Arnór_Ingvi_Traustason

Arnór Ingvi Traustason

Arnór Ingvi Traustason

Icelandic footballer


Arnór Ingvi Traustason (born 30 April 1993) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Swedish club IFK Norrköping as a midfielder.[2]

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Club career

While at Keflavik, Arnór Ingvi was named as the most promising player of the 2013 Úrvalsdeild after the season by his fellow Úrvalsdeild players.[3]

Arnór Ingvi was signed to IFK Norrköping,[4] and won the 2015 Swedish title with the club.[5]

Arnór Ingvi signed with Rapid Wien in the summer of 2016.[6][7]

On 5 July 2017, AEK Athens announced the signing of Arnór Ingvi on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option of €1 million for the summer of 2018.[8] On 26 October 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in 7–0 away win against Apollon Larissa for the Greek Cup.[9]

He was officially set for release from the club on 4 December 2017 as his performances and work rate did not live up to the expectations of experienced Spanish manager Manolo Jimenez.[10] He made only five official performances with the club at the first part of 2017–18 season and signed a three and a half-year contract with Swedish club Malmö FF for an undisclosed fee.[11][12]

In March 2021 he signed for American MLS team New England Revolution.[13]

In August 2022 he returned to IFK Norrköping.[14]

International career

Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Arnór Ingvi has represented Iceland at youth levels such as the under-17s, the under-19s and the under-21s.

He played for the under-21 side at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification and the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.[15][16]

Arnór Ingvi made his senior debut for Iceland on 13 November 2015 in a 2–4 away defeat at the National Stadium against Poland.[17][18] He was included in Heimir Hallgrímsson and Lars Lagerbäck's 23-man squad for the Euro 2016.[19] On 22 June 2016, Arnór Ingvi scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Austria as Iceland finished second in their Euro 2016 group, thus taking them to the Round of 16.[20]

In May 2018 he was named in Iceland's 23 man-squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[21]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 27 March 2024[22]
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As of match played 21 March 2024[22][23]
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Arnór Ingvi goal.
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Honours

IFK Norrköping


References

  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Profile". Soccerway.
  3. "Björn Daníel og Harpa eru leikmenn ársins" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. "KLART: Traustason klar för Rapid Wien" (in Swedish). fotbollskanalen.se.
  5. "Στην ΑΕΚ ο Τρίστασον". www.sport24.gr. 5 July 2017.
  6. "Bekräftat: Traustason klar för MFF" (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. "Välkommen till Malmö FF, Arnór Ingvi Traustason!" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. Arnór Ingvi TraustasonUEFA competition record (archive)
  9. "KSÍ Profile". KSÍ. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  10. "Arnor Ingvi Traustasson". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  11. Gunnarsdóttir, Elín Heiður (13 November 2015). "Lewandowski afgreiddi Ísland" [Lewandowski dispatches Iceland]. RUV.is (in Icelandic). Ríkisútvarpið. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  12. "A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  13. Peach, Simon (22 June 2016). "Iceland vs Austria match report: Late winner takes minnows through to face England in last sixteen". The Independent. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  14. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  15. "Arnór Ingvi Traustason". Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  16. "Arnór Ingvi Traustason". Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  17. "Arnór Ingvi sænskur meistari". RÚV. 31 October 2015.

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