Viðar Örn Kjartansson
Viðar playing for Iceland in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Viðar Örn Kjartansson | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Selfoss, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FC Rostov | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | UMF Selfoss | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | UMF Selfoss | 45 | (12) |
2009 | ÍBV | 17 | (2) |
2010–2012 | UMF Selfoss | 55 | (26) |
2013 | Fylkir | 22 | (13) |
2014 | Vålerenga | 29 | (25) |
2015 | Jiangsu Sainty | 28 | (9) |
2016 | Malmö FF | 20 | (14) |
2016–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 63 | (32) |
2018– | FC Rostov | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Iceland U17 | 8 | (4) |
2008 | Iceland U19 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Iceland | 19 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018 |
Viðar Örn Kjartansson (born 11 March 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Rostov.
Club career
Viðar made his debut for Selfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top division club ÍBV in 2009 but rejoined Selfoss after a short stint with ÍBV.
He joined Icelandic club Fylkir in 2013 and after a very prolific goalscoring season in the Icelandic top flight, he joined Norwegian club Vålerenga in December 2013.[2] Viðar scored his first goal for Vålerenga in a 3-1 home win over Bodø/Glimt on 6. April 2014.
After his first year in Norway, Viðar ended up as the top scorer in the Norwegian top league with 25 goals scored in 29 games.
On 22 January 2015, Viðar transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.[3] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty signed him for €3.5 million. On 7 March 2015, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Jiangsu in the first league match of the 2015 season which Jiangsu Sainty lost to Shanghai SIPG 2–1.[4]
Viðar played a vital part in the Chinese FA cup, and was the club's top goalscorer in the cup with 4 goals, which helped Jiangsu to win their first trophy in history of the club.
On 27 January 2016, he signed for Swedish club Malmö FF.[5][6]
On 30 August 2016 he transferred to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. He signed a four-year deal with the club. On 26 October 2016 Viðar won the Swedish championship as Malmö FF sealed the title in his absence.
On 31 August 2018, he signed a 4-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov, joining his compatriots Ragnar Sigurðsson, Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson and Sverrir Ingi Ingason at the club.[7] He scored his first two goals for the club on 26 September 2018 in a Russian Cup 4–0 victory over a third-tier club FC Syzran-2003.[8]
Career statistics
Club
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Iceland | League | Icelandic Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
2006 | Selfoss | 2. deild | 7 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 4 |
2007 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 23 | 4 | ||
2008 | 1. deild | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 28 | 11 | |
2009 | ÍBV | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 24 | 6 |
2010 | Selfoss | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 | |
2011 | 1. deild | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 31 | 21 | |
2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 27 | 11 | |
2013 | Fylkir | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 30 | 23 | |
Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
2014 | Vålerenga | Tippeligaen | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 33 | 31 |
China | League | Chinese FA Cup | League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
2015 | Jiangsu Sainty | Chinese Super League | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 13 |
Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | – | UEFA | Total | |||||||
2016 | Malmö FF | Allsvenskan | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 17 |
Israel | League | Israeli Cup | Toto Cup | UEFA | Total | |||||||
2016–17 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Israeli Premier League | 33 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 24 |
2017–18 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 20 | ||
Career Total | 264 | 130 | 34 | 27 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 351 | 186 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first.[11]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 January 2016 | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | |
2. | 14 November 2017 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
Individual
- Úrvalsdeild Top Goalscorer: 2013
- Norwegian Premier League top scorer: 2014
- Israeli Premier League Top Goalscorer: 2016-17
- ONE magazine player of the week: January 2018[13]
References
- ↑ "Vidar Kjartansson". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ "Vålerenga signerer Vidar Ørn Kjartansson". Vålerenga Fotbal (in Norwegian). 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ 江苏舜天官方宣布签挪超金靴 at sports.sohu.com 22 January 2015 Retrieved 22 January 2015
- ↑ 中超-孔卡爆发策动两球 于海首球上港2-1舜天 at sports.sina.com 7 March 2015 Retrieved 11 March 2015
- ↑ "Islänning klar för MFF".
- ↑ "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Vidar Örn Kjartansson - Malmö FF". www.mff.se.
- ↑ "Видар Кьяртанссон — игрок «Ростова»!" [Vidar Kjartansson is a Rostov player!] (in Russian). FC Rostov. 31 August 2018.
- ↑ "Syzran-2003 - Rostov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 26 September 2018.
- ↑ "Vidar Kjartansson - Football Stats - Maccabi Tel Aviv - Age 28 - Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- ↑ "Leikmaður - Viðar Örn Kjartansson". www.ksi.is.
- ↑ "Iceland – V. Kjartansson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "בפעם החמישית: מכבי ת"א זכתה בגביע הטוטו". One.co.il. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ "וידאר קיארטנסון הוא שחקן השבוע של צבר ספורט". One.co.il. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
External links
- Viðar Örn Kjartansson at Soccerway
- Viðar Örn Kjartansson at National-Football-Teams.com
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