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(Redirected from Andri Fannar Baldursson) Icelandic footballer (born 2002) This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Andri.

Andri Baldursson
Personal information
Full name Andri Fannar Baldursson
Date of birth (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team IF Elfsborg (on loan from Bologna)
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2019 Breiðablik
2019 → Bologna (loan)
2019–2020 Bologna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Breiðablik 1 (0)
2020– Bologna 15 (0)
2021–2022 → Copenhagen (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → NEC (loan) 11 (0)
2023– → IF Elfsborg (loan) 35 (0)
International career
2018 Iceland U16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland U17 21 (3)
2018–2019 Iceland U18 4 (0)
2019 Iceland U19 5 (0)
2020– Iceland U21 14 (0)
2020– Iceland 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024

Andri Fannar Baldursson (born 10 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg, on loan from Serie A club Bologna.

Club career

Andri started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur before going on loan to Bologna in January 2019. He impressed and was bought by Bologna in August 2019. Andri made his debut in Serie A on 22 February 2020, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andreas Skov Olsen in a 1–1 draw against Udinese, becoming the fifth Icelander to ever play in Serie A. In 2020 Andri was the youngest Icelandic player to play in the top five leagues in Europe.

On 23 August 2021, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen confirmed that Andri had joined the club on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy. After a season of limited playing time due to injuries - only eight appearances - he returned to Bologna at the end of the season.

On 6 July 2022, Andri joined NEC in the Netherlands on a season-long loan with an option to buy.

On 10 August 2023, Andri moved on a new loan to IF Elfsborg in Sweden.

International career

Andri has featured for the U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 Icelandic youth national teams.

He made his Iceland senior national team debut on 8 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Belgium. He started the game and was substituted after 54 minutes in a 5–1 away loss.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2018 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
2020–21 8 0 1 0 – 0 0 9 0
Total 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Copenhagen (loan) 2021–22 Superliga 3 0 1 0 4 0 — 8 0
NEC (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 11 0 1 0 – – 12 0
Career total 30 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 37 0
  1. Includes Coppa Italia, Danish Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Copenhagen

References

  1. "Andri Fannar Baldursson til Bologna". blikar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. "Mercato: tutte le operazioni del settore giovanile". Bolognafc (in Italian). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. "Bologna kaupir Andra Fannar". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Esordio in rossoblù per Baldursson". Bolognafc (in Italian). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  5. "Ánægður Andri fimmti Íslendingurinn í efstu deild Ítalíu". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. "Andri Fannar sá yngsti frá Íslandi sem spilar í einni af bestu deildunum". 24 February 2020.
  7. FCK LEJER ANDRI FANNAR BALDURSSON, fck.dk, 23 August 2021
  8. Forlader FCK efter otte kampe: Ikke som håbet, tipsbladet.dk, 4 June 2022
  9. "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. "Baldursson joins NEC". Bologna. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. "Välkommen Andri!" [Welcome Andri!] (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Andri Fannar Baldursson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  13. "Belgium v Iceland game report". UEFA. 8 September 2020.
  14. Andri Baldursson at Soccerway
  15. "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links

IF Elfsborg – current squad


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