Marel Baldvinsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marel Jóhann Baldvinsson | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Kópavogur, Iceland | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1996 | Breiðablik | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Breiðablik | 32 | (7) |
2000–2002 | Stabæk | 48 | (10) |
2002–2006 | Lokeren | 56 | (6) |
2006 | Breiðablik | 13 | (11) |
2006–2007 | Molde | 24 | (7) |
2008 | Breiðablik | 19 | (6) |
2009 | Valur | 19 | (3) |
2010 | Stjarnan | 7 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1996 | Iceland U-17 | 4 | (0) |
1998 | Iceland U-19 | 7 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Iceland U-21 | 5 | (1) |
2001–2008 | Iceland | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2009 |
Marel Jóhann Baldvinsson (born 18 December 1980) is an Icelandic football forward who last played for Stjarnan.
Club career[]
He started his career in Breiðablik, but moved to Norway early in his career. In October 1997, Marel went on trial with Manchester United. After a fruitless trial with Rosenborg BK, he signed with Stabæk with a deal worth 600,000 Euro. In January 2003 he was sold to the Belgian club Lokeren for just half of what Stabæk paid for him, 300,000 Euro, but with a clause giving 25% of the total transition in a later resale.
In 2006, he was forced to cut short his career as a professional footballer due to injury. [1] He rejoined Breiðablik in his native Iceland. After many impressive displays in the 2006 season, he was recalled into the Icelandic national team to face Spain in August 2006. A few days later he returned to professional football when he signed for Norwegian club Molde, in a deal worth 1,5 million Euro.
In 2007, after two seasons at Molde, Marel had his contract terminated. On 30 December 2007 he signed a three-year contract with Breiðablik, starting his third stint at the club. He scored 6 goals in 19 games for the club and following a dispute with the club's management, reportedly revolving around wages, he left the club on 22 April 2009 and was signed by Valur. He started his career at Valur well, scoring 3 goals in his first 5 games, including a late equalizer against Grindavík and a winning goal against local rivals Fram. On 24 March, it was declared that he would join Stjarnan and play with them the following season. He played 7 games in the 2010 season but hasn't played football since.
International career[]
Marel made his debut for Iceland in an August 2001 friendly match against Poland, coming on as a substitute for Tryggvi Guðmundsson. He played 17 senior international games in total, as well as 16 times at youth level.
External links[]
- Marel Baldvinsson profile at moldefk.no
- Marel Baldvinsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile on the official KSÍ website
- Profile and stats – Lokeren
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Reykjavík
- Icelandic footballers
- Iceland international footballers
- Iceland under-21 international footballers
- Iceland youth international footballers
- Breiðablik UBK players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Stabæk Fotball players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Molde FK players
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Icelandic expatriate footballers
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Stjarnan players
- Association football forwards