Sverrir Ingi Ingason

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Sverrir Ingi Ingason
Iceland national football team World Cup 2018 (cropped) Ingason.jpg
Sverrir with Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Sverrir Ingi Ingason [1]
Date of birth (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Panathinaikos
Number 15
Youth career
1997–2011 Breiðablik
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Breiðablik 42 (2)
2011Augnablik (loan) 4 (1)
2014–2015 Viking 29 (3)
2015–2017 Lokeren 67 (1)
2017 Granada 17 (1)
2017–2019 Rostov 45 (5)
2019–2023 PAOK 105 (20)
2023–2024 Midtjylland 24 (2)
2024– Panathinaikos 6 (0)
International career
2009 Iceland U17 3 (0)
2010 Iceland U19 3 (0)
2012–2014 Iceland U21 11 (1)
2014– Iceland 53 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2024

Sverrir Ingi Ingason (born 5 August 1993) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos and the Iceland national team.

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Sverrir previously played for Icelandic club Breiðablik UBK before transferring to Viking FK. After a successful spell at the Norwegian club he moved to Lokeren of Belgium.

An Icelandic international, he participated at the UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup with the senior team.

Early life

Sverrir was born in Kópavogur, a town near by the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík. He started playing football at the age of 4 at his local club Breiðablik. The club is known for its great youth system which has produced players like Willum Þór Willumsson, Alfreð Finnbogason and Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson.

Club career

Breiðablik

In 2011 at the age of 18 Sverrir started playing for Breiðablik's feeder club Augnablik. He quickly got the attention of the parent's club manager, Ólafur Kristjánsson, who made Sverrir one of his key players. After that season 2012–13 he was voted the most promising player in Breiðablik.

In the season 2013–14 he became one of the best players in the league. He was voted the best player of Breiðablik and made it into the divisions team of the year.

Viking

Sverrir was the subject of transfer speculation, with the player linked to several clubs. On 1 January 2014 he decided to sign for Norwegian club Viking FK. At the club he played along with four other Icelandic players, Indriði Sigurðsson, Jón Daði Böðvarsson, Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson and Björn Daníel Sverrisson.

Sverrir was influential early on and right away started all the games in the heart of defence alongside the club's captain and one of Iceland's most experienced centre backs, Indriði Sigurdsson. After his first season, he was voted Viking FK best player of 2014.

Lokeren

One year later, in February 2015 Sverrir opted for a move to Lokeren. His debut with the new club was made one week later against Oostende for the league playing for 90 minutes. Making great appearances and playing all the matches for his club, Lokeren finished 8th for the Regular season and 1st for the Europa League playoffs. The next season Ingi made 32 appearances and scoring his only goal with the club against Standard Liège on 13 September. With his market value going up after another 21 appearances on 2016–17 season with the Tricolores, in January 2017 Granada CF made a move to take his signature for €1.8 million.

He stayed in Belgium making 70 appearances and scoring one goal.

Granada

Ingason with Rostov in 2018 Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Iceland).png
Ingason with Rostov in 2018

Sverrir moved to Andalusia for the first semester of 2017, joining Granada. He maintained his high level of performances, but his team could not avoid relegation. In the summer of 2017, FC Rostov paid €1.2 million to secure his services. [2]

Rostov

On 30 June 2017, Russian Premier League side Rostov announced the signing of Sverrir on a three-year contract. [3] Ingi united in Rostov with his national teammates Ragnar Sigurðsson and Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson finding there a good atmosphere to settle up on a new country. Full season for Ingarson making 30 appearances and scoring three goals overall for the Selmashi and finished 11th in the League also got to the Round of 16 Russian Cup.

In the 2018–19 season, making a good start, Ingason played 17 matches and scored twice.

On the winter transfer window on the same season PAOK made the move to buy him for a €4.5 million transfer fee. [4]

PAOK

On 1 February 2019, Sverrir joined Greek club PAOK on a three-and-a-half-year contract. [4] During the 2018–19 season Ingasson won the double with PAOK. On 1 December 2019, he scored his first goal with the club in an away derby match against rivals Olympiakos in a final 1–1 draw. [5] On 23 December 2019, he scored a brace in a hammering 5–1 home win against Atromitos and the club will celebrate Christmas 2019 at the top of the Super League I table. [6]

The following year 2019–20 he had an upgraded role in the team, playing in a total of 34 games, while offering four goals and one assist. In 2020–221, he was, for another year, a key member of the team for most of the season. In the final of the year, he suffered an injury that left him out for a long time. Nevertheless, he was crowned Greek cup winner for the second time with the PAOK jersey. In the final on 22 May, PAOK faced OSFP, with Dikefalos of the North prevailing with a score of 2–1. He did not play due to his injury.

On 1 February 2021, PAOK rejected a €5 million offer from an unnamed English club for his services. [7]

Coming back from a long period of recovery from an injury, [8] Sverrir temporarily played for PAOK B in Super League Greece 2, and made his debut on the first match of the season, on 6 November 2021. [9]

The "black and white" announced the extension of its cooperation with Ingi Ingasson until the summer of 2025. "Let's go PAOKara", the first message of the Icelandic stopper. The agreement that existed a week ago between PAOK and Ingi Ingasson became official, with the "black and white" formalizing the event on Wednesday afternoon (23/2/22). After the successful 2021–22 season and the turbulent 2022–23 season, in which Ingasson remained a vital part of the squad, he was released in the summer of 2023, having left an important mark on the club in his 4+12-year service at Thessaloniki. [10]

International career

Ingason with Iceland in 2018 FWC 2018 - Group D - NGA v ISL - Photo 78.jpg
Ingason with Iceland in 2018

Sverrir was an Icelandic youth international, having earned caps at under-18, under-20 and at the under-21 level. He captained his side at the UEFA Euro Under-21s in 2015 where they lost against Denmark in the play-offs on away goals. He made his debut for the senior national team in January 2014 against Sweden. He was part of the squad which made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Euro 2016.

In May 2018, he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024 [12] [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Augnablik (loan) 2011 3. deild 410041
Breiðablik 2011 Úrvalsdeild 005050
2012 212111323
2013 21013460404
Total42229560777
Viking 2014 Tippeligaen 29351344
Lokeren 2014–15 Belgian Pro League 140140
2015–16 32110331
2016–17 21020230
Total67130701
Granada 2016–17 La Liga 171171
Rostov 2017–18 Russian Premier League 28320303
2018–19 17220192
Total45540495
PAOK 2018–19 Super League Greece 105060
2019–20 2846000344
2020–21 2655180396
2021–22 2027060332
2022–23 3034020363
Total105142711600014815
PAOK B 2021–22 Super League Greece 2 310031
Midtjylland 2023–24 Danish Superliga 2422040300
2024–25 Danish Superliga00000000
Total2422040300
Career total336307072600041835

International

As of match played 14 October 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 201410
201520
201663
201770
2018100
201930
202070
202130
202210
202360
202470
Total533
As of match played 27 March 2018 [15]
Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sverrir goal.
List of international goals scored by Sverrir Ingi Ingason
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 March 2016 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–23–2 Friendly
21 June 2016 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1–12–3Friendly
315 November 2016 Ta'Qali National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta9Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Breiðablik

PAOK

Midtjylland

International

Individual

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