Birkir Bjarnason
Icelandic footballer
Birkir Bjarnason (born on 27 May 1988 in Akureyri, Iceland) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He currently plays for the Swiss club of FC Basel and the Iceland national team.[3] In his homeland he is nicknamed Thor.[4]
 Birkir playing for Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birkir Bjarnason[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1988[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Akureyri, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brescia | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KA Akureyri | |||
| Austrått | |||
| Figgjo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Viking | 103 | (16) |
| 2008 | → Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Standard Liège | 16 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Pescara (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2013 | Pescara | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Sampdoria | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Pescara | 35 | (10) |
| 2015–2017 | FC Basel | 42 | (14) |
| 2017–2019 | Aston Villa | 48 | (5) |
| 2019 | Al-Arabi | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Brescia | 39 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Adana Demirspor | 41 | (5) |
| 2023 | Viking | 11 | (2) |
| 2023– | Brescia | 1 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Iceland U19 | 14 | (3) |
| 2006–2011 | Iceland U21 | 25 | (4) |
| 2010– | Iceland | 113 | (15) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:21, 12 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2022 | |||
He has also played for Viking FK, FK Bodø/Glimt, Standard Liège, Delfino Pescara 1936 and Sampdoria. He won the Swiss Super League with Basel in 2016.[5]
He was included in Iceland's squad for the UEFA Euro 2016. On 14 June 2016, he scored Iceland's first goal at a major tournament.[6] It was against Portugal, and the game ended in a draw.[7]
Statistics change
International goals change
- As of 3 July 2016[8]
| # | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
27 May 2012 | Valenciennes, France |  France |
1–0 |
2–3 |
Friendly |
2
|
12 October 2012 | Tirana, Albania |  Albania |
1–0 |
2–1 |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3
|
7 June 2013 | Reykjavík, Iceland |  Slovenia |
1–1 |
2–4
| |
4
|
10 September 2013 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Albania |
1–1 |
2–1
| |
5
|
28 March 2015 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan |
2–0 |
3–0 |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
6
|
3–0
| |||||
7
|
14 June 2016 | Saint-Étienne, France |  Portugal |
1–1 |
1–1 |
UEFA Euro 2016 |
8
|
3 July 2016 | Saint-Denis, France | France |
2–5 |
2–5
|
References change
- ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ "Birkir Bjarnason". KSI. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ↑ "Five things to know about Birkir Bjarnason - the Thor of football". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "Saison-Archiv". Swiss Football League. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "More than 8 percent of Iceland's population at Euro 2016". USA Today. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "Portugal 1-1 Iceland: Cristiano Ronaldo and Co held to shock draw by minnows". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "KSI profile". KSI. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
Other websites change
- KSI profile
- Profile on the Swiss Football League homepage Archived 2021-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Profile at Viking Archived 2007-08-15 at Archive.today