Elín Metta Jensen

Elín Metta Jensen is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Þróttur Reykjavík. Elín represented her country at the 2013, 2017 and 2022 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. Elín was also instrumental in securing a place for Iceland in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, scoring the winning goal against Slovakia at home and the equalizer against Sweden, also at home. She finished as the top goalscorer in group F in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers.
Elín was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2017 and 2022.

Honours

Club

;Valur
Winner

Icelandic Champion 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022
Icelandic Women's Cup: 2010, 2011, 2022
Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2017
Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2022

Runner-up

Icelandic Women's Cup: 2012
Icelandic Women's Football League Cup: 2013, 2019
Icelandic Women's Super Cup: 2012, 2020

Individual

Úrvalsdeild Player of the Year: 2019
Úrvalsdeild Golden Boot: 2012

Career statistics

Club

''As of 20 August 2021''

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 June 2014	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	10		2–0	5–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2	19 June 2014	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	10		5–0	5–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3	4 March 2016	Est. Bela Vista Parchal, Algarve, Portugal	15		1–0	4–1	2016 Algarve Cup
4	7 June 2016	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	20		3–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5	6 April 2017	NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia	26		1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	18 September 2017	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	30		1–0	8–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7	18 September 2017	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	30		3–0	8–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8	20 October 2017	BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden, Germany	31		2–1	3–2	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9	21 January 2019	La Manga, La Manga, Spain	37		1–0	2–1	Friendly
10	21 January 2019	La Manga, La Manga, Spain	37		2–0	2–1	Friendly
11	29 August 2019	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	43		1–0	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
12	29 August 2019	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	43		4–1	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
13	2 September 2019	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	44		1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
14	8 October 2019	Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia	46		4–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
15	17 September 2020	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	50		1–0	9–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
16	22 September 2020	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	51		1–1	1–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Personal life

In June 2025, Elín graduated as a Doctor of Medicine.