Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 8 August 2001) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter Milan and the Iceland national team.
Club career Karólína started her senior professional career with Icelandic club FH. She then moved to Breiðablik, where she won the Besta deild kvenna (Iceland league title) and Icelandic Cup in her first year. In 2019, she won the Icelandic League Cup and Super Cup trophies and played UEFA Women's Champions League football for the first time, scoring two goals. Karólína won the league title for the second time with Breiðablik in 2020.
In January 2021, Karólína signed with Bayern Munich. In June 2021, she won the Frauen-Bundesliga with the team. It was announced on 10 February 2022 that she had extended her contract at Bayern Munich until 2025. Karólína won the Bundesliga title for the second time in the 2022-23 season.
In July 2023, she joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan in order to get more regular playing time. The 2023-24 season saw Karólína record her best Bundesliga goal tally to date of five goals. On 19 June 2024, Karólína signed another contract extension with Bayern until 2026 whilst also agreeing to have another season on loan at Leverkusen.
In July 2025, after the end of her loan at Leverkusen, Karólína left Bayern Munich and moved permanently to Serie A club Inter Milan.
International career Karólína has been capped several times for the Iceland national team. On 17 June 2019, she made her debut in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland, replacing Hlín Eiríksdóttir in the 61st-minute. Karólína scored her first goal for Iceland in a 9–0 win over Latvia on 17 September 2020.
She was part of the Iceland squad that played at the UEFA Euro 2022 in England. Iceland drew all three of their group stage games, with Karólína scoring in a 1–1 draw against Italy, but they failed to reach the knockout stage.
In February 2023, Karólína featured in all three matches for Iceland as they won the 2023 Pinatar Cup. It was the first time the nation had won the tournament.
On 13 June 2025, Karólína was called up to the Iceland squad for the UEFA Euro 2025.
Personal life Her maternal uncle, Gylfi Sigurðsson, is a professional footballer.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cup League cup ContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFH2016Besta deild kvenna1411120—1722017Besta deild kvenna1520050—202Total2931170—374Breiðablik2018Besta deild kvenna1604140—2412019Besta deild kvenna18410747233102020Besta deild kvenna1542023—197Total49871137727618Bayern Munich II2021–222. Frauen-Bundesliga22–––222022–232. Frauen-Bundesliga11–––11Total33–––33Bayern Munich2020–21Frauen-Bundesliga6000—31912021–22Frauen-Bundesliga10020—201402022–23Frauen-Bundesliga7020—20110Total23040— 71341Bayer Leverkusen (loan)2023–24Frauen-Bundesliga22530— — 2552024–25Frauen-Bundesliga22230— — 252Total44760— — 507Inter Milan2025–26Serie A Femminile1624121712952026–27Serie A Femminile0000423072Total1624163101367Career total16423223261024423640
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIceland20191020203120219420229320231312024121202585Total5515
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vilhjálmsdóttir goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Karólína Lea VilhjálmsdóttirNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition117 September 2020Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland 9–09–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying213 April 2021Campo Enzo Bearzot, Coverciano, Italy1–11–1Friendly315 June 2021Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland2–02–0Friendly426 October 2021Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland3–05–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification530 November 2021AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus1–04–067 April 2022Voždovac Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia4–05–075–0814 July 2022Academy Stadium, Manchester, England1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 202295 December 2023 Viborg Stadium, Viborg, Denmark 1–0 1–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League1027 October 2024 Geodis Park, Nashville, United States 1–01–3 Friendly1125 February 2025 Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans, France 1–22–3 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League12 8 April 2025 Valbjarnarvöllur/Thróttarvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland 1–23–3132–3143–31527 June 2025Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova, Serbia2–03–1Friendly
Honours Breiðablik
Besta deild kvenna: 2018, 2020 Icelandic Cup: 2018 Icelandic League Cup: 2019 Icelandic Women's Football Super Cup: 2019 Bayern Munich Frauen-Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2022–23 Iceland Women
Pinatar Cup: 2023
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