She spent the 2018 Damallsvenskan season in Sweden with IF Limhamn Bunkeflo, before signing for English FA WSL club Reading in January 2019.

[6] Rakel made her senior international debut for Iceland at the 2008 Algarve Cup; in a 2–0 win over Poland.

[7] Four years later, national team coach Siggi Eyjólfsson selected Rakel in the Iceland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.

[8] She retained her place in the national team squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017, but this time remained an unused substitute as Iceland exited at the group stage.

Rakel was selected the most promising player of the year in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild in 2007 where the coaches and captains of the teams got to cast their vote.