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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 Willum.

Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Birmingham City
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Breiðablik 28 (6)
2019–2022 BATE Borisov 56 (9)
2022–2024 Go Ahead Eagles 58 (15)
2024– Birmingham City 17 (4)
International career
2016 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 19 (3)
2019– Iceland 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:03, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Birmingham City and the Iceland national team.

Club career

BATE Borisov

Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.

Go Ahead Eagles

In July 2022 he joined Go Ahead Eagles in Eredivisie.

Birmingham City

On 19 July 2024, recently relegated English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City signed Willum on a four-year contract. The fee was undisclosed. He made his debut in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the season, a 1–1 draw at home to Reading, but left the field just after half-time after aggravating a knee problem.

International career

Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson.

Personal life

Willum is the son of Willum Þór Þórsson, a former football player and manager, current member of the Icelandic parliament and Minister of Health since 2021. He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Groningen.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2016 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2017 Úrvalsdeild 8 0 1 0 6 1 — — 15 1
2018 Úrvalsdeild 19 6 4 0 4 0 — — 27 6
Total 28 6 5 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 43 7
BATE Borisov 2019 Belarusian Premier League 19 1 3 2 — 2 0 — 24 3
2020 Belarusian Premier League 18 3 6 1 — 1 0 — 25 4
2021 Belarusian Premier League 9 1 4 1 — — 1 0 14 2
2022 Belarusian Premier League 10 4 5 1 — — 1 0 16 5
Total 56 9 18 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 79 14
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 27 8 2 0 — — — 29 8
2023–24 Eredivisie 31 7 2 0 — — — 33 7
Total 58 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 15
Birmingham City 2024–25 League One 17 4 1 1 1 0 — 1 0 20 5
Career total 159 34 28 6 11 1 3 0 3 0 203 41
  1. Appearances in Icelandic Men's Football Cup, Belarusian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
  2. Appearances in Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Belarusian Super Cup
  5. Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Iceland 2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 0 0
2023 7 0
2024 7 0
Total 15 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Willum Willumsson". Birmingham City F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. "Go Ahead op de Scandinavische tour: IJslander en Noor naar Deventer" [Go Ahead on the Scandinavian tour: Icelander and Norwegian to Deventer]. VI.nl (in Dutch). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. "Birmingham sign Willumsson from Go Ahead Eagles". BBC Sport. 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. Dicken, Alex (12 August 2024). "Willum Willumsson latest as Birmingham City injury list grows before Charlton". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  6. "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
  7. "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  9. "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
  10. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  11. Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
  12. "Games played by Willum Þór Willumsson in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  13. "Leikmaður: Willum Þór Willumsson" [Player: Willum Þór Willumsson] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  14. "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

External links

Birmingham City F.C. – current squad


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