Alfons Sampsted
 Sampsted with Twente in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 April 1998 | ||
| 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 (on loan from Twente) | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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– | Twente | 37 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Birmingham City (loan) | 8 | (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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL League One club Birmingham City, on loan from Eredivisie club Twente, and for the Iceland national team.
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]
International career
Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 November 2024 [11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Breiðablik | 2015 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Þór Akureyri (loan) | 2015 | 1. deild | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Norrköping | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Landskrona (loan) | 2018 | Superettan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Sylvia (loan) | 2019 | Ettan | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Breiðablik (loan) | 2019 | Úrvalsdeild | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Bodø/Glimt | 2020 | Eliteserien | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 14 | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 56 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 88 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | 37 | 2 | — | 135 | 4 | ||||
| Twente | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2024–25[12] | League One | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Career total | 197 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 256 | 8 | ||
- ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
International
- As of match played 19 November 2024[13]
| 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
References
- ^ a b Alfons Sampsted at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c "Leikmaður - Alfons Sampsted". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (20 January 2017). "Alfons til Norrköping - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson. "Alfons Sampsted: Líður eins og töluvert heilsteyptari leikmanni". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Aðstæður til að verða betri fótboltamaður". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (22 November 2020). "Valdimar skoraði og Alfons lagði upp mark þegar Bodo/Glimt tryggði sér titilinn - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Alfons Sampsted naar FC Twente" (Press release) (in Dutch). FC Twente. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (12 August 2024). "Confirmed: Birmingham City complete 11th signing of summer transfer window". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (3 August 2024). "Birmingham City player ratings after Brandon Khela's belter downs Charlton". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Alfons sló leikjamet Hólmars". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Alfons Sampsted". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Alfons Sampsted in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Leikmaður: Alfons Sampsted" [Player: Alfons Sampsted] (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (Iceland Football Association). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
External links
- Alfons Sampsted at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)
- Alfons Sampsted at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Alfons Sampsted at Elite Football