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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samúel Kári Friðjónsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | |||
| –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 | 42 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Iceland U17 | 11 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Iceland U19 | 20 | (3) |
| 2015–2018 | Iceland U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Iceland | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024 ‡ 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
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[a] | League Cup | Continental | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Keflavík | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | [14] | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | [14] | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | ||
| Reading | 2013–14 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | [15] | |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | [15] | |||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | [15] | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Vålerenga | 2016 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | [16] | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | [16] | ||||
| 2018 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | [16] | ||||
| Total | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | – | ||
| Viking (loan) | 2019 | Eliteserien | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 4 | [16] | ||
| SC Paderborn | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | [15] | ||
| Viking | 2020 | Eliteserien | 7 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | [16] | ||
| 2021 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 6 | [16] | ||||
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 6[b] | 1 | 27 | 3 | [16] | |||
| Total | 48 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 10 | – | ||
| Atromitos | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | [16] | ||
| 2023–24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 1 | [16] | ||||
| Total | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 3 | |||||
| Career total | 148 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 20 | – | ||
International
- As of match played 17 November 2019[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
- Viking