Viðar Örn Kjartansson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Viðar.
Viðar Kjartansson

Viðar playing for Iceland in 2014
Personal information
Full name Viðar Örn Kjartansson
Date of birth (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990
Place of birth Selfoss, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Malmö FF
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2006 Selfoss
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Selfoss 45 (12)
2009 ÍBV 17 (2)
2010–2012 Selfoss 55 (26)
2013 Fylkir 22 (13)
2014 Vålerenga 29 (25)
2015 Jiangsu Sainty 28 (9)
2016– Malmö FF 6 (3)
National team‡
2006–2007 Iceland U17 8 (4)
2008 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2014– Iceland 9 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2016

Viðar Örn Kjartansson (born 11 March 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swedish club Malmö FF.

Club career

Viðar made his debut for Selfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top division club ÍBV in 2009 but rejoined Selfoss after a short stint with ÍBV.

He joined Icelandic club Fylkir in 2013 and after a very prolific goalscoring season in the Icelandic top flight, he joined Norwegian club Vålerenga in December 2013.[1] Viðar scored his first goal for Vålerenga in a 3-1 home win over Bodø/Glimt on 6. April 2014.

After his first year in Norway, Viðar ended up as the top scorer in the Norwegian top league with 25 goals scored in 29 games.

On 22 January 2015, Viðar transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.[2] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty signed him for 3.5 million euros. On 7 March 2015, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Jiangsu in the first league match of the 2015 season which Jiangsu Sainty lost to Shanghai SIPG 2–1.[3]

Viðar played a vital part in the Chinese FA cup. And was the club's top goalscorer in the cup with 4 goals which helped Jiangsu to win their first trophy in history of the club.

On 27 January 2016, he signed for Swedish club Malmö FF.[4][5] On 1 May 2016, Viðar scored his first hattrick for Malmö FF against BK Häcken.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 April 2016[6][7]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iceland League Icelandic Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006Selfoss2. deild 72--42--114
2007 1622052--234
20081. deild 2281251--2811
2009ÍBVÚrvalsdeild 1722153--246
2010Selfoss 123------123
20111. deild 22162174--3121
2012Úrvalsdeild 2173133--2711
2013Fylkir 22133555--3023
Norway League Norwegian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2014VålerengaTippeligaen 292546----3331
China League Chinese FA Cup League Cup AFC Total
2015Jiangsu SaintyChinese Super League 28974----3513
Sweden League Svenska Cupen – UEFA Total
2016Malmö FFAllsvenskan 1053--–63
Career Total 1968727223420--260130

References

  1. ↑ "Vålerenga signerer Vidar Ørn Kjartansson". Vålerenga Fotbal (in Norwegian). 20 December 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 江苏舜天官方宣布签挪超金靴 at sports.sohu.com 2015-01-22 Retrieved 2015-01-22
  3. ↑ 中超-孔卡爆发策动两球 于海首球上港2-1舜天 at sports.sina.com 2015-03-07 Retrieved 2015-03-11
  4. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/malmoff/article22160093.ab
  5. ↑ http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-01-27_valkommen_till_mff_vidar_orn_kjartansson
  6. ↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=75379
  7. ↑ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/felagsmadur/?pLeikmadurNr=155293&pListi=5

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