Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir (born 26 July 2003) is an Icelandic professional footballer for who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Icelandic national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 200?–2010 | Þróttur Reykjavík | ||
| 2010–2018 | Afturelding | ||
| 2018–2020 | Fylkir | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Afturelding/Fram | 18 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Fylkir | 30 | (0) |
| 2021 | KIF Örebro | 4 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → KIF Örebro (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Bayern Munich II | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2025– | Inter Milan | 15 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Iceland U-16 | 9 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Iceland U-17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Iceland U-19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020– | Iceland | 27 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 March 2026 | |||
Early life
editCecilía started playing football around the age of 6 with Afturelding. At the age of 10, she started playing as a goalkeeper.[1]
Club career
editCecilía started her senior career with Afturelding/Fram, a joint team off Afturelding and Knattspyrnufélagið Fram, in 2017 in the 2. deild kvenna where she helped the team finish first.[2] In 2018, she played 13 matches in the second-tier Inkasso league and was named the league's Best Young Player by opposing coaches and team captains.[3] After the season, in October 2018, she signed with Fylkir which had won promotion from the Inkasso league to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4] She had a great start with Fylkir in the beginning of the season,[5][6] including an outstanding performance when Fylkir unexpectedly knocked out the reigning Cup holders, Breiðablik, in the Icelandic Cup.[7] After the season she was named the best Young Player of the Year.[8]
In March 2021, Cecilía signed with KIF Örebro for the 2021 season.[9]
In August 2021, Cecilía signed a three-year contract with English club Everton and was immediately loaned back to KIF Örebro for the remainder of the 2021 Damallsvenskan season.[10]
In January 2022, Cecilía joined German club FC Bayern Munich on loan until 30 June 2022.[11] In July 2022, Bayern Munich announced that Cecilía had signed a 4-year contract with the club.[12]
In July 2024, Cecilía was loaned to Inter Milan.[13][14] Following the season, she was named the league's goalkeeper of the year.[15] In the summer of 2025, Inter Milan bought her from Bayern.[16]
International career
editIn August 2019, Cecilía was selected to the Icelandic national team for the first time by head coach Jón Þór Hauksson[17] ahead of its UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches.[18] On 4 March 2020, she started her first match in a 1–0 victory against Northern Ireland,[19] becoming the youngest ever goalkeeper for Iceland and breaking Þóra Björg Helgadóttir's record by 148 days.[20]
On 13 June 2025, Cecilía was called up to the Iceland squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[21]
Honours
editAfturelding/Fram
- 2. deild kvenna: 2017
Fylkir
- Reykjavik Women Cup: 2020
- Icelandic League Cup B: 2019
Bayern Munich
Iceland
Individual
- Úrvalsdeild Young Player of the Year: 2020
- Serie A Women's Best Goalkeeper: 2024–25
- Serie A Women's Team of the Year: 2024–25
References
edit- ↑ Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (29 March 2020). "Verður að vera hógvær og góð persóna". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ↑ Karl Emil Gunnarsson (10 August 2019). "Sé maður nógu góður er maður nógu gamall til að vera valinn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Lið ársins og bestu leikmenn í Inkasso-deild kvenna 2018". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Cecilía Rán til Fylkis". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (4 June 2019). "Cecilía byrjar Pepsi Max deildina af krafti: Langar að sýna að ég á heima þarna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (20 June 2019). "Myndband: Hjörvar ræðir við Cecilíu Rán og Steina Þuru". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Mist Rúnarsdóttir (1 June 2019). "Skýrslan". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Anton Ingi Leifsson (5 November 2020). "Sveindís best, Cecilía efnilegust og Þorsteinn besti þjálfarinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ↑ Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (19 March 2021). "Örebro staðfestir komu Cecilíu til félagsins". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ "Everton sign Ran Runarsdottir for 2022". BBC Sport. 20 August 2021.
- ↑ "Rúnarsdóttir Joins Bayern Munich On Loan". www.evertonfc.com.
- ↑ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (5 July 2022). "Skrifaði undir nýjan samning með vinstri". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ↑ Víðir Sigurðsson (8 July 2024). "Fer í markið hjá Inter Mílanó". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ↑ "Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir to join Inter Milan on loan". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (5 May 2025). "Cecilía valin besti markvörðurinn í ítölsku deildinni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ↑ Anna Sigrún Davíðsdóttir (1 July 2025). "Cecilía Rán skrifar undir hjá Inter Milano: Dýrust á Ítalíu?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ↑ "Sextán ára nýliði í landsliðshópnum". Morgunblaðið. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (9 August 2019). "Á endanum ekki hræddur við að velja Cecilíu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ↑ Sindri Sverrisson (4 March 2020). ""Æðisleg tilfinning" - Nýliðinn hélt hreinu en kveður á morgun". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (4 March 2020). "Cecilía bætir met Þóru í dag". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ↑ "Hópur Íslands fyrir EM 2025" [Iceland's squad for Euro 2025] (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ↑ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ↑ "Up close: Our VLOG on trophy presentation at Hoffenheim". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
External links
edit- Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir at KSÍ (in Icelandic)
- Cecilia Rán Runarsdottir at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Cecilia Rán Runarsdottir club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir at Soccerway