Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir

Icelandic singer and footballer

Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir
Personal information
Full name	Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir
Date of birth	(1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2013	Breiðablik	108	(56)
International career
2002–2004	Iceland U-17	13	(5)
2003–2006	Iceland U-19	14	(14)
2005–2006	Iceland U-21	7	(1)
2005–2012	Iceland	28	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir (born 5 September 1987) is an Icelandic singer and a retired international footballer. Greta represented Breiðablik in the Úrvalsdeild her entire career, excepting university stints in the United States.

Sports career

Club

She played with Breiðablik her entire senior career, but had many stints playing at university level in the USA while she studied there.^[1] She won the league with Breiðablik in 2005 and the Icelandic Women's Cup in 2005 and 2013. She was forced to retire after the 2013 season due to a persisting knee injury.^[2]

International

Greta played 28 games and scored three goals for Iceland during her career.^[3]

International performance

^[4]

Iceland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2005	1	0
2006	8	1
2007	7	2
2008	5	0
2011	3	0
2012	4	0
Total	28	3

International goals

#	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 18, 2006	Reykjavík, Iceland	Portugal	2–0	3–0	2007 Fifa World Cup Qual.
2.	March 14, 2007	Albufeira, Portugal	Chile	2–0	4–1	2007 Algarve Cup
3.	May 31, 2007	Kaisariani, Greece	Greece	3–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2009 Qual.

Honours

Icelandic champion: 2005
Icelandic Women's Cup: 2005, 2013

Music career

Greta Mjöll participated in Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic qualifiers for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, performing the song "Eftir eitt lag".^[5] She managed to proceed from the semi-finals to the finals, held on 15 February 2014. She did not qualify to the superfinal.^[6]

Discography

Singles

2014: "Eftir eitt lag"

References

^ "Greta Mjöll semur við Blika" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Greta Mjöll hætt í fótbolta" (in Icelandic). visir.is. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Greta Mjöll hætt knattspyrnuiðkun" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Félagsmaður – Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir" (in Icelandic). ksi.is. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Greta Mjöll úr boltanum í Eurovision" (in Icelandic). fotbolti.net. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Eftir eitt lag og Von komust áfram" (in Icelandic). ruv.is. February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.