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
0000–2016 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) 8 (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 10:18, 10 November 2024 (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 9 November 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2015 Úrvalsdeild 0010——10
2016 1700010—180
Total1701010—190
Þór Akureyri (loan) 2015 1. deild 9000——90
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan 2010—10—40
2018 0010–——10
Total2020—10—50
Landskrona (loan) 2018 Superettan 12110———131
Sylvia (loan) 2019 Ettan 16100———161
Breiðablik (loan) 2019 Úrvalsdeild8110——91
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 29000—30—320
2021 29031—140—461
2022 30170—202—563
Total881101—372—1354
Twente 2022–23 Eredivisie 13020—00—150
2023–24 24000—51—241
2024–25 0000—00—00
Total37020—51—391
Birmingham City (loan) 2024–25 [12] League One 801020—1 [a] 0120
Career total197417120443102568
  1. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 [13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 202020
202150
202270
202370
202420
Total230

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

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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. ↑ "Alfons Sampsted". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Alfons Sampsted in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Leikmaður: Alfons Sampsted" [Player: Alfons Sampsted] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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