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Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir

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Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir
Personal information
Full name Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir
Date of birth (1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Iceland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Valur 2 (0)
2016KH (loan) 11 (2)
2017 KR 5 (0)
2018–present Haukar 7 (0)
International career
2015 Iceland U16 6 (1)
2015–2016 Iceland U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2021

Harpa Karen Antonsdóttir (born 25 July 1999) is an Icelandic football player who plays for Icelandic club Haukar.[1]

Club career

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Harpa came up through the junior programs of Valur and appeared in two Úrvalsdeild kvenna matches in 2014. During the 2016 season, she played for KH in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna where she netted 2 goals in 11 matches. The following season, she returned to the Úrvalsdeild with KR before signing with Haukar in February 2018.[2] In 2019, Harpa was diagnosed with cancer after suffering from debilitating headaches for three years.[3][4] Over the next three months she went six chemotherapy treatments.[5] She finished her last treatment on 31 December the same year.[6] She returned to the court in a practice game against KR in May 2020, playing the last 15 minutes.[7]

National team career

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Harpa has played for the Icelandic U16 team and U17 team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Hörður Snævar Jónsson (29 May 2020). "433 Saga Hörpu sem er tvítug kallar fram tár bros og takkaskó – "Stolt af sjálfri mér"". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ Ingólfur Stefánsson (10 February 2018). "Harpa Karen og Hildur Karítas í Hauka (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Hörður Snævar Jónsson (29 May 2020). "Allt lífið gjörbreyttist". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (29 May 2020). "Snéri aftur á fótboltavöllinn eftir krabbamein: Er svo ótrúlega glöð og stolt af sjálfri mér". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ Stefán Árni Pálsson (15 September 2020). "Grét mest þegar hún sagði fólki frá". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (29 May 2020). "Krabbameinið breytti öllu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. ^ Benedikt Bóas Hinriksson (2 June 2020). "Laus við krabbamein og segir lífið vera ljúft". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (15 March 2016). "U17 ára landslið kvenna sem fer til Serbíu". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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