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Svava Gudmundsdóttir

Position:
Forward
Nationality:
Iceland
Born:
1995-11-11 (age 30)
Height:
175 cm

Career (2023–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 5 GP · 151 min · 0 goals · 0 assists

Composite 2023: 0.008 — ranked 183 of 240 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeason ▴TeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12023Gotham5215100000168.8000.000.00
1 Yr5215100000168.8000.000.00

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeason ▴TeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12023Gotham FC1510-0.14-0.13-0.01-0.080.090.050.020
1 Yr15100.000.000.00-0.14-0.13-0.01-0.080.090.050.020

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
RkSeason ▴xGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
12023-0.0740.517-0.483-0.2970.0000.008183240

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)
RkSeason ▴StartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
1202342222played her role
1 Yr42222played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Julie DoylePride2022Midfielder0.763
2Cortnee VineCourage2025Forward0.746
3Gabi PortilhoGotham2025Forward0.733
4Joelle AndersonDash2022Midfielder0.724
5Messiah BrightDash2025Forward0.719
6Jodie TaylorPride2021Forward0.709
7Karlie LemaBay FC2025Forward0.701
8Tess BoadeCourage2023Forward0.694
9Clarissa Laris­eyDash2025Forward0.693
10Chiamaka OkwuchukwuWave2025Forward0.691