Dagur Dan Þórhallsson

Dagur Dan Þórhallsson (born 2 May 2000) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Orlando City of Major League Soccer and the Iceland national team.

Dagur Dan Þórhallsson
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000
Place of birth Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Orlando City
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2013 Fylkir
2013–2017 Haukar
2017–2018 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Haukar 6 (0)
2018–2019 Keflavík 16 (1)
2019Mjøndalen (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Mjøndalen 12 (0)
2019Kvik Halden (loan) 12 (5)
2021Fylkir (loan) 20 (1)
2022 Breiðablik 25 (9)
2023– Orlando City 18 (1)
International career
2016 Iceland U16 9 (0)
2016 Iceland U17 3 (0)
2017 Iceland U18 3 (2)
2018 Iceland U19 5 (0)
2019–2022 Iceland U21 8 (0)
2022– Iceland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2023

Club career

Born in Hafnarfjörður, Dagur Dan spent time in the Fylkir youth ranks before joining the Haukar academy in 2013. He made his senior debut with Haukar on 12 September 2016, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 draw with HK in the 2016 1. deild karla. He made six appearances for the club before leaving to join the youth ranks of Belgian Pro League club Gent. He returned to Icelandic football with Keflavík in 2018, playing in the Úrvalsdeild. In the first half of 2019 he was loaned to Mjøndalen in Norway's top flight, making one league appearance and a further four in the cup before joining Mjøndalen permanently in the summer. He was immediately loaned out for the remainder of the 2019 season to third tier team Kvik Halden where he played regularly, scoring five goals in 12 league appearances as the team reached the promotion playoffs. In 2021, Dagur Dan returned to Iceland on loan from Mjøndalen, joining Fylkir for the 2021 Úrvalsdeild season. Ahead of the 2022 season he made a permanent transfer to Breiðablik.

In January 2023, Dagur signed a two-year contract with two additional club option years with Orlando City of Major League Soccer.[2]

International career

Youth

Dagur Dan has been capped for Iceland at all age-specific levels from under-16 to under-21. He appeared in 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification and 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification as Iceland failed to progress from the first qualifying stage both times. He made six appearances during 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification as Iceland reached the play-off round. He started both playoff games as Iceland lost 2–1 on aggregate to Czech Republic.[3]

Senior

Dagur Dan received his first senior international call-up for Iceland in November 2022 for a pair of friendlies against Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Played outside of a FIFA window, the squad was a chance for manager Arnar Viðarsson to work with domestic players and those from other leagues not active in November. He made his debut on 6 November 2022, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi.[4] After missing the 2022 Baltic Cup, he returned to the squad in January 2023 for friendlies against Estonia and Sweden, starting both.[3]

Personal life

Dagur Dan is the son of former international footballer Þórhallur Dan Jóhannsson.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 October 2022[6][3][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Haukar 2016 1. deild karla 60000060
Keflavík 2018 Úrvalsdeild 1610000161
Mjøndalen (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 104050
Mjøndalen 2020 12000120
Total 13040000000170
Kvik Halden (loan) 2019 2. divisjon 125002[lower-alpha 3]0145
Fylkir (loan) 2021 Úrvalsdeild 2013000231
Breiðablik 2022 Besta deild karla 25940523[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]03811
Orlando City 2023 Major League Soccer 0000000000
Career total 921611052303011418

International

As of match played 12 January 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 202220
202320
Total40

References

  1. "Dagur Thórhallsson MLS profile". www.mlssoccer.com.
  2. "Orlando City SC acquires Icelandic National Team midfielder Dagur Dan Thórhallsson". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  3. "Leikmaður - Dagur Dan Þórhallsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic).
  4. "Sjö nýliðar í naumu tapi gegn HM-liði Sádi-Araba". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic).
  5. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. "Dagur Dan Þórhallsson - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  7. "Dagur Dan Thorhallsson - Profil". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian).
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