Andri Baldursson

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Andri Baldursson
Personal information
Full name Andri Fannar Baldursson
Date of birth (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Copenhagen
(on loan from Bologna)
Number 18
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– → Copenhagen (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2018 Iceland U-16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland U-17 21 (3)
2018–2019 Iceland U-18 4 (0)
2019– Iceland U-19 5 (0)
2020– Iceland U-21 5 (0)
2020– Iceland 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2021

Andri Fannar Baldursson (born 10 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional football midfielder, who currently plays for F.C. Copenhagen on loan from Bologna.

Andri is the youngest Icelandic player to play in the top 5 leagues in Europe.[1]

Club career[]

Andri started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur before going on loan to Bologna in January 2019.[2][3] He impressed and was bought by Bologna in August 2019.[4] 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,[5] becoming the fifth Icelander to ever play in Serie A.[6]

On 23 August 2021, Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen confirmed, that Baldursson had joined the club on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[7]

International career[]

Andri has featured for the U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 Icelandic youth national teams.[8]

He made his Iceland national football 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 1-5 away loss.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 23 May 2021[8][10]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2018 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 1 0
Bologna (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Bologna 2019–20 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
Career total 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Andri Fannar sá yngsti frá Íslandi sem spilar í einni af bestu deildunum". 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Andri Fannar Baldursson til Bologna". blikar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  3. ^ "Mercato: tutte le operazioni del settore giovanile". Bolognafc (in Italian). 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  4. ^ "Bologna kaupir Andra Fannar". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  5. ^ "Esordio in rossoblù per Baldursson". Bolognafc (in Italian). 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  6. ^ "Ánægður Andri fimmti Íslendingurinn í efstu deild Ítalíu". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  7. ^ FCK LEJER ANDRI FANNAR BALDURSSON, fck.dk, 23 August 2021
  8. ^ a b "Andri Fannar Baldursson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  9. ^ "Belgium v Iceland game report". UEFA. 8 September 2020.
  10. ^ "A. Baldursson".

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