Locker Room – Captain’s Chat: Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir

The Locker Room’s Captain’s Chat features VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir on wearing the armband for Iceland, having also captained Haukar at home and Rosengard for a season in Malmo. She describes herself as a captain who leads by good example in training and games, always focused, giving full effort, talking a lot and carrying a strong presence, a type she says she has been since she was little and simply amounts to being herself. She calls leading her country in every game an honour but singles out Iceland’s 3-2 World Cup qualifying win away to Germany as a special moment, along with leading the team at a major tournament. Gunnarsdottir argues a captain should be approachable and looked up to, gives few pre-match speeches, and says the responsibility never stops at the final whistle.