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Selma Sol Magnusdottir

  • position Midfielder
  • height 5-2
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Reykjavik, Iceland
  • High school Verzlunarskoli Islands
  • position Midfielder
  • height 5-2
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Reykjavik, Iceland
  • High school Verzlunarskoli Islands

Selma Sol Magnusdottir Bio

AWARDS: 
Freshman season (2018)
· SEC All-Freshman Team
· TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Freshmen Top 100 list

IN THE RECORD BOOK: 
· T1st — Single-season game-winning assists (6)

2018: Appeared in 19 matches in stellar freshman campaign, starting in 13… Made South Carolina debut against Fordham (8/17), making her first career start as a midfielder and notching the game-winning assist in the 1-0 win… Made start at midfielder against College of Charleston (8/19) and scored first collegiate goal in the 2-0 win… Moved to forward against Clemson (8/23), registering the game-winning assist in the 1-0 win against the Gamecocks in-state rival… Left the Gamecocks for two matches to participate with the Iceland Women’s National Team World Cup qualifying matches… Returned against Wake Forest where she came off the bench and notched another game-winning assist in 30 minutes of action… Added two assists in 3-0 win against Coastal Carolina (9/9), becoming the only Gamecock to have multiple assists in a match during the 2018 season… Made SEC debut against Tennessee (9/16), playing 40 minutes off the bench and registering two shots… Scored three of four goals during the SEC season, the first coming against Kentucky (9/23), while also adding an assist… Scored game-winning goal against No. 23 Auburn (9/28)… Scored third game-winning goal against Florida at home… Finished with 32 shots, 13 on goal… Played second most minutes (972) of freshmen class… Gamecocks finished with 9-3-1 in her 13 starts and 9-0-0 when she registered at least one point.

PRE COLLEGE: Played for the Icelandic Women’s Soccer First Team in 2018…made appearances for the Iceland U-19 and U-17 women’s squads…netted a goal for Iceland’s U-19 team at the 2017 UEFA U-19 Women’s Championships…competed for Breioblik of the Urvalsdeild kvenna, the top women’s soccer league in Iceland…helped Breioblik finish second in the league standings in 2017…guided Breioblik to the Icelandic Women’s Cup in 2016.

PERSONAL: Born Apr. 23, 1998…daughter of Unnur Friopjofsdottir and Magus Valdimarsson…her sister Sandra and brother Sindri both play soccer in Iceland…undecided major.