Alfons Sampsted
Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right-back. He moved in 2023 from FK Bodø/Glimt to Twente.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfons Sampsted | ||
| 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] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Twente | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Breiðablik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Breiðablik | 17 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Þór Akureyri (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | 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 | 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 | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2022 | |||
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.
In January 2023, he joined Dutch club FC Twente.
International career
Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.[2][7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 November 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 152 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 205 | 7 | ||
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. "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. "Valdimar skoraði og Alfons lagði upp mark þegar Bodo/Glimt tryggði sér titilinn - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Alfons Sampsted at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)