Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League One club Birmingham City, on loan from Eredivisie club Twente, and for the Iceland national team.
.jpg) Sampsted with Twente in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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 |
Birmingham City (on loan from Twente) | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 | 37 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Birmingham City (loan) | 8 | (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 | 22 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAlfons 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]
He joined English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City on 12 August 2024 on loan for the season. The deal included an option to purchase.[8] He made "a solid, no nonsense debut" the next day as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's 1–0 EFL Cup win away to Charlton Athletic.[9]
International career
editAlfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 9 November 2024 [11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Breiðablik | 2015 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Þór Akureyri (loan) | 2015 | 1. deild | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Norrköping | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Landskrona (loan) | 2018 | Superettan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Sylvia (loan) | 2019 | Ettan | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Breiðablik (loan) | 2019 | Úrvalsdeild | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Bodø/Glimt | 2020 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 14 | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 56 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 37 | 2 | — | 135 | 4 | ||||
| Twente | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2024–25[12] | League One | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 197 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 256 | 8 | ||
- ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
International
edit- As of match played 9 September 2024[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 0 | |
Honours
editBodø/Glimt
References
edit- ^ a b Alfons Sampsted at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c "Leikmaður - Alfons Sampsted". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 January 2017). "Alfons til Norrköping - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson. "Alfons Sampsted: Líður eins og töluvert heilsteyptari leikmanni". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Aðstæður til að verða betri fótboltamaður". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (22 November 2020). "Valdimar skoraði og Alfons lagði upp mark þegar Bodo/Glimt tryggði sér titilinn - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Alfons Sampsted naar FC Twente" (Press release) (in Dutch). FC Twente. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (12 August 2024). "Confirmed: Birmingham City complete 11th signing of summer transfer window". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (3 August 2024). "Birmingham City player ratings after Brandon Khela's belter downs Charlton". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Alfons sló leikjamet Hólmars". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Alfons Sampsted". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Alfons Sampsted in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Leikmaður: Alfons Sampsted" [Player: Alfons Sampsted] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
External links
edit- Alfons Sampsted at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Alfons Sampsted at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Alfons Sampsted at Elite Football