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Icelandic footballer (born 1998)

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón Dagur.
Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
Personal information
Full name Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
Date of birth (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team Hertha BSC
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2015 HK Kópavogur
2015–2018 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 HK Kópavogur 8 (0)
2018–2019 Fulham 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Vendsyssel (loan) 24 (3)
2019–2022 AGF 86 (18)
2022–2024 OH Leuven 71 (20)
2024– Hertha BSC 1 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Iceland U17 12 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 8 (0)
2017–2021 Iceland U21 21 (5)
2018– Iceland 42 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson (born 26 November 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for German 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC and the Iceland national team. He is the son of Þorsteinn Halldórsson.

Club career

On 25 June 2019, Danish Superliga club AGF announced that they had signed Jón on a three-year contract. Jón left AGF at the end of the 2021–22 season.

On 27 August 2024, Jón signed a three-season contract with Hertha BSC in Germany.

International career

In October 2018, Jón was named in the Iceland national team's squad for matches against France and Switzerland. On 7 June 2024, he scored the only goal of an upset 1–0 friendly victory over England at Wembley Stadium.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2018 1 0
2019 2 1
2020 3 0
2021 10 1
2022 8 2
2023 9 0
2024 9 2
Total 42 6
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jón Dagur goal.
List of international goals scored by Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 January 2019 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Sweden 2–2 2–2 Friendly
2 14 November 2021 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 1–1 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6 June 2022 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Albania 1–1 1–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
4 13 June 2022 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Israel 1–0 2–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
5 7 June 2024 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England 1–0 1–0 Friendly
6 6 September 2024 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Montenegro 2–0 2–0 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

References

  1. "Islandsk landsholdsspiller til AGF".
  2. Sigurbjörnsson, Þorkell Gunnar (1 February 2021). "Hver er nýr landsliðsþjálfari kvennalandsliðsins?". ruv.is (in Icelandic). Ríkisútvarpið. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ISLANDSK LANDSHOLDSSPILLER TIL AGF, agf.dk, 25 June 2019
  4. AGF'er takker af: Ikke den slutning, jeg ønskede, tipsbladet.dk, 4 April 2022
  5. "Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson schließt sich Hertha BSC an" [Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson joins Hertha BSC] (in German). Hertha BSC. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. "A karla - Hópurinn fyrir leikina gegn Frakklandi og Sviss". www.ksi.is.
  7. "England 0–1 Iceland". BBC Sport. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

External links

Hertha BSC – current squad
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