Elín Metta Jensen (born 1 March 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Þróttur Reykjavík. Elín represented her country at the 2013, 2017 and 2022 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.
Club career Elín has played for Valur since 2010. She made her Úrvalsdeild debut aged 15 in July 2010, scoring the fifth goal in Valur's 7–2 win over Haukar. In 2012, she scored 18 goals in 18 games to win the league's Golden Boot. Elín was voted Úrvalsdeild player of the year for the season of 2019, scoring 16 goals and providing 10 assists, a season that saw Valur win the title. Elín signed a new three-year contract with Valur in February 2020.
International career Elín made her senior international debut for Iceland on 16 June 2012, aged 17, replacing record goalscorer Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir after 75 minutes of a 3–0 friendly win over Hungary. Her first two goals came in a 5–0 victory over Malta on 19 June 2014. Elín played in a historic 3–2 win over Germany in the 2019 World Cup qualifiers, scoring one goal and providing two assists to her teammate Dagný Brynjarsdóttir. Elín was also instrumental in securing a place for Iceland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, scoring the winning goal against Slovakia at home and the equalizer against Sweden, also at home. She finished as the top goalscorer in group F in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers. Elín was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2017 and 2022.
Honours
Club Valur Winner Icelandic Champion 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022 Icelandic Women's Cup: 2010, 2011, 2022 Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2017 Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2022
Runner-up Icelandic Women's Cup: 2012 Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2013, 2019 Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2012, 2020
Individual Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year: 2019 Úrvalsdeild Golden Boot: 2012
Career statistics Club
As of 20 August 2021
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueIcelandic CupLeague CupSuper CupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsValur2010Úrvalsd.2100000000212011Úrvalsd.61203100201322012Úrvalsd.18184442100027242013Úrvalsd.171720710000026292014Úrvalsd.1882155000025142015Úrvalsd.1293144000019142016Úrvalsd.103110000001142017Úrvalsd.17163168000026252018Úrvalsd.17122020000021122019Úrvalsd.18162174000027212020Úrvalsd.16132232112124192021Úrvalsd.16112249000022222022Úrvalsd.16720221040259Þróttur2023Úrvalsd.520000000052Career total188134281347473181266192
International goals As of match played 22 September 2020. Iceland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Elín Jensen goal.
+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competitionNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition119 June 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland102015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification234 March 2016Est. Bela Vista Parchal, Algarve, Portugal152016 Algarve Cup47 June 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland20UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying56 April 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia26Friendly618 September 2017Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland302019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification7820 October 2017BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany312019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification921 January 2019La Manga, La Manga, Spain37Friendly101129 August 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland43UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying12132 September 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland44UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying148 October 2019Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia46UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying1517 September 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland50UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying1622 September 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland51UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
Personal life In June 2025, Elín graduated as a Doctor of Medicine.
References
External links
Profile at fussballtransfers.com