Elías Már Ómarsson

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Elías Már Ómarsson
Personal information
Full name Elías Már Ómarsson
Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Keflavik, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nîmes
Number 9
Youth career
Keflavík
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Keflavík 37 (8)
2015–2016 Vålerenga 28 (6)
2016 → IFK Göteborg (loan) 13 (6)
2017–2018 IFK Göteborg 37 (8)
2018–2021 Excelsior 88 (41)
2021– Nîmes 12 (2)
National team‡
2011–2012 Iceland U17 9 (1)
2012–2014 Iceland U19 12 (3)
2014–2016 Iceland U21 12 (3)
2015– Iceland 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2020

Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Nîmes and the Iceland national team.[1]

Club career[]

Elías Már started his career with local club Keflavík in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga on 5 February 2015.[2]

In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use.[3][4]

He moved to Eredivisie club S.B.V. Excelsior in August 2018.[5]

International career[]

Elías Már made his first appearance for the Iceland national team on 16 January 2015 in a match against Canada, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.[6]

Career statistics[]

As of 1 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Keflavík 2012 Úrvalsdeild 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013 16 2 1 0 7[a] 0 24 2
2014 20 6 3 0 7[a] 4 30 10
Total 37 8 4 0 14 4 55 12
Vålerenga 2015 Tippeligaen 15 4 2 1 0 0 17 5
2016 13 2 3 2 0 0 16 4
Total 28 6 5 3 0 0 33 9
IFK Göteborg 2016 Allsvenskan 13 6 1 0 0 0 14 6
2017 25 0 5 4 0 0 30 4
2018 12 8 4 1 0 0 16 9
Total 50 14 10 5 0 0 60 19
Excelsior 2018–19[1] Eredivisie 23 7 1 0 2[b] 1 26 8
2019–20[1] Eerste Divisie 28 12 2 0 0 0 30 12
2020–21[1] 27 22 4 3 0 0 31 25
Total 78 41 7 3 2 1 87 45
Career total 193 69 26 11 16 5 235 85
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Icelandic League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie relegation play-off

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Elías Már Ómarsson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Elías samdi við Vålerenga til þriggja ára".
  3. ^ "Isländskt nyförvärv till Blåvitt". 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ Jönsson, Fredrik (15 November 2016). "Klart: Elias Omarsson stannar hos IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Elias lämnar IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Kristinn og Matthías skoruðu í sigri á Kanada". Retrieved 19 January 2015.

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