Axel Óskar Andrésson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Axel Óskar Andrésson[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 January 1998||
Place of birth | Iceland | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Viking | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2014 | Afturelding | ||
2014–2016 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Afturelding | 8 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Bath City (loan) | 16 | (5) |
2017–2018 | → Torquay United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018 | → Viking (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2019– | Viking | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2015 | Iceland U17 | 21 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Iceland U19 | 7 | (2) |
2017– | Iceland U21 | 18 | (3) |
2019– | Iceland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2019 |
Axel Óskar Andrésson (born 27 January 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eliteserien club Viking.
Club career
Axel started his career in the youth team of local side Ungmennafélagið Afturelding before he was promoted to the first team at only the age of sixteen, going on to represent the side eleven times in the 2014 2. deild karla season.[3] After impressing for Afturelding he was invited for a trial in England for the youth team at Reading.[4]
Reading
In July 2014, Axel joined Reading permanently, signing a two-year scholarship with the club.[5] In July 2016 he graduated from the under-18 side having already committed to signing his first professional contract with the club.[6] Having moved up to the under-23 squad, Axel was sent out on loan to gain some first team experience at National League South side Bath City in November 2016.[7] Axel impressed during his time with the Romans scoring five goals from defence, and was even promoted to captain despite only being aged nineteen.[8] He went on to make a total of eighteen appearances for Bath in all competitions.[9] He was promoted to the first team upon his return to Reading in the summer of 2017, and made his professional and first team debut in the EFL Cup win over Gillingham on 8 August.[10] On 6 December 2017, Axel joined Torquay United on a one-month youth loan deal until 6 January 2018.[11]
On 15 August 2018, Axel signed a new contract with Reading, until the summer of 2020, and then immediately joined Norwegian 1. divisjon club Viking FK on loan until the end of their 2018 season.[12]
Viking
On 21 December 2018, Viking FK announced the signing of Axel on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13][14] During the opening game of the 2019 season on 31 March against Kristiansund, Axel suffered a season-ending knee ligament injury.[15]
International career
Axel has represented Iceland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[3] In December 2018, Axel got his first call-up for the Iceland national football team.[16] He made his debut for the squad on 11 January 2019 in a friendly against Sweden, as a 70th-minute substitute for Eiður Sigurbjörnsson.[17]
Personal life
Axel is the son of Andrés Guðmundsson, a former international strongman competitor and former holder of the World Strongman Challenge title.[18]
Career statistics
- As of match played 27 June 2020[19]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Afturelding | 2014[3] | 2. deild karla | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Reading | 2016–17[20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017–18[21] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2018–19[22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Reading U23 | 2016–17[20] | Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2017–18[21] | Division 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
2018–19[22] | Division 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
Bath City (loan) | 2016–17[9] | National League South | 16 | 5 | — | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 18 | 5 | |||
Torquay United (loan) | 2017–18 | National League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Viking (loan) | 2018 | 1. divisjon | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
Viking | 2019 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 54 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 6 |
Honours
Viking FK
- 1. divisjon: 2018[23]
References
- ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Axel Óskar Andrésson". 11v11. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "Iceland profile". KSI. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Axel Óskar á reynslu til Reading í Englandi". Afturelding. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Future Reading FC stars signs new contracts". Reading Chronicle. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "15 youngsters sign new pro deals with Reading". Reading F.C. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "Axel Andrésson lánaður til Bath City (Staðfest)". Fotbolti Net. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Burridge, Henry (17 April 2017). "Bath City love for Axel Andresson mutual for Reading FC loanee and his 'marvellous' experience". Bath Chronicle. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Bath City statistics". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Low, Jonathan (22 August 2017). "Who is Axel Andresson? All you need to know about the Reading FC academy talent". Get Reading. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "SIGNING | Axel Óskar Andrésson Joins On Loan". torquayunited.com. Torquay United F.C. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Andresson pens extension and agrees Viking loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Andresson makes permanent switch to Viking". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "Axel blir Viking-spiller". viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "ANDRÉSSON KAN MISTE RESTEN AV SESONGEN". viking-fk.no/ (in Norwegian). Viking FK. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "A karla - Hópurinn fyrir leikina í Katar í janúar". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Sweden v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Like father, like sson! The Royals' sporting family..." Reading FC. 7 November 2017.
- ^ Axel Óskar Andrésson at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Axel Óskar Andrésson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ 2018 Viking FK season#Table
External links
- Axel Óskar Andrésson at Soccerbase
- Axel Óskar Andrésson at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1998 births
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Iceland youth international footballers
- Iceland under-21 international footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Living people
- Icelandic footballers
- Association football forwards
- Reading F.C. players
- Bath City F.C. players
- National League (English football) players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Viking FK players
- Eliteserien players
- 1. divisjon players
- Afturelding men's football players