Birkir Már Sævarsson
Icelandic footballer
Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 11 November 1984 in Reykjavik, Iceland) is an Icelandic footballer who can play as a right fullback, right winger, left fullback or center back. He currently plays for the Swedish club Hammarby Fotboll and the Iceland national football team. He was included in Iceland's UEFA Euro 2016 squad.
_S%C3%A6varsson.jpg) Sævarsson with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birkir Már Sævarsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Valur | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Valur | 67 | (2) |
| 2008–2014 | Brann | 168 | (15) |
| 2015–2017 | Hammarby | 84 | (3) |
| 2018– | Valur | 132 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Iceland U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2021 | Iceland | 103 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2019 | KH (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021 | |||
Statistics
change| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2002 | Valur U23 | Icelandic Cup | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Valur | Úrvalsdeild | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1. deild | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Úrvalsdeild | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | SK Brann | Tippeligaen | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2009 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2011 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2012 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2013 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2014 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2015 | Hammarby | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 243 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 280 | 21 | ||
International goals
change- As of 6 June 2016
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 June 2016 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Liechtenstein |
2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours
change- Icelandic Premier League: 2007
- Icelandic Cup: 2005
- Icelandic League Cup: 2008
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ "altomfotball.no: Birkir Sævarsson" (in Norwegian). Altom Fotball. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Birkir Már Sævarsson" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
Other websites
change- Birkir Már Sævarsson at National-Football-Teams.com