Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ÍBV | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002-2007 | ÍBV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | ÍBV | 114 | (18) |
| 2013–2014 | → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) | 39 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Iceland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Iceland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Iceland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | Iceland futsal team | 3 | (4) |
| 2012 | Iceland | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 April 2012 | |||
Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson (anglicized Thorarinn Ingi Valdimarsson) (born 23 April 1990) is an Icelandic footballer who plays for ÍBV.[1]
Club career
Valdimarsson was born and raised in the small town of Vestmannaeyjar, and got his debut for Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) in 2007 and played 12 games for the team in the 1. deild karla.
Valdimarsson scored 2 goals in 19 games when ÍBV won promotion to Úrvalsdeild after winning the 2008 1. deild karla, and he won the "IBV talent of the year" award at the.[2] The same year he played 5 games for the Iceland U19 national team. Valdimarsson was on a one-month trial with Belgian team KV Mechelen in January 2009.[3]
Valdimarsson scored 1 goal in 19 matches in 2009 when ÍBV again were playing in the Icelandic top league, after five years of absence. The next season he scored 5 goals in 21 matches when ÍBV finished third in the 2010 Úrvalsdeild. On 5 December 2010 he signed a new three-year contract with ÍBV. He was later selected for Icelands' first Futsal team.
Valdimarsson started 21 matches and scored 5 goals in 2011, when ÍBV again finished third in the league. He also played four matches in the Icelandic Cup, scoring one goal. At the end of the season he was elecetd "young player of the year" by the players in Úrvalsdeild, joining famous players such as Guðni Bergsson, Rúnar Kristinsson and Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen. The same year, Valdimarsson played three matches for the under-21 team and was called up for the senior team at the end of the year, in a squad consisting of players from the Scandinavian leagues.[4] In November 2011 he was on trials with English clubs Crewe Alexandra and Portsmouth.[5]
He was in January 2012 offered a trial with Danish Superliga side Silkeborg IF.[6] Valdimarsson made his debut for the Icelandic national team when he started the friendly match against Japan in February 2012.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=156071
- ^ "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Mynd: Fótbolti.net - Hörður Snævar Jónsson. "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Mynd: Fótbolti.net - Eva Björk Ægisdóttir. "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Mynd: Fótbolti.net - Eva Björk Ægisdóttir. "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Mynd: Fótbolti.net - Eva Björk Ægisdóttir (2012-01-20). "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Mynd: Fótbolti.net - Einar Ásgeirsson. "Fótbolti.net". Fotbolti.net. Retrieved 2012-08-05.