NJ/NY Gotham FC announced today that the club has signed Iceland Women’s National Team forward Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir to a two-year contract.
Icelandic National Team forward joins Gotham FC from SK Brann of the Toppserien
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Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir scored six goals in 22 games last season with SK Brann in Norway’s top flight, the Toppserien, as her club finished first in the standings and qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The 5-7 forward has played for the Icelandic Women’s National Team since 2017 and has scored two goals in 36 appearances.
“Svava is a versatile forward with the ability to score and create goals,” said Gotham FC Head Coach Juan Carlos Amorós. “She occupies the back line and constantly applies pressure. She has the knowledge to understand different moments of the game and the physical ability to get behind the opposition back line and be effective in the box. Svava also has a lot of valuable experience in international competitions. She is a team player and I’m confident she will help us in our growth as a team at Gotham FC.”
In a professional career that began at age 15 with Valur in the top-tier Icelandic league, Guðmundsdóttir’s most prolific season was in 2018 when she scored 14 goals in 21 games with Roa IL of the Toppserien to help lead her club to a 10-2-10 record. She has also played for Breiðablik in Iceland, Kristianstads DFF in Sweden, and FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France.
“I’m very excited to be joining Gotham FC and to have the opportunity to represent such an incredible organization,” said Guðmundsdóttir. “The club’s mentality about pushing boundaries and putting women’s soccer at the forefront of professional sports, as well as their desire to build a championship-contending team, is extremely inspiring to me.”
“One of my career goals has always been to someday play in the NWSL, and I could not think of a better club to do this with than Gotham FC,” she continued. “This league is incredibly competitive because of the quality of players on every team and the intensity of every match. Not only am I looking forward to the level of play, but also the quality of infrastructure that is setting the example for women’s soccer everywhere.”