Bjarki Bjarkason
Personal information
Full name Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
Date of birth (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Venezia
Number 19
Youth career
2005–2017 Afturelding
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Afturelding 10 (2)
2018−2020 ÍA 41 (5)
2020− Venezia 22 (1)
2022Catanzaro (loan) 11 (0)
2023Foggia (loan) 26 (2)
International career
2016 Iceland U17 3 (0)
2017 Iceland U18 2 (0)
2018 Iceland U19 3 (0)
2019–2022 Iceland U21 14 (0)
2022– Iceland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022

Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (born 11 May 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for Italian Serie B club Venezia.

Club career

Bjarki made his debut for Afturelding in a 3–1 win against Völsungur on 15 July 2017.[1] On 6 December 2017, he joined ÍA and played there for 3 years.[2] On 21 August 2020, he joined Venezia.[3]

On 14 January 2022, he joined Serie C club Catanzaro on loan until the end of the season.[4]

Upon his return from loan, Bjarki did not make any league appearances for Venezia in the first half of the 2022–23 season, playing in one Coppa Italia game. On 20 January 2023, he was loaned to Serie C club Foggia.[5]

Personal life

His father is former international handballer Bjarki Sigurðsson.[6][7][8]

International stats

As of match played 11 November 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Iceland 202220
202300
Total20

Honours

Íþróttabandalag Akraness

References

  1. Afturelding 3 - 1 Völsungur 15.7.2017, ksi.is
  2. "Bjarki Steinn til ÍA (Staðfest)". 8 October 2020.
  3. "Bjarki Steinn til Venezia (Staðfest)". 8 October 2020.
  4. "BJARKI STEINN BJARKASON È UN CALCIATORE DEL CATANZARO" (in Italian). Catanzaro. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. "BENVENUTO BJARKASON" (in Italian). Foggia. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. "Fótbolti.net".
  7. "Hefði viljað reyna mig við þá bestu í Þýskalandi".
  8. "Bjarki Steinn til Skagamanna".


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