Axel Óskar Andrésson

Axel Óskar Andrésson (born 27 January 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Viking.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Axel.
Axel Óskar Andrésson
Personal information
Full name Axel Óskar Andrésson[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998[2]
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Viking
Number 5
Youth career
2013–2014 Afturelding
2014–2016 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Afturelding 8 (0)
2016–2018 Reading 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Bath City (loan) 16 (5)
2017–2018 → Torquay United (loan) 4 (0)
2018 → Viking (loan) 9 (1)
2019– Viking 2 (0)
National team‡
2013–2015 Iceland U17 21 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 7 (2)
2017– Iceland U21 18 (3)
2019– Iceland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2019

Club career

Axel started his career in the youth team of local side Ungmennafélagið Afturelding before he was promoted to the first team at only the age of sixteen, going on to represent the side eleven times in the 2014 2. deild karla season.[3] After impressing for Afturelding he was invited for a trial in England for the youth team at Reading.[4]

Reading

In July 2014, Axel joined Reading permanently, signing a two-year scholarship with the club.[5] In July 2016 he graduated from the under-18 side having already committed to signing his first professional contract with the club.[6] Having moved up to the under-23 squad, Axel was sent out on loan to gain some first team experience at National League South side Bath City in November 2016.[7] Axel impressed during his time with the Romans scoring five goals from defence, and was even promoted to captain despite only being aged nineteen.[8] He went on to make a total of eighteen appearances for Bath in all competitions.[9] He was promoted to the first team upon his return to Reading in the summer of 2017, and made his professional and first team debut in the EFL Cup win over Gillingham on 8 August.[10] On 6 December 2017, Axel joined Torquay United on a one-month youth loan deal until 6 January 2018.[11]

On 15 August 2018, Axel signed a new contract with Reading, until the summer of 2020, and then immediately joined Norwegian 1. divisjon club Viking FK on loan until the end of their 2018 season.[12]

Viking

On 21 December 2018, Viking FK announced the signing of Axel on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13][14] During the opening game of the 2019 season on 31 March against Kristiansund, Axel suffered a season-ending knee ligament injury.[15]

International career

Axel has represented Iceland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[3] In December 2018, Axel got his first call-up for the Iceland national football team.[16] He made his debut for the squad on 11 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a 70th-minute substitute for Eiður Sigurbjörnsson.[17]

Personal life

Axel is the son of Andrés Guðmundsson, a former international strongman competitor and former holder of the World Strongman Challenge title.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 June 2020[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Afturelding 2014[3] 2. deild karla 8030———110
Reading 2016–17[20] Championship 000000—0000
2017–18[21] Championship 000020——20
2018–19[22] Championship 000000——00
Total 000020--0020
Reading U23 2016–17[20] Division 1 7040——00110
2017–18[21] Division 2 8000—101[lower-alpha 1]0100
2018–19[22] Division 2 0000—000000
Total 15040—1010210
Bath City (loan) 2016–17[9] National League South 165———2[lower-alpha 2]0185
Torquay United (loan) 2017–18 National League 4000——1[lower-alpha 3]050
Viking (loan) 2018 1. divisjon 9100———91
Viking 2019 Eliteserien 1000———10
2020 1000———10
Career total 54670201040686
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

Viking FK

  • 1. divisjon: 2018[23]

References
  1. "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. "Axel Óskar Andrésson". 11v11. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "Iceland profile". KSI. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. "Axel Óskar á reynslu til Reading í Englandi". Afturelding. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. "Future Reading FC stars signs new contracts". Reading Chronicle. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. "15 youngsters sign new pro deals with Reading". Reading F.C. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. "Axel Andrésson lánaður til Bath City (Staðfest)". Fotbolti Net. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. Burridge, Henry (17 April 2017). "Bath City love for Axel Andresson mutual for Reading FC loanee and his 'marvellous' experience". Bath Chronicle. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. "Bath City statistics". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. Low, Jonathan (22 August 2017). "Who is Axel Andresson? All you need to know about the Reading FC academy talent". Get Reading. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  11. "SIGNING | Axel Óskar Andrésson Joins On Loan". torquayunited.com. Torquay United F.C. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  12. "Andresson pens extension and agrees Viking loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. "Andresson makes permanent switch to Viking". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  14. "Axel blir Viking-spiller". viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  15. "ANDRÉSSON KAN MISTE RESTEN AV SESONGEN". viking-fk.no/ (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  16. "A karla - Hópurinn fyrir leikina í Katar í janúar". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  17. "Sweden v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 11 January 2019.
  18. "Like father, like sson! The Royals' sporting family..." Reading FC. 7 November 2017.
  19. Axel Óskar Andrésson at Soccerway
  20. "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  23. 2018 Viking FK season#Table
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