Alfons Sampsted

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Alfons Sampsted
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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
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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) 15 (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 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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 loan from Eredivisie club Twente, and for the Iceland national team.

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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] He made "a solid, no nonsense debut" the next day as a second-half substitute in Birmingham's 1–0 EFL Cup win away to Charlton Athletic. [9]

International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games. [2] [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2015 [11] Úrvalsdeild 0010——10
2016 [11] Úrvalsdeild170001 [c] 0—180
Total1701010—190
Þór Akureyri (loan) 2015 [11] 1. deild 9000——90
Norrköping 2017 [11] Allsvenskan 2010—1 [c] 0—40
2018 [11] Allsvenskan0010———10
Total2020—10—50
Landskrona (loan) 2018 [11] Superettan 12110———131
Sylvia (loan) 2019 [11] Ettan 16100———161
Breiðablik (loan) 2019 [11] Úrvalsdeild8110——91
Bodø/Glimt 2020 [11] [12] Eliteserien 290——3 [c] 0—320
2021 [11] [12] Eliteserien29031—14 [d] 0—461
2022 [11] [12] Eliteserien30160—20 [e] 2—563
Total88191—372—1344
Twente 2022–23 [11] Eredivisie 13020—00—150
2023–24 [11] Eredivisie24000—51—291
2024–25 [11] Eredivisie0000—00—00
Total37020—5 [f] 1—441
Birmingham City (loan) 2024–25 [13] League One 1502020—2 [g] 0210
Career total204418120443202708
  1. ↑ Includes Icelandic Cup, Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve in UEFA Conference League
  5. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  7. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 202020
202150
202270
202370
202420
Total230

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. 1 2 Alfons Sampsted at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 "Leikmaður - Alfons Sampsted". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ . Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 January 2017). "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 (22 November 2020). "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. ↑ Dicken, Alex (3 August 2024). "Birmingham City player ratings after Brandon Khela's belter downs Charlton". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Alfons sló leikjamet Hólmars". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið . Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "A.Sampsted". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 "Alfons Sampsted". Norges Fotballforbund. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Alfons Sampsted in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Leikmaður: Alfons Sampsted" [Player: Alfons Sampsted] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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