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{{Short description|Icelandic footballer (born 1999)}}
{{icelandic name|Agla María|male}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Agla María Albertsdóttir
| fullname       =
| image          =
| caption        =
| height         =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|5}}
| birth_place    = [[Iceland]]
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]], [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub    = [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]]<br>(on loan from [[BK Häcken FF|BK Häcken]])
| clubnumber     =
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    =
| years1         = 2014–2015
| clubs1         = [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]]
| caps1          = 0
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 2015
| clubs2         = [[Valur women's football|Valur]]
| caps2          = 8
| goals2         = 2
| years3         = 2016–2017
| clubs3         = [[Stjarnan women's football|Stjarnan]]
| caps3          = 34
| goals3         = 8
| years4         = 2018–2021
| clubs4         = [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]]
| caps4          = 66
| goals4         = 44
| years5         = 2022–
| clubs5         = [[BK Häcken FF|BK Häcken]]
| caps5          = 8
| goals5         = 0
| years6         = 2022–
| clubs6         = [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]]
| caps6          = 43
| goals6         = 23
| nationalteam1      = Iceland U17
| nationalyears1     = 2014–2016
| nationalcaps1      = 22
| nationalgoals1     = 4
| nationalteam2      = Iceland U19
| nationalyears2     = 2015–2016
| nationalcaps2      = 5
| nationalgoals2     = 6
| nationalteam3      = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland]]
| nationalyears3     = 2017–
| nationalcaps3      = 58
| nationalgoals3     = 4
| pcupdate       = 24 March 2019
| ntupdate       = 19:50, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
}}
'''Agla María Albertsdóttir''' (born 5 August 1999) is an Icelandic [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] or an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] for [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]] on loan from [[BK Häcken FF|BK Häcken]]. She has won the [[Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|Icelandic championship]] twice in 2016 and 2018, as well as the [[Icelandic Women's Football Cup|Icelandic Cup]] once in 2018.
==Playing career==
===Club career===
Agla María came up through the junior ranks of [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]] and was first called up to the senior team in 2014 when she was an unused sub in a [[Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|Úrvalsdeild kvenna]] game against Selfoss.<ref>{{cite web |title=Leikskýrsla: Selfoss - Breiðablik - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands |url=https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikskyrsla/?leikur=341727 |website=ksi.is |publisher=[[Football Association of Iceland]] |accessdate=24 March 2019 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820123049/https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikskyrsla/?leikur=341727 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 June 2015 Agla María moved to [[Valur women's football|Valur]] where she made her professional debut on 17 July 2015, when she replaced [[Hildur Antonsdóttir]] in the 46th minute of a defeated against [[Þór/KA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=THÓR / KA WLWLW 5 – 0 VALUR|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/07/17/iceland/urvalsdeild-women/thor-ka-akureyri/valur-reykjavik/2019626/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104134011/https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/07/17/iceland/urvalsdeild-women/thor-ka-akureyri/valur-reykjavik/2019626/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 January 2016 she signed with [[Stjarnan women's football|Stjarnan]]. She won the Icelandic championship with the club in September that year.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Andri Yrkill Valsson |title=Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fjórða sinn |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2016/09/30/stjarnan_islandsmeistari_i_fjorda_sinn_5/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |date=30 September 2016 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150748/https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2016/09/30/stjarnan_islandsmeistari_i_fjorda_sinn_5/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In January 2018, Agla María signed back with [[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson |title=Tekur mikið á að kveðja Stjörnuna |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2018/01/28/tekur_mikid_a_ad_kvedja_stjornuna/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |date=28 January 2018 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150746/https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2018/01/28/tekur_mikid_a_ad_kvedja_stjornuna/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2018, she assisted in both goals in  Breiðablik's 2–1 victory against Stjarnan in the [[Icelandic Women's Football Cup|Icelandic Cup]] Finals.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Einar Sigurvinsson |title=Umfjöllun: Stjarnan - Breiðablik 1-2 - Breiðablik bikarmeistari |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180819053/umfjollun-stjarnan-breidablik-1-2-breidablik-bikarmeistari |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=17 August 2018 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150806/https://www.visir.is/g/2018180819053/umfjollun-stjarnan-breidablik-1-2-breidablik-bikarmeistari |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir |title=Agla María: "Margar góðar vinkonur mínar í Stjörnunni en maður vill alltaf vinna" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180818978 |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=17 August 2018 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150745/https://www.visir.is/g/2018180818978 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 17 September, she helped Breiðablik win the national championship after it defeated Selfoss in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kristján Jónsson |title=Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari 2018 |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2018/09/17/breidablik_islandsmeistari_2018/ |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |date=19 September 2018 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150745/https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2018/09/17/breidablik_islandsmeistari_2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2019, she signed a new 3-year contract with Breiðablik.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Agla María framlengir |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190329362/agla-maria-framlengir |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=24 March 2019 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324150747/https://www.visir.is/g/2019190329362/agla-maria-framlengir |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Sindri Sverrisson |title=Agla María hyggst klára námið og vanda valið fyrir atvinnumennsku |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20201973951d/agla-maria-hyggst-klara-namid-og-vanda-valid-fyrir-atvinnumennsku |accessdate=14 June 2020 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=28 May 2020 |language=Icelandic |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614214037/https://www.visir.is/g/20201973951d/agla-maria-hyggst-klara-namid-og-vanda-valid-fyrir-atvinnumennsku |url-status=live }}</ref>
===National team career===
Agla María debuted for Iceland U17 on 13 April 2014, at 15 years old, in a match against Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wales – Ísland 0–4|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=350874|website=KSí|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192502/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=350874|url-status=dead}}</ref> She participated in all the six matches Iceland U17 played in the [[2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification]].<ref name="Agla María Albertsdóttir">{{cite web|title=Agla María Albertsdóttir|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=200049&pListi=4|website=KSí|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192437/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=200049&pListi=4|url-status=live}}</ref> On 4 April 2015 Agla María debuted for Iceland U19 in a match against France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frakkland – Ísland 5–0|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=359914|website=KSí|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192359/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=359914|url-status=dead}}</ref> She subsequently was part of the group that tried to qualify for the [[2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship]] and for the [[2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship]].<ref name="Agla María Albertsdóttir" /> On 6 April 2017 Agla María debuted for Iceland Senior Team in a match against [[Slovakia women's national football team|Slovakia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Slóvakía – Ísland 0–2|url=http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=417764|website=KSí|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192526/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/opinskyrsla.asp?Leikur=417764|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 22 June 2017 she was called by coach [[Freyr Alexandersson]] to represent Iceland at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2017]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A kvenna – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2017|url=http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/14173|website=KSí|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327111418/http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/14173|url-status=dead}}</ref> She participated in all three matches Iceland played in the competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=France 1–0 Iceland|url=http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020898/lineups/index.html#/|website=UEFA|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=30 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230142357/http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020898/lineups/index.html#/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Iceland 1–2 Switzerland|url=http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020907/lineups/index.html|website=UEFA|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103031641/http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020907/lineups/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Iceland 0–3 Austria|url=http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020915/index.html#/|website=UEFA|accessdate=4 January 2018|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113233701/http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=2017/matches/round=2000623/match=2020915/index.html#/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Club===
;[[Breiðablik women's football|Breiðablik]]
*'''[[Besta deild kvenna|Icelandic champion]] (2):'''
**[[2016 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|2016]], [[2018 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|2018]]
*'''[[Icelandic Women's Football Cup|Icelandic Cup]]:'''
**[[2017 Icelandic Women's Cup|2017]]
===Individual===
* [[Besta deild kvenna#Players of the year|Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year]]: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2021/09/27/Leikmenn-arsins-i-Pepsi-Max-deild-kvenna/|title=Leikmenn ársins í Pepsi Max deild kvenna|work=ksi.is|date=27 September 2021|access-date=23 August 2022|language=Icelandic|archive-date=23 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823164037/https://www.ksi.is/um-ksi/frettir/frettasafn/frett/2021/09/27/Leikmenn-arsins-i-Pepsi-Max-deild-kvenna/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Besta deild kvenna#Top scorers by season|Úrvalsdeild Golden Boot]]: 2020
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Soccerway|agla-maria-albertsdottir/346049}}
* {{KSI player|200049}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|agla-maria-albertsdottir}}
* {{UEFA|250082085}}
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