Arnar Pétursson
Personal information
Full name Arnar Darri Pétursson
Date of birth (1991-03-16) 16 March 1991
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Stjarnan
Number 13
Youth career
Stjarnan
2008 Lyn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Lyn 15 (0)
2010–2012 SønderjyskE 0 (0)
2012–2015 Stjarnan 3 (0)
2014Víkingur Ólafsvík (loan) 22 (0)
2016–2020 Þróttur 76 (0)
2020 Fylkir 1 (0)
2021– Stjarnan 3 (0)
International career
2007 Iceland U-17 7 (0)
2008–2009 Iceland U-19 4 (0)
2010–2011 Iceland U-21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:40, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Arnar Darri Pétursson (born 16 March 1991) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stjarnan.

He started his career with Stjarnan, and joined Oslo-based club Lyn in March 2008. When Lyn had financial problems in summer 2010 he was signed by SønderjyskE of the Danish Superliga. He made his international U21 debut against Scotland in the fall of 2010 when Iceland met Scotland in playoffs to reach the EM U21 Finals in Denmark 2011. Iceland won both games 2–1 and qualified.

Club career

Stjarnan

Arnar played a first team game for Stjarnanbut played with all their youth teams.

Lyn

At the time Arnar moved to Lyn they had among others Indridi Sigurdsson, Theodor Elmar Bjarnason and more quality players. He made his Norwegian Premier League debut for Lyn on 3 August 2009 against SK Brann.[1] In the end Lyn had to sell all their best players and was in the summer of 2010 declared bankrupt. It was demoted to the Norwegian lower leagues as an amateur club. With Lyn Arnar played 15 games, five of them in the Tippeligaen.

SønderjyskE

On 1 July 2010, Arnar signed for Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE, which is located near the German border, to compete with their existing number one goalkeeper Nathan Coe. He signed for two years.

References

  1. "Arnar Darri Petursson". LynFotball.net. Retrieved 3 August 2009.


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