Samúel Friðjónsson

Samúel Friðjónsson
Personal information
Full name Samúel Kári Friðjónsson[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996
Place of birth Reykjanesbær, Iceland[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Right back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vålerenga
Number 27
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– Vålerenga 26 (3)
2017– Vålerenga 2 13 (3)
National team‡
2011–2012 Iceland U17 11 (2)
2013–2014 Iceland U19 20 (3)
2015– Iceland U21 10 (1)
2018– Iceland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018

Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Vålerenga as a right back or midfielder.

Career

Club

Reading

Friðjónsson joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013.[3] Friðjónsson extended his contract with Reading for another year on 22 May 2015.[4] On 9 May 2016, Reading announced that Friðjónsson's contract would not be renewed and that he would become a free agent at the end of his contract on 30 June 2016.[5]

Vålerenga

On 16 June 2016, Friðjónsson signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Vålerenga, to start on 1 July 2017 when his Reading contract expired.[6]

Friðjónsson 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.[7]

International career

Friðjónsson 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.[8] Friðjónsson 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.[8] On 26 March 2015, Friðjónsson made his debut for the U-21 team in their 3-0 defeat to Romania.[8] Friðjónsson made his debut for Iceland on 11 January 2018 in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia Selection.[9]

Friðjónsson was called up to Iceland’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 October 2018[11][12]
Club Season League Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 000000–00
2013 Úrvalsdeild 200000–20
Total 2000000020
Reading 2013–14 Championship 000000–00
2014–15 Championship 000000–00
2015–16 Championship 000000–00
Total 0000000000
Vålerenga 2016 Eliteserien 0000––00
2017 Eliteserien 11220––132
2018 Eliteserien 15130––181
Total 263500000313
Vålerenga 2 2017 2. divisjon 91–––91
2018 2. divisjon 42–––42
Total 133000000133
Career total 416500000466
  1. ↑ All appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup

International

As of match played 2 June 2018[13]
Iceland
YearAppsGoals
201820
Total20

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/samuel-fridjonsson-player-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. 1 2 3 "Samuel Kari Friðjónsson". ksi.is. KSI. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "A karla - 6-0 sigur gegn Indónesíu". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer á HM í Rússlandi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Samúel Friðjónsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Samuel Kari Friðjónsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "Samúel Friðjónsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 25 June 2018.


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