Willum_Þór_Willumsson
Willum Þór Willumsson
Icelandic footballer (born 1998)
Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles and the Iceland national team.
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Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Breiðablik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Breiðablik | 28 | (6) |
| 2019–2022 | BATE Borisov | 56 | (9) |
| 2022– | Go Ahead Eagles | 39 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Iceland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Iceland U21 | 19 | (3) |
| 2019– | Iceland | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 17 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024 | |||
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Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.[1] In July 2022 he joined Go Ahead Eagles in Eredivisie.[2]
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.[3]
- As of match played on 11 November 2023[4]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Belarusian Premier League | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 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 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13 | ||
| Career totals | 123 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 34 | ||
- Appearances in the Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in the Belarusian Super Cup
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.[5][6][7] He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Kristiansund.[8]
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2023,[9]
- Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
- Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
- "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
- "Willum Þór Þórsson". Alþingi. 20 November 2019.
- Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
- Willum Þór Willumsson at National-Football-Teams.com
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