (0)
2020– Iceland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2020

Early life

Cecilía started playing football around the age of 6 with Afturelding. At the age of 10, she started playing as a goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Cecilía started her senior career with Afturelding/Fram, a joint team off Afturelding and Knattspyrnufélagið Fram, in 2017 in the 2. deild kvenna where she helped the team finish first.[2] In 2018, she played 13 matches in the second-tier Inkasso league and was named the league's Best Young Player by opposing coaches and team captains.[3] After the season, in October 2018, she signed with Fylkir which had won promotion from the Inkasso league to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4] She had a great start with Fylkir in the beginning of the season,[5][6] including an outstanding performance when Fylkir unexpectedly knocked out the reigning Cup holders, Breiðablik, in the Icelandic Cup.[7] After the season she was named the best Young Player of the Year.[8]

International career

In August 2019, Cecilía was selected to the Icelandic national team for the first time by head coach Jón Þór Hauksson[9] ahead of its UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches.[10] On 4 March 2020, she started her first match in a 1–0 victory against Northern Ireland,[11] becoming the youngest ever goalkeeper for Iceland and breaking Þóra Björg Helgadóttir's record by 148 days.[12]

Titles and awards

Titles

Individual

References
  1. Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (29 March 2020). "Verður að vera hógvær og góð persóna". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. Karl Emil Gunnarsson (10 August 2019). "Sé maður nógu góður er maður nógu gamall til að vera valinn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "Lið ársins og bestu leikmenn í Inkasso-deild kvenna 2018". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. "Cecilía Rán til Fylkis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (4 June 2019). "Cecilía byrjar Pepsi Max deildina af krafti: Langar að sýna að ég á heima þarna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (20 June 2019). "Myndband: Hjörvar ræðir við Cecilíu Rán og Steina Þuru". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. Mist Rúnarsdóttir (1 June 2019). "Skýrslan". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. Anton Ingi Leifsson (5 November 2020). "Sveindís best, Cecilía efnilegust og Þorsteinn besti þjálfarinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  9. "Sextán ára nýliði í landsliðshópnum". Morgunblaðið. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (9 August 2019). "Á endanum ekki hræddur við að velja Cecilíu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  11. Sindri Sverrisson (4 March 2020). ""Æðisleg tilfinning" - Nýliðinn hélt hreinu en kveður á morgun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  12. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 March 2020). "Cecilía bætir met Þóru í dag". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2020.


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