Stella Hjaltadóttir

Stella Hjaltadóttir (born 23 June 1967) is an Icelandic cross country skier and former football player.[1]

Stella Hjaltadóttir

Personal information
Date of birth	23 June 1967
Place of birth	Ísafjörður, Iceland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1986	ÍBÍ
1987	KA
1988	ÍBÍ
1989	BÍ	2	(3)
1990	KA	1	(0)
1991–1994	Valur	31	(1)
National team
1987	Iceland	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Cross country skiing

Stella won a national championship in cross country skiing in 1988,[2] 1999,[3][4][5] 2008[6] og 2013.[1]

Football

Club

Stella played 78 games with ÍBÍ, KA and Valur in Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1984 to 1993. She won the 2. deild kvenna with Boltafélag Ísafjarðar in 1989.[1]

International

Stella was selected to the Icelandic national football team ahead of two games against West Germany in Delmenhorst in September 1987.[7][8] She was an unused substitute in the first game on September 4[9] but played all 90 minutes in the second game on September 6 when West Germany won 3–2.[1][10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ÍBÍ	1981	N/A	–		1	0	1	0
ÍBÍ	1982	2. deild kvenna	–		–		–
ÍBÍ	1983	2. deild kvenna	–		–		–
ÍBÍ	1984	1. deild kvenna	10	4	–		–
ÍBÍ	1985	1. deild kvenna	–		–		–
ÍBÍ	1986	2. deild kvenna	-	9	–		–
KA	1987	1. deild kvenna	–		–		–
ÍBÍ	1988	1. deild kvenna	-	0	–		–
BÍ	1989	2. deild kvenna	2	3	–		2	3
KA	1990	1. deild kvenna	1	0	–		0	0
Valur	1991	1. deild kvenna	14	0	–		14	0
	1992	1. deild kvenna	7	0	1	0	8	0
	1993	1. deild kvenna	10	1	2	0	12	1
	Total		32	1	3	0	37	1
Career total			-	-	-	-	-	-

References: [1][11]

Personal life

Stella is the mother of the Icelandic cross-country skier Dagur Benediktsson.

References

1. Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. pp. 283, 300. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
2. "Einar og Guðrún H. sigursælust keppenda". Dagur (in Icelandic). 18 April 1988. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
3. Valur B. Jónatansson (31 March 1999). "Stella endurtók leikinn eftir ellefu ár". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. C2–C3. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
4. "Haukur og Stella þrefaldir Íslandsmeistarar í skíðagöngu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 March 1999. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
5. "Haukur og Stella með þrjú gull". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 April 1999. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
6. "Veðrið var í aðalhlutverki". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
7. "Þrjár frá Akureyri í hópnum". Dagur (in Icelandic). 21 August 1987. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
8. "Íslenskar stúlkur til V-Þýskalands". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 4 September 1987. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
9. "Leikskýrsla: Þýskaland - Ísland 5-0". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
10. "Leikskýrsla: Þýskaland - Ísland 3-2". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
11. "Félagsmaður - Stella Hjaltadóttir". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland.

External links

• Stella Hjaltadóttir at ksi.is