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{{short description|Icelandic footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{icelandic name|Sandra|male}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sandra Sigurðardóttir
| fullname = Sandra Sigurðardóttir
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|10|2}}
| birth_place = [[Iceland]]
| currentclub  = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 2001–2004 
| clubs1 = [[Þór/KA|Þór/KA/KS]]
| caps1 = 40  
| goals1 = 0  
| years2 = 2005–2016
| clubs2 = [[Stjarnan women's football|Stjarnan]] 
| caps2 = 168 
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2011
| clubs3 = [[Jitex BK|Jitex]]
| caps3 = 7
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–
| clubs4 = [[Valur women's football|Valur]]
| caps4 = 123
| goals4 = 0 
| years5 = 2023
| clubs5 = → [[Grindavík women's football|Grindavík]]
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0 
|totalcaps  = 338
|totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003 
| nationalyears2 = 2003 
| nationalyears3 = 2002–2004 
| nationalyears4 = 2015
| nationalyears5 = 2005–2023
| nationalteam1 = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland U-16]] 
| nationalteam2 = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland U-17]] 
| nationalteam3 = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland U-19]] 
| nationalteam4 = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland U-23]] 
| nationalteam5 = [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6 
| nationalcaps2 = 3  
| nationalcaps3 = 5  
| nationalcaps4 = 1  
| nationalcaps5 = 49  
| nationalgoals1 = 0   
| nationalgoals2 = 0   
| nationalgoals3 = 0 
| nationalgoals4 = 0 
| nationalgoals5 = 0 
| pcupdate = 5 March 2023
| ntupdate = 5 March 2023
}}
'''Sandra Sigurðardóttir''' (born 2 October 1986) is an [[Icelanders|Icelandic]] [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. Sandra has played for [[Iceland women's national football team|Iceland's national team]] and was a squad member at the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2009|2009]] and [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013|2013]] editions of the [[UEFA Women's Championship]]. During her career, she won six Icelandic championships and four [[Icelandic Women's Football Cup|Icelandic Cups]]. She retired in 2023 as the [[Besta deild kvenna]]'s all-time leader in games played.<ref name="ruv-retirement"/>

==Club career==
In 2011, Sandra signed for Swedish [[Damallsvenskan]] team [[Jitex BK]]. A contract dispute followed and Sandra quickly left, but she was not allowed to play for [[Stjarnan women's football|Stjarnan]] again until [[FIFA]] ruled in her favour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/sandra-laus-fra-jitex--madur-lettist-um-nokkur-kilo-i-hjartanu/article/2011110839937|title=Sandra laus frá Jitex: Maður léttist um nokkur kíló í hjartanu|date=30 August 2011|accessdate=17 October 2013|publisher=Visir.is|first=Óskar Ófeigur|last=Jónsson|language=Icelandic}}</ref> In 2016, Sandra signed for [[Valur women's football|Valur]]. In June 2017, she became the [[Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|Úrvalsdeild kvenna]] all-time leader in matches played, after breaking [[Sigurlín Jónsdóttir]]'s 18-year-old record of 233 matches.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Sandra orðin leikjahæst frá upphafi |url=https://www.visir.is/g/202031795d |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=17 June 2017 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> In May 2021, she broke the 300 match barrier.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Haukur Harðarson |title=Sandra sú fyrsta í 300 leikja klúbbinn |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/05/20/sandra-su-fyrsta-i-300-leikja-klubbinn |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=[[RÚV]] |date=20 May 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

In March 2023, she announced her retirement from football.<ref name="ruv-retirement">{{cite news |author1=Almarr Ormarsson |author2=Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir |title=Sandra Sigurðardóttir hætt í fótbolta |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/ithrottir/2023-03-03-sandra-sigurdardottir-haett-i-fotbolta |access-date=5 March 2023 |work=[[RÚV]] |date=3 March 2023 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> In end of June, she returned to football and was sent on a loan to [[Grindavík women's football|Grindavík]] for two games. Following the loan, she returned to Valur's roster.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson |title=Sandra mætti aftur í markið - "Af því að ég valdi hana" |url=https://fotbolti.net/news/28-08-2023/sandra-maetti-aftur-i-markid-af-thvi-ad-eg-valdi-hana |access-date=28 August 2023 |work=[[Fótbolti.net]] |date=28 August 2023 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

==International career==
Sandra made her senior Iceland debut in a 3–0 defeat by the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=67479/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017211206/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/woco/players/Player=67479/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2013|title=Sandra Sigurdardóttir|access-date=17 October 2013|work=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> She was seen as the national team's third choice goalkeeper behind [[Þóra Björg Helgadóttir]] and [[Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir]] and collected five more [[Cap (sports)|caps]] during the next five years.

National team [[Coach (sports)|coach]] [[Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson|Siggi Eyjólfsson]] selected Sandra in the Iceland squad for [[UEFA Women's Euro 2013]] in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/020a-0e1417612768-34fe525bc964-1000--familiar-squad-for-iceland/|title=Familiar squad for Iceland|date=24 June 2013|access-date=17 October 2013|work=[[UEFA]]|first=Stefán|last=Stefánsson}}</ref>

In September 2023, she was selected again to the national team after initially having retired from football in March the same year.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Aron Guðmundsson |title=Sandra lítið spilað en er valin í landsliðið: "Stend og fell með þessari ákvörðun" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20232459476d/sandra-litid-spilad-en-er-valin-i-landslidid-stend-og-fell-med-thessari-akvordun- |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=7 September 2023 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>

== Private life ==
Sandra was married to Icelandic sport manager Hafdís Inga Hinriksdóttir, they got divorced 2021. They have two children together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.l-mag.de/news-1010/das-sind-die-50-lesbischen-stars-der-fussball-em-2022.html|title=L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022|language=de|date=July 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{KSI player|138520}}

{{Iceland squad UEFA Women's Euro 2009}}
{{Iceland squad UEFA Women's Euro 2013}}
{{Iceland squad UEFA Women's Euro 2017}}
{{Iceland squad UEFA Women's Euro 2022}}

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