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Full name | Andrea Olga Færseth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 October 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Keflavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1990 | Keflavík | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Keflavík | 12 | (54) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Breiðablik | 37 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2002 | KR | 101 | (144) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | ÍBV | 34 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | KR | 45 | (35) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Selfoss | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 233 | (326) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Iceland U21 | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2006 | Iceland | 54 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andrea Olga Færseth (born 23 May 1975) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete. She was a member of the Icelandic national teams in both football and basketball. In 1994, Olga won the national championship and national cup in both football and basketball. [1]
Olga started her senior career with Keflavík in 1991 [2] but moved to Breiðablik in 1992 where she became Icelandic champion in 1992 and 1994. [3] [4] In 1995 she joined KR where she became Icelandic champion three years in a row (1997-1999). [5] [6] [7] She is the leading scorer in the Icelandic women's top division, scoring 269 goals in 217 games. [8] [9]
Olga played 54 games for the Icelandic national football team, scoring 14 goals. [10]
Olga played for five seasons in the Icelandic top-tier league, winning the national championship four times. She was voted the domestic player of the year in 1994 [14] and was twice selected for the domestic All-first team, in 1993 and 1994. [15] In 1994 she set a finals record by scoring 111 points in the finals series (22.2 points per game). [16] The record stood for 22 years until it was broken by Haiden Denise Palmer in 2016. [17] She spent the 1995-96 season in United States, playing for Brewton–Parker College in Georgia. [18] After tearing a cruciate ligament in her knee in 1996 she decided to retire from basketball an focus solely on football. [19]
Between 1991 and 1994, Olga played 16 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. [20] She was a member of the team that won bronze at the 1993 Games of the Small States of Europe in Malta. [21]
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Full name | Andrea Olga Færseth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 October 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Keflavík, Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1990 | Keflavík | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | Keflavík | 12 | (54) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Breiðablik | 37 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2002 | KR | 101 | (144) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | ÍBV | 34 | (45) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | KR | 45 | (35) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Selfoss | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 233 | (326) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Iceland U21 | 9 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2006 | Iceland | 54 | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andrea Olga Færseth (born 23 May 1975) is an Icelandic former multi-sport athlete. She was a member of the Icelandic national teams in both football and basketball. In 1994, Olga won the national championship and national cup in both football and basketball. [1]
Olga started her senior career with Keflavík in 1991 [2] but moved to Breiðablik in 1992 where she became Icelandic champion in 1992 and 1994. [3] [4] In 1995 she joined KR where she became Icelandic champion three years in a row (1997-1999). [5] [6] [7] She is the leading scorer in the Icelandic women's top division, scoring 269 goals in 217 games. [8] [9]
Olga played 54 games for the Icelandic national football team, scoring 14 goals. [10]
Olga played for five seasons in the Icelandic top-tier league, winning the national championship four times. She was voted the domestic player of the year in 1994 [14] and was twice selected for the domestic All-first team, in 1993 and 1994. [15] In 1994 she set a finals record by scoring 111 points in the finals series (22.2 points per game). [16] The record stood for 22 years until it was broken by Haiden Denise Palmer in 2016. [17] She spent the 1995-96 season in United States, playing for Brewton–Parker College in Georgia. [18] After tearing a cruciate ligament in her knee in 1996 she decided to retire from basketball an focus solely on football. [19]
Between 1991 and 1994, Olga played 16 games for the Icelandic national basketball team. [20] She was a member of the team that won bronze at the 1993 Games of the Small States of Europe in Malta. [21]