Alfons Sampsted

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Alfons.

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.

Alfons Sampsted

Sampsted with Twente in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)
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
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2016	Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
2023–2025	Twente	37	(0)
2024–2025	→ Birmingham City (loan)	17	(1)
2025–	Birmingham City	0	(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 as of 09:35, 1 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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] Following a title-winning campaign, the club exercised their purchase option at the end of the 2024–25 season.^[10]

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Breiðablik	2015[12]	Úrvalsdeild	0	0	1	0			—		—		1	0
	2016[12]	Úrvalsdeild	17	0	0	0			1[c]	0	—		18	0
	Total		17	0	1	0			1	0	—		19	0
Þór Akureyri (loan)	2015[12]	1. deild	9	0	0	0			—		—		9	0
Norrköping	2017[12]	Allsvenskan	2	0	1	0	—		1[c]	0	—		4	0
	2018[12]	Allsvenskan	0	0	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		2	0	2	0	—		1	0	—		5	0
Landskrona (loan)	2018[12]	Superettan	12	1	1	0	—		—		—		13	1
Sylvia (loan)	2019[12]	Ettan	16	1	0	0	—		—		—		16	1
Breiðablik (loan)	2019[12]	Úrvalsdeild	8	1	1	0			—		—		9	1
Bodø/Glimt	2020[12][13]	Eliteserien	29	0	—		—		3[c]	0	—		32	0
	2021[12][13]	Eliteserien	29	0	3	1	—		14[d]	0	—		46	1
	2022[12][13]	Eliteserien	30	1	6	0	—		20[e]	2	—		56	3
	Total		88	1	9	1	—		37	2	—		134	4
Twente	2022–23[12]	Eredivisie	13	0	2	0	—		0	0	—		15	0
	2023–24[12]	Eredivisie	24	0	0	0	—		5	1	—		29	1
	2024–25[12]	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	Total		37	0	2	0	—		5[f]	1	—		44	1
Birmingham City (loan)	2024–25[14]	League One	17	1	2	0	2	0	—		2[g]	0	23	1
Career total			206	5	18	1	2	0	44	3	2	0	272	9

1. Includes Icelandic Cup, Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve in UEFA Conference League
5. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
7. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 19 November 2024^[15]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Iceland	2020	2	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	7	0
	2024	2	0
Total		23	0

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

• Eliteserien: 2020, 2021

Birmingham City

• EFL League One: 2024–25^[16]