Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir

{{short description|Icelandic handballer (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir

| image = Perla-Ruth-Albertsdóttir-683x1024.jpg

| alt = Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir

| nationality = Icelandic

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|9|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Selfoss, Iceland

| height = {{height|m=1.63|precision=0}}

| position = Line Player

| currentclub = Selfoss

| clubnumber = 50

| years1 = 2014–2019

| clubs1 = Selfoss

| years2 = 2019–2023

| clubs2 = Fram

| years3 = 2023–

| clubs3 = Selfoss

| nationalyears1 = 2017–

| nationalteam1 = Iceland

| nationalcaps1 = 52{{cite web|title=A landslið kvenna|url=http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-kvenna/landslidskonur/|website=hsi.is|accessdate=26 January 2019|language=Icelandic}}

| nationalgoals1 = 110

| ntupdate = 3. November 2024

| medaltemplates =

}}

Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir (born 21 September 1996){{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/wch/women/2019/player/562391/Perla+Ruth+Albertsdottir|title= Perla Ruth Albertsdóttir Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=26 January 2019}} is an Icelandic handballer who plays for Icelandic top division side Selfoss and the Icelandic national team as a center back. Perla started playing handball at the age of 17 and within three years, she had been selected for the national team{{cite news |author1=Sindri Sverrisson |title=Í landslið á mettíma |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2017/03/14/i_landslid_a_mettima/ |accessdate=27 April 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=14 March 2017 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Perla Ruth í 17 manna landsliðshóp |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2017/06/30/perla_ruth_i_17_manna_landslidshop/ |accessdate=27 April 2019 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=30 June 2017 |language=Icelandic}}

In June 2019, Perla signed with Fram.{{cite news |author1=Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson |title=Fram klófesti Perlu |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2019190629604/fram-klofesti-perlu |accessdate=23 June 2019 |work=Vísir.is |date=22 June 2019 |language=Icelandic}} Perla signed back with her hometown club Selfoss in June 2023. https://www.mbl.is/sport/handbolti/2023/02/20/snyr_heim_eftir_fjogurra_ara_fjarveru/