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PlayersGunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir

Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
Iceland
Born:
1988-09-28 (age 37)
Height:
165 cm

Career (2018–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 88 GP · 7,406 min · 5 goals · 8 assists

Composite 2022: 0.192 — ranked 130 of 247 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12018Royals24242344120361418400.040.12
22019Royals2419201314018518100.040.22
32021Pride24242068120125875.7300.040.13
42022Pride1611981200521074.0000.180.18
4 Yrs8878740658071265475.2800.060.16

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12018Royals234413.53-2.530.14-2.49-1.19-1.30-0.103.780.150.990
22019Royals201312.45-1.450.11-1.04-0.39-0.64-0.053.990.180.615
32021Pride206810.720.280.03-0.240.41-0.65-0.013.600.160.781
42022Pride98121.230.770.110.531.94-1.410.052.260.210.182
4 Yrs740657.93-2.930.10-3.240.77-4.00-0.0413.630.172.568

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120221.935-1.2671.336-0.7250.192130247

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
120182491513344an 8, played like a 6
2201919373632914an 8, played like a 6
320202112played her role
420212653185313131an 8, played like a 6
5202216114133136an 8, played like a 9
5 Yrs87101125436113538461011an 8, played like a 6

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