Alfons Sampsted

Icelandic footballer

Alfons Sampsted
Sampsted with Twente in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
(on loan from Twente)
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Breiðablik 17 (0)
2015 → Þór Akureyri (loan) 9 (0)
2017–2019 IFK Norrköping 2 (0)
2017 → IF Sylvia (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Landskrona BoIS (loan) 12 (1)
2019 → IF Sylvia (loan) 16 (1)
2019 → Breiðablik (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2022 Bodø/Glimt 88 (1)
2023– Twente 37 (0)
2024– → Birmingham City (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 Iceland U16 7 (0)
2014–2015 Iceland U17 8 (0)
2015–2016 Iceland U19 10 (0)
2017–2020 Iceland U21 30 (1)
2020– Iceland 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:46, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League One club Birmingham City, on on loan from Eredivisie club Twente, and for the Iceland national team.

Club career

Alfons started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur in 2015, playing a single cup game, before going on loan to Þór from Akureyri for the latter half of the season.[2] In 2016, he played most of Breiðablik's games as they finished 6th in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.[2]

In January 2017, he was transferred to Swedish club IFK Norrköping.[3] He spent three seasons there without ever cementing his place, spending time on loan at IF Sylvia and Landskrona BoIS in Sweden and Breiðablik in Iceland.[4]

In February 2020, he joined Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and was a key player in the 2020 season as the club won their first national title.[5][6] There, he replaced former right back player Erlend Reitan who was on loan from Rosenborg.

On 27 December 2022, he joined Dutch club FC Twente.[7]

He joined English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City on 12 August 2024 on loan for the season. The deal included an option to purchase.[8]

International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2015 Úrvalsdeild 0 0 1 0 – 1 0
2016 17 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
Total 17 0 1 0 1 0 19 0
Þór Akureyri (loan) 2015 1. deild 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
2018 0 0 1 0 – 1 0
Total 2 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
Landskrona (loan) 2018 Superettan 12 1 1 0 – 13 1
Sylvia (loan) 2019 Ettan 16 1 0 0 – 16 1
Breiðablik (loan) 2019 Úrvalsdeild 8 1 1 0 – 9 1
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 29 0 0 0 3 0 32 0
2021 29 0 3 1 14 0 46 1
2022 30 1 7 0 20 2 56 3
Total 88 1 10 1 37 2 135 4
Twente 2022–23 Eredivisie 13 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
2023–24 24 0 0 0 5 1 24 1
2024–25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 0 2 0 5 1 39 1
Birmingham City (loan) 2024–25[11] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 189 4 16 1 44 3 244 8

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. ^ a b Alfons Sampsted at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c "Leikmaður - Alfons Sampsted". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Alfons til Norrköping - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson. "Alfons Sampsted: Líður eins og töluvert heilsteyptari leikmanni". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Aðstæður til að verða betri fótboltamaður". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson. "Valdimar skoraði og Alfons lagði upp mark þegar Bodo/Glimt tryggði sér titilinn - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Alfons Sampsted naar FC Twente" (Press release) (in Dutch). FC Twente. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  8. ^ Dicken, Alex (12 August 2024). "Confirmed: Birmingham City complete 11th signing of summer transfer window". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Alfons sló leikjamet Hólmars". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Alfons Sampsted". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Alfons Sampsted in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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