Samúel Friðjónsson

Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Atromitos and the Iceland national team.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Samúel.

Samúel Friðjónsson
Personal information
Full name Samúel Kári Friðjónsson[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996
Place of birth Reykjanesbær, Iceland[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2013 Keflavík
2013–2016 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Keflavík 2 (0)
2013–2016 Reading 0 (0)
2016–2020 Vålerenga 28 (3)
2019 → Viking (loan) 28 (2)
2020 SC Paderborn 5 (0)
2020–2022 Viking 48 (7)
2022– Atromitos 28 (2)
International career‡
2011–2012 Iceland U17 11 (2)
2013–2014 Iceland U19 20 (3)
2015–2018 Iceland U21 12 (1)
2018– Iceland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:30, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:31, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Reading

Samúel joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013.[3] Samúel extended his contract with Reading for another year on 22 May 2015.[4] On 9 May 2016, Reading announced that Samúel's contract would not be renewed and that he would become a free agent at the end of his contract on 30 June 2016.[5]

Vålerenga

On 16 June 2016, Samúel signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Vålerenga, to start on 1 July 2016 when his Reading contract expired.[6]

Samúel made his debut for Vålerenga on 2 July 2017, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Bård Finne in Vålerenga's 0–0 away draw against Brann.[7]

Viking (loan)

On 30 January 2019, Samúel joined Viking on loan until the end of the 2019 season.[8]

SC Paderborn

On 18 January 2020, SC Paderborn announced the signing of Samúel on a contract until 30 June 2022.[9]

Viking

Samúel rejoined Viking in October 2020, having agreed the termination of his contract with SC Paderborn. He signed a contract until 2022.[10]

International career

Samúel represented the Icelandic U-17 national team on 11 occasions between 2011 and 2012, scoring twice, with his debut coming on 2 August 2011, in a 3–1 win over Sweden U-17.[11] Samúel went on to represent the U-19 team twenty times between 2013 and 2014, scoring three times, with his debut coming in a 1–1 home draw against Denmark.[11] On 26 March 2015, Samúel made his debut for the U-21 team in their 3–0 defeat to Romania.[11] Samúel made his debut for Iceland on 11 January 2018 in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia Selection.[12]

Samúel was called up to Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Total Ref.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 000010–10 [14]
2013 200020–40 [14]
Total 2000300050 –
Reading 2013–14 Championship 000000–00 [15]
2014–15 000000–00 [15]
2015–16 000000–00 [15]
Total 0000000000 –
Vålerenga 2016 Eliteserien 0000––00 [16]
2017 11220––132 [16]
2018 17130––201 [16]
Total 283500000333 –
Viking (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 28252––334 [16]
SC Paderborn 2019–20 Bundesliga 5000––50 [15]
Viking 2020 Eliteserien 71––0071 [16]
2021 25531––286 [16]
2022 16151–6[lower-alpha 2]1273 [16]
Total 4878200616210 –
Career total 11112184306113817 –
  1. All appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 17 November 2019[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 201850
201930
Total80

Honours
Viking

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Samuel Kari Fridjonsson Stats SOCCER Stats".
  3. "Icelandic duo set to sign". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. "Fridjonsson delighted to pen new Royals deal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Trio set to depart Royals ranks". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. "Vålerenga har signert islandsk U21-landslagsspiller fra Reading". vif-fotball.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. "Sterkt bortepoeng for Vålerenga i Bergen". vif-fotball.no (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. "Islandsk landslagspiller klar for Viking". www.vikingfotball.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  9. "Samuel Kari Fridjonsson stärkt das Mittelfeld". scp07.de/ (in German). SC Paderborn 07. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. "Viking har hentet Fridjonsson tilbake". Aftenbladet (in Norwegian). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. "Samuel Kari Friðjónsson". ksi.is. KSI. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  12. "A karla - 6-0 sigur gegn Indónesíu". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  13. "A karla - Hópurinn sem fer á HM í Rússlandi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  14. "Samúel Kári Friðjónsson". ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSI. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. Samúel Friðjónsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  16. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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