Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson

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Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Iceland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Elfsborg
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2014 KR
2015–2018 Grótta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Grótta 65 (0)
2021– Elfsborg 5 (0)
National team‡
2018 Iceland U18 1 (0)
2019 Iceland U19 1 (0)
2021– Iceland U21 1 (0)
2022– Iceland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2022

Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (born 13 October 2001) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swedish club Elfsborg.

Club career[]

Grótta[]

After playing as an outfield player for the youth sides of KR, he first played as a goalkeeper after his switch to Grótta in 2015, appearing as an outfield player for Grótta's youth sides as late as 2017.[2] He made his senior debut in the last game of the 2017 1. deild season as an already relegated Grótta lost 2-1 to Leiknir Reykjavík.[3] Hákon then played in 15 out of 22 games in the 2018 2. deild as Grótta placed second and were promoted back to 1. deild. In the 2019 season, Hákon played in all 22 matches as Grótta became champions and were promoted to the top tier Úrvalsdeild for the first time.[4] In 2020 he played all 18 matches as Grótta were relegated back to the 1. deild. It was announced on 30 April 2021 that Hákon had signed with Allsvenskan team IF Elfsborg and that Hákon would join them in the summer.[5] Hákon played 9 matches for Grótta in the first half of the 2021 season before joining Elfsborg in July.

Elfsborg[]

It was announced on 30 April 2021 that Hákon had signed with Allsvenskan team IF Elfsborg and that Hákon would join them in the summer, Hákon then joined formally in July.[5][6] Hákon made his Allsvenskan debut for Elfsborg in a 1-0 win against IFK Göteborg on 1 October 2021 and proceeded to play in the next four matches.[7]

International career[]

Hákon has got a single cap for the U-18, U-19 and U-21 Iceland youth teams, achieved in 2018, 2019 and 2021 respectively, while still being eligible for the U-21 team as of 2021.[2] On 12 November 2021 Hákon received his first call-up to the senior squad when Patrik Gunnarsson had to withdraw through injury.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 31 October 2021[7][1][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grótta 2017 1. deild 1 0 0 0 2 0 ― 3 0
2018 2. deild 15 0 0 0 3 0 ― 18 0
2019 1. deild 22 0 3 0 3 0 ― 28 0
2020 Úrvalsdeild 18 0 2 0 3 0 ― 23 0
2021 1. deild 9 0 0 0 3 0 ― 12 0
Total 65 0 5 0 14 0 0 0 84 0
Elfsborg 2021 Allsvenskan 5 0 ― ― ― 5 0
Career total 70 0 5 0 14 0 0 0 89 0

Honours[]

Grótta

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Leikmaður - Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Leikskýrsla: Leiknir R. - Grótta - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Grótta í úrvalsdeildina eftir ótrúlegt sumar". RÚV (in Icelandic). RÚV. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór. "Elfsborg krækir í Hákon Rafn - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Vísir. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Tveir efnilegir Íslendingar kynntir hjá nýjum félögum". RÚV (in Icelandic). RÚV. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson | Football Stats | Elfsborg Boras | Age 20 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Hákon Rafn kallaður inn í A-landsliðið". RÚV (in Icelandic). RÚV. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Íslandsmót - Inkasso-deild karla - 2019". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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