Andri Baldursson

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Andri Baldursson
Personal information
Full name Andri Fannar Baldursson
Date of birth (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
IF Elfsborg (on loan from Bologna)
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2019 Breiðablik
2019Bologna (loan)
2019–2020 Bologna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Breiðablik 1 (0)
2020– Bologna 15 (0)
2021–2022Copenhagen (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023NEC (loan) 11 (0)
2023–IF Elfsborg (loan) 11 (0)
International career
2018 Iceland U-16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland U-17 21 (3)
2018–2019 Iceland U-18 4 (0)
2019 Iceland U-19 5 (0)
2020– Iceland U-21 14 (0)
2020– Iceland 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024

Andri Fannar Baldursson (born 10 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club IF Elfsborg on loan from the Italian Serie A club Bologna.

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Club career

Andri started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur before going on loan to Bologna in January 2019. [1] [2] He impressed and was bought by Bologna in August 2019. [3] Andri made his debut in Serie A on 22 February 2020, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andreas Skov Olsen in a 1–1 draw against Udinese, [4] becoming the fifth Icelander to ever play in Serie A. [5] In 2020 Andri was the youngest Icelandic player to play in the top five leagues in Europe. [6]

On 23 August 2021, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen confirmed that Andri had joined the club on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy. [7] After a season of limited playing time due to injuries - only eight appearances - he returned to Bologna at the end of the season. [8] [9]

On 6 July 2022, Andri joined NEC in the Netherlands on a season-long loan with an option to buy. [10]

On 10 August 2023, Andri moved on a new loan to IF Elfsborg in Sweden. [11]

International career

Andri has featured for the U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 Icelandic youth national teams. [12]

He made his Iceland senior national team debut on 8 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Belgium. He started the game and was substituted after 54 minutes in a 5–1 away loss. [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2023 [12] [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Breiðablik 2018 Úrvalsdeild 10000010
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 70000070
2020–21 80100090
Total150100000160
Copenhagen (loan) 2021–22 Superliga 30104 [lower-alpha 2] 080
NEC (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 11010120
Career total300304000370

Honours

Copenhagen

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