Alfons Sampsted

Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Dutch club Twente.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Alfons.

Alfons Sampsted
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Twente
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Breiðablik 17 (0)
2015 → Þór Akureyri (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2019 IFK Norrköping 2 (0)
2017 → IF Sylvia (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Landskrona BoIS (loan) 12 (1)
2019 → IF Sylvia (loan) 16 (1)
2019 → Breiðablik (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2022 Bodø/Glimt 88 (1)
2023– Twente 13 (0)
International career‡
2014 Iceland U16 7 (0)
2014–2015 Iceland U17 8 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 10 (0)
2017–2020 Iceland U21 30 (1)
2020– Iceland 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Club career

Alfons started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur in 2015, playing a single cup game, before going on loan to Þór from Akureyri for the latter half of the season.[2] In 2016, he played most of Breiðablik's games as they finished 6th in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.[2]

In January 2017, he was transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping.[3] He spent three seasons there without ever cementing his place, spending time on loan at IF Sylvia and Landskrona BoIS in Sweden and Breiðablik in Iceland.[4]

In February 2020, he joined Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and was a key player in the 2020 season as the club won their first national title.[5][6] There, he replaced former right back player Erlend Reitan who was on loan from Rosenborg.

On 27 December 2022, he joined Dutch club FC Twente.[7]

International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 June 2023 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2015 Úrvalsdeild 0010-10
2016 1700010180
Total 1701010190
Þór Akureyri (loan) 2015 1. deild 9000-90
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan 20101040
2018 0010-10
Total 20201050
Landskrona (loan) 2018 Superettan 12110-131
Sylvia (loan) 2019 Ettan 16100-161
Breiðablik (loan) 2019 Úrvalsdeild 8110-91
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 2900030320
2021 29031140461
2022 30170202563
Total 8811013721354
Twente 2022–23 Eredivisie 1302000150
Total 1302000150
Career total 16541613922207

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References
  1. Alfons Sampsted at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Leikmaður - Alfons Sampsted". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Alfons til Norrköping - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson. "Alfons Sampsted: Líður eins og töluvert heilsteyptari leikmanni". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. "Aðstæður til að verða betri fótboltamaður". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. Arnar Geir Halldórsson. "Valdimar skoraði og Alfons lagði upp mark þegar Bodo/Glimt tryggði sér titilinn - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. "Alfons Sampsted naar FC Twente" (Press release) (in Dutch). FC Twente. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  8. "Alfons sló leikjamet Hólmars". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. "Alfons Sampsted". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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