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Samúel Friðjónsson
Personal information
Full name Samúel Kári Friðjónsson
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Reykjanesbær, Iceland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2013 Keflavík
2013–2016 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Keflavík 2 (0)
2013–2016 Reading 0 (0)
2016–2020 Vålerenga 28 (3)
2019 → Viking (loan) 28 (2)
2020 SC Paderborn 5 (0)
2020–2022 Viking 48 (7)
2022–2024 Atromitos 44 (3)
International career
2011–2012 Iceland U17 11 (2)
2013–2014 Iceland U19 20 (3)
2015–2018 Iceland U21 12 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:31, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Atromitos and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Reading

Samúel joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013. Samúel extended his contract with Reading for another year on 22 May 2015. On 9 May 2016, Reading announced that Samúel's contract would not be renewed and that he would become a free agent at the end of his contract on 30 June 2016.

Vålerenga

On 16 June 2016, Samúel signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vålerenga, to start on 1 July 2016 when his Reading contract expired.

Samúel made his debut for Vålerenga on 2 July 2017, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Bård Finne in Vålerenga's 0–0 away draw against Brann.

Viking (loan)

On 30 January 2019, Samúel joined Viking on loan until the end of the 2019 season.

SC Paderborn

On 18 January 2020, SC Paderborn announced the signing of Samúel on a contract until 30 June 2022.

Viking

Samúel rejoined Viking in October 2020, having agreed the termination of his contract with SC Paderborn. He signed a contract until 2022.

International career

Samúel represented the Icelandic U-17 national team on 11 occasions between 2011 and 2012, scoring twice, with his debut coming on 2 August 2011, in a 3–1 win over Sweden U-17. Samúel went on to represent the U-19 team twenty times between 2013 and 2014, scoring three times, with his debut coming in a 1–1 home draw against Denmark. On 26 March 2015, Samúel made his debut for the U-21 team in their 3–0 defeat to Romania. Samúel made his debut for Iceland on 11 January 2018 in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia Selection.

Samúel was called up to Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 0
2013 2 0 0 0 2 0 – 4 0
Total 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 –
Reading 2013–14 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Vålerenga 2016 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2017 11 2 2 0 – – 13 2
2018 17 1 3 0 – – 20 1
Total 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 33 3 –
Viking (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 28 2 5 2 – – 33 4
SC Paderborn 2019–20 Bundesliga 5 0 0 0 – – 5 0
Viking 2020 Eliteserien 7 1 – – 0 0 7 1
2021 25 5 3 1 – – 28 6
2022 16 1 5 1 – 6 1 27 3
Total 48 7 8 2 0 0 6 1 62 10 –
Atromitos 2022–23 Superleague Greece 28 2 3 0 – – 31 2
2023–24 9 1 0 0 – – 9 1
Total 37 3 3 0 – – 40 3
Career total 148 15 21 4 3 0 6 1 178 20 –
  1. All appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 17 November 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2018 5 0
2019 3 0
Total 8 0

Honours

Viking

References

  1. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Samuel Kari Fridjonsson Stats SOCCER Stats".
  3. "Icelandic duo set to sign". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. "Fridjonsson delighted to pen new Royals deal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Trio set to depart Royals ranks". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. "Vålerenga har signert islandsk U21-landslagsspiller fra Reading". vif-fotball.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. "Sterkt bortepoeng for Vålerenga i Bergen". vif-fotball.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. "Islandsk landslagspiller klar for Viking". www.vikingfotball.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. "Samuel Kari Fridjonsson stärkt das Mittelfeld". scp07.de/ (in German). SC Paderborn 07. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. "Viking har hentet Fridjonsson tilbake". Aftenbladet (in Norwegian). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Samuel Kari Friðjónsson". ksi.is. KSI. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  12. "A karla - 6-0 sigur gegn Indónesíu". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  13. "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer á HM í Rússlandi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Samúel Kári Friðjónsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. ^ Samúel Friðjónsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  16. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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