Ragna Lóa Stefánsdóttir

Ragna Lóa Stefánsdóttir (born 10 September 1966) is an Icelandic former football player who played for Úrvalsdeild kvenna clubs ÍA, Stjarnan, Valur and KR. Ragna Lóa won 35 caps and scored two goals for the Iceland women's national football team.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ragna Lóa.
Ragna Lóa Stefánsdóttir
Personal information
Full name Ragna Lóa Stefánsdóttir
Date of birth (1966-09-10) 10 September 1966
Place of birth Iceland
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 ÍA 10 (3)
1992–1995 Stjarnan 45 (16)
1996 Valur 13 (1)
1997–1998 KR 18 (1)
2003 KR 1 (0)
Total 81 (21)
National team‡
1985–1997 Iceland 35 (2)
Teams managed
1997 KR (player-manager)
2013–2014 Fylkir
2019-present KR (assistant)
2019 KR (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:46, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

International career

Ragna Lóa made her debut for Iceland in an August 1985 friendly match against Switzerland. She scored in her second match, another friendly against the same opposition two days later. In an 1993 UEFA Women's Championship qualification match against England in July 1992, Ragna Lóa scored her second international goal.[2]

On September 2, 1997, Ragna Lóa broke her leg in a 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Ukraine. The injury was severe and required surgery. After the surgery she developed a life-threatening fat embolism syndrome which caused her lungs to shut down. She was put to a medically induced coma and kept on a ventilator for almost five days.[3][4] She never fully recovered from the injury and retired from playing football following the 1998 season, except one match played in 2003.[1]

Managerial career

Ragna Lóa was named the 1997 Icelandic women's football manager of the year after she guided KR to the Icelandic championship.[5] The day that KR secured the title, Ragna was still in a medically induced coma following her broken leg in Iceland's game against Ukraine. The first thing she saw when she woke up was the Icelandic championship trophy by her bedside.[6][7]

She was the manager of Fylkir women's team from 2013[8] to 2014.[9]

In November 2018, Ragna Lóa was hired as an assistant coach to Bojana Kristín Besic at KR.[10] In July 2019, she took over as caretaker manager of the team after Besic resigned[11] and guided the team to two victories before being replaced with Jóhannes Karl Sigursteinsson.[12]

Personal life

Ragna Lóa was married to fellow Icelander Hermann Hreiðarsson, himself a football player.[13] They have two daughters, Telma and Ýda, in addition to Ragna Lóa's own children, Stefán and Elsa.[14]

References
  1. Marín Manda (16 August 2013). "Ég er ekki dæmigerð "footballer"s wife"". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. Retrieved on 2012-04-21.
  3. "Vakna þú mín Þyrnirós". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 September 1997. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. "Ljóst að ég spila aldrei knattspyrnu framar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 31 December 1997. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. "Bjarni og Ragna Lóa knattspyrnuþjálfarar ársins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 March 1998. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  6. "Sofandi í öndunarvél þegar hún gerði liðið að meisturum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. "Vakna þú mín Þyrnirós". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 20 September 1997. p. B1. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  8. "Ragna Lóa ráðin þjálfari Fylkis". RÚV (in Icelandic). 25 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. Karitas Þórarinsdóttir (27 September 2014). "Ragna Lóa: Fegin að hætta því dómararnir eru svo lélegir". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  10. "Ragna Lóa ráðin í þjálfarateymi mfl.kv". KR.is (in Icelandic). 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. Einar Örn Jónsson (5 July 2019). "Bojana hætt með KR - Ragna Lóa tekur við". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. Hafliði Breiðfjörð (5 February 2020). "Aðeins ein kona aðalþjálfari á Íslandi 2020". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  13. Stefán Árni Pálsson (13 June 2018). "Ragna Lóa selur fjögur hundruð fermetra einbýlishús". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  14. Heimaslóð Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
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