Ólafur Ingi Skúlason
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ólafur Ingi Skúlason | ||
Date of birth | 1 April 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Karabükspor | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Fylkir | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Fylkir | 20 | (0) |
2001–2005 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
2003 | → Fylkir (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Brentford | 16 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Helsingborgs IF | 37 | (0) |
2010–2011 | SønderjyskE | 41 | (3) |
2011–2015 | Zulte Waregem | 99 | (6) |
2015–2016 | Gençlerbirliği | 25 | (0) |
2016– | Karabükspor | 2 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
1999 | Iceland U-17 | 9 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Iceland U-19 | 9 | (0) |
2002–2005 | Iceland U-21 | 12 | (0) |
2003– | Iceland | 27 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2016. |
Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (born 1 April 1983) is an Icelandic footballer and a midfielder who plays for Karabükspor.[1]
Club career
Ólafur was born in Reykjavík, Iceland where he played for Fylkir. After the Icelandic season had come to a close, he was looking for new employment, and found it with Arsenal on 1 July 2001.[2] Ólafur was loaned back to Fylkir over a part of the 2003 season, and was voted the best young player in the Icelandic league 2003.[3]
A defensive midfielder, his Arsenal debut came on 2 December 2003 in a 5–1 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., replacing Justin Hoyte after 55 minutes of the match.[4] Ólafur was released by Arsenal on 28 May 2005.[5] He signed for Brentford on 22 June 2005.[6] Upon his arrival at Brentford, the club's website quoted him as saying: "I look at this as a very important move for my career, knowing that manager Martin Allen had been interested in signing me for a while was a huge compliment for me."[6]
In the second game of the 2005/6 season, Ólafur suffered a cruciate and medial ligament injury resulting from a tackle with Chesterfield's Derek Niven, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.[7] He was passed fit for the start of the 2006/7 season and completed his comeback by scoring the winner in a 1–0 win over Blackpool, the first game of the season.[8] He signed for Helsingborgs IF on 21 February 2007.[9] After three successful years in Helsingborg, Ólafur turned down a new contract offer and signed for Danish team SønderjyskE on 6 December 2009.[10]
A year later Ólafur signed for Zulte Waregem in Belgium and stayed there for four years. He then plied his trade in Turkey for a year.[11][12]
International career
Ólafur earned his first cap for Iceland in a friendly against Mexico on 20 November 2003 as a substitute, replacing Veigar Páll Gunnarsson.[13] He has also captained their U21 team.[14]
Although playing almost 30 international games for over ten years, Ólafur never quite managed to become a regular first team member of the Icelandic team.[15] He was, however, a useful squad member and played three games as a substitute in Iceland's successful qualification for Euro 2016, including Iceland's famous win over the Netherlands in Amsterdam.[16] He was not selected for Iceland's Euro 2016 team.
International goals
- Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first..[17]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 September 2009 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland | Georgia | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
References
- ↑ Ólafur Ingi Skúlason kominn til Karabükspor, ruv.is, 18 August 2016
- ↑ "Olafur-Ingi Skulason | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Skulason's rise to prominence". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Olafur Ingi Skulason | Football Stats | Genclerbirligi Ankara | Season 2003/2004 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Arsenal release five youngsters". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- 1 2 "Bees bring in midfielder Skulason". BBC. 2005-06-22. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 146. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "Brentford 1–0 Blackpool". BBC. 5 August 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ↑ "Skulason är klar för Helsingborg". Expressen. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Olafur-Ingi Skulason". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2395780
- ↑ http://www.visir.is/olafur-ingi-yfirgefur-genclerbirligi/article/2016160819023
- ↑ "Olafur Ingi Skulason". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ "Brentford sign Skulason - Brentford FC - BeesMad". www.brentford-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=81653&pListi=4
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/03/holland-iceland-euro-2016-qualifying-match-report
- ↑ "Iceland – Ó. Skúlason – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
External links
- Helsingborgs profile
- Ólafur Ingi Skúlason at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ólafur Ingi Skúlason career statistics at Soccerbase
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Sölvi Ottesen |
SønderjyskE captain 2010–2011 |
Succeeded by Henrik Hansen |