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 Birkir playing for Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Birkir Bjarnason[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1988[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Akureyri, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brescia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KA Akureyri | |||
| Austrått | |||
| Figgjo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Viking | 103 | (16) |
| 2008 | → Bodø/Glimt (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Standard Liège | 16 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Pescara (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2013 | Pescara | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Sampdoria | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Pescara | 35 | (10) |
| 2015–2017 | FC Basel | 42 | (14) |
| 2017–2019 | Aston Villa | 48 | (5) |
| 2019 | Al-Arabi | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Brescia | 39 | (6) |
| 2021–2023 | Adana Demirspor | 41 | (5) |
| 2023 | Viking | 11 | (2) |
| 2023– | Brescia | 37 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004 | Iceland U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Iceland U19 | 14 | (3) |
| 2006–2011 | Iceland U21 | 25 | (4) |
| 2010– | Iceland | 113 | (15) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:25, 1 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022 | |||
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie B club Brescia and the Iceland national football team,[3] where he is their all-time leader in appearances.
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Birkir Bjarnason". KSI. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2012.