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Alfons Sampsted
Icelandic footballer (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Birmingham City, and for the Iceland national team.
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Club career
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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] Following a title-winning campaign, the club exercised their purchase option at the end of the 2024–25 season.[10]
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International career
Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 April 2025
- Includes Icelandic Cup, Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
- Includes EFL Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve in UEFA Conference League
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
International
- As of match played 19 November 2024[15]
Honours
Bodø/Glimt
Birmingham City
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