Elín Metta Jensen


Elín Metta Jensen is an Icelandic footballer. She plays as a striker for Valur. Elín has been part of Iceland's national team since 2012 and represented her country at the 2013 and 2017 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.
She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 and 2017.

Honours

Club

;Valur
Winner
Runner-up
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition-
119 June 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland10
2–0
5–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification-
219 June 2014Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland10
5–0
5–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34 March 2016Est. Bela Vista Parchal, Algarve, Portugal15
1–0
4–1
2016 Algarve Cup-
47 June 2016Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland20
3–0
8–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying-
56 April 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia26
1–0
2–0
Friendly-
618 September 2017Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland30
1–0
8–0
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification-
718 September 2017Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland30
3–0
8–0
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification-
820 October 2017BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany31
2–0
3–2
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification-
921 January 2019La Manga, La Manga, Spain37
1–0
2–1
Friendly-
1021 January 2019La Manga, La Manga, Spain37
2–0
2–1
Friendly-
1129 August 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland43
1–0
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying-
1229 August 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland43
4–1
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying-
132 September 2019Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland44
1–0
1–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying-
148 October 2019Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia46
4–0
6–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying-