Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (; born 10 August 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who played most recently for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League and the Iceland national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich, Portland Thorns, Selfoss, and collegiate soccer for the Florida State Seminoles.
Early life Dagný started playing football when she was six years old, with her first club, KFR from Hella and Hvolsvöllur. She played for them in 2006 as they competed in a joint effort with Ægir from Þorlákshöfn. From 2007 to 2013 she played for Valur from Reykjavík in the best women's league in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild as it was then called.
In 2011 Dagný began attending Florida State University and began playing for Florida State Seminoles. She returned to Iceland to play for Valur during the summer months.
College career
Florida State Seminoles Dagný attended Florida State University where she was a four-year starter from 2011 to 2014 for the Seminoles in the midfielder position. She helped lead the Seminoles to a national championship in 2014. Dagný holds the school record for 19 game-winning goals and is second in total goals (44), shots (232), and points (111). She was a first team All-American in 2014 and the runner-up for the MAC Hermann Trophy, given annually to the best college female soccer player."Brynjarsdottir Finished Second for 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy," Seminoles Soccer, http://www.seminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209842339, accessed 14 April 2016 She was named Soccer America 2014 Women's Player of the Year."FSU's Mark Krikorian Named Coach of the Year", http://www.theacc.com/news/acc-womens-soccer-florida-states-dagny-brynjarsdottir-named-soccer-america-player-of-the-year-01-15-2015 , accessed 14 April 2016 She was also named as a first team Scholar All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America."Brynjarsdottir Honored as Scholar All-American", http://www.siminoles.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209814903, accessed 16 April 2016
Club career
Selfoss and Bayern München In 2014, Dagný played for Selfoss. In 2015, she signed for the second half of the season to the German Frauen-Bundesliga team Bayern München.
Portland Thorns After her career at Florida State, Dagný did not sign up for the 2015 draft to play in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States. In May 2015, she attempted to play during the 2015 season with the Western New York Flash, but was prevented from doing so by league rules."NWSL Rules Prevent Dagny Brynjarsdottir Move," The Equalizer, http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/05/21/dagny-brynjarsdottir-nwsl-move-denied-by-league-rules, accessed 14 April 2016
In October 2015, the Portland Thorns FC announced that they had acquired rights for her from the Boston Breakers and that she would play for the Thorns in the 2016 NWSL season.
After spending the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Thorns, it was announced that Dagný would miss the 2018 season due to pregnancy. She gave birth to a son in June 2018 and returned to training with the team in March 2019.
Selfoss In 2019, Dagný left the Thorns, citing the difficulty of raising her son so far away from her home nation and family, and returned to Iceland to sign with Selfoss.
West Ham United On 28 January 2021, Dagný signed for FA WSL side West Ham United. She made her debut for the club in a 2–0 home defeat in a league match against Chelsea on 7 March 2021 She ended her first season campaign with 9 appearances across all competition with no goals. It was not until the 2021–22 season that she scored her first goal for the club in the season opener against Manchester City in a 2–0 league win on 3 October 2021. She then scored West Ham United's extra-time winner at Reading in the FA Women's Cup fifth round on 27 February 2022. She ended the season with 27 appearances for West Ham United in all competitions, scoring six goals.
Prior to the start of the 2022–23 season, Dagný switched her kit number from 32 to 10, following the departure of Kateřina Svitková from the club in the summer. She was then named club captain for the club by manager Paul Konchesky. She would end the season as the club's topscorer with 11 goals in 28 appearances across all competition and named 2022/23 Women's Player of the Year by the supporters.
On 9 August 2023, Dagný announced that she will miss the 2023–24 season after announcing she is expecting her second child.
On 8 March 2024, West Ham United released their original documentary, Ómarsson, which tells the story of Dagný's journey with pregnancy as a professional sportswoman and the barriers faced by female athletes when making the decision to start a family.
On 6 August 2025, it was announced that Dagný was departing West Ham, her contract having expired.
International career Dagný made her debut for the senior Iceland national football team at the 2010 Algarve Cup; in a 2–0 defeat to the United States on 24 February 2010. She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013. In Iceland's final group match against the Netherlands, Dagný headed the only goal of the game to secure her team's place in the quarter-finals. It later emerged that she had played the game with a broken foot, sustained in the previous match against Germany. On 7 April 2022, she played her 100th match for Iceland in a 5–0 win over Belarus in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.
On 13 June 2025, Dagný was called up to the Iceland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.
Personal life
Dagný gave birth to son Brynjar Atli in June 2018, making her one of several mothers playing in NWSL. She subsequently married the father, long-term boyfriend Ómar Páll Sigurbjartsson, in July 2019.
In early 2024, Dagný and Ómar Páll welcomed their second child, another boy Andreas Leo. In April 2026 Byrnjarsdóttir announced the birth of their 3rd child another boy Freyr
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKFR/Ægir20061. deild karla11310———123Valur2007Besta deild kvenna610043——1042008Besta deild kvenna902075——1852009Besta deild kvenna1733324201025102010Besta deild kvenna146211020122092011Besta deild kvenna1143000—101542012Besta deild kvenna1263100—111682013Besta deild kvenna822000——102Total77221651412404311442Selfoss2014Besta deild kvenna11732———1492015Besta deild kvenna171042———2112Total281774———3521Bayern Munich2014–15Frauen-Bundesliga9200———92Portland Thorns2016NWSL185————1852017NWSL130————1302019NWSL221————221Total536————536Selfoss2019Besta deild kvenna000020——202020Besta deild kvenna1352110—10166Total1352130—10186West Ham United2020–21FA WSL900000——902021–22FA WSL2044230——2762022–23WSL2162253——2811Total50106483——6417Career Total2416532142215405330497
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIceland2010902011812012622013131201412720159320161252017732019932020542021732022115202350Total11338
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brynjarsdóttir goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Dagný BrynjarsdóttirNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 26 October 2011 The Oval, Belfast, Northern Ireland 0–2 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 2 21 June 2012 Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria 0–6 0–10UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 3 25 October 2012 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 3–2 3–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying play-off round 4 17 July 2013 Myresjöhus Arena, Växjö, Sweden 0–1 0–1 UEFA Women's Euro 201355 April 2014Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel0–10–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification610 April 2014Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta0–40–82015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification70–8819 June 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland4–05–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification913 September 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland1–03–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification1017 September 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland5–19–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification119–1 12 22 September 2015 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 13 26 September 2015 Lendava Sports Park, Lendava, Slovenia 0–1 0–6UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 14 0–6152 March 2016Estádio Municipal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal1–21–22016 Algarve Cup 16 12 April 2016 FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk, Belarus 0–5 0–5UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 17 7 June 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 8–0 8–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 18 16 September 2016 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 2–0 4–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 19 3–0 20 20 October 2017 BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany 0–1 2–3 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 21 1–3 22 24 October 2017 Městský stadion, Znojmo, Czech Republic 0–1 1–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification2317 June 2019Leppävaaran Stadion, Espoo, Finland0–20–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 24 29 August 2019 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 3–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification 25 8 October 2019 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja, Latvia 0–2 0–6UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification264 March 2020Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain0–10–12020 Pinatar Cup 27 17 September 2020 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 3–0 9–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualification 28 4–0 29 6–0 30 11 June 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 3–0 3–2 Friendly 31 22 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 2–0 4–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 32 26 October 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 2–0 5–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 33 17 February 2022 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States 1–0 1–0 2022 SheBelieves Cup 34 7 April 2022 Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia 0–1 0–5 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 35 18 July 2022 New York Stadium, Rotherham, England 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 36 2 September 2022 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 3–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 37 5–0 38 7 April 2023 Marden Sports Complex, Alanya, Turkey 1–0 1–1 Friendly
Honours
Valur
Besta deild kvenna: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Icelandic Women's Football Cup: 2009, 2010, 2011 Icelandic Women's Football Cup runner-up: 2012 Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2007, 2010 Icelandic Women's Football League Cup runner-up: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Icelandic Women's Super Cup runner-up: 2012
Florida State Seminoles
ACC: 2011, 2013, 2014 ACC Regular Season: 2012, 2014 NCAA: 2014
FC Bayern Munich
Frauen-Bundesliga: 2015
Portland Thorns
NWSL Shield (regular season champion): 2016 NWSL Championship (playoff champion): 2017
Selfoss Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2020
Individual Hermann Trophy Finalist: 2014
See also List of foreign NWSL players List of Florida State University people
References
External links
Profile at fussballtransfers.com