Willum Þór Willumsson

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Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum with Go Ahead Eagles in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Go Ahead Eagles
Number 18
Youth career
–2016 Breiðablik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Breiðablik 28 (6)
2019–2022 BATE Borisov 56 (9)
2022– Go Ahead Eagles 39 (13)
International career‡
2016 Iceland U19 2 (0)
2018–2021 Iceland U21 19 (3)
2019– Iceland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 17 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club.[1]

International career

Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played on 11 November 2023[3]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2016
Úrvalsdeild
 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2017 Úrvalsdeild 8 0 1 0 6 1 — — 15 1
2018 Úrvalsdeild 19 6 4 0 4 0 — — 27 6
Total 28 6 5 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 43 7
BATE Borisov 2019 Belarusian Premier League 19 1 3 2 — 2 0 — 24 3
2020 Belarusian Premier League 18 3 6 1 — 1 0 — 25 4
2021 Belarusian Premier League 9 1 4 1 — — 1[c] 0 14 2
2022 Belarusian Premier League 10 4 5 1 — — 1[c] 0 16 5
Total 56 9 18 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 79 14
Go Ahead Eagles 2022–23 Eredivisie 27 8 2 0 — — — 29 8
2023–24 Eredivisie 12 5 0 0 — — — 12 5
Total 39 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 13
Career totals 123 28 25 5 10 1 3 0 2 0 163 34
  1. ^ Appearances in the Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance in the Belarusian Super Cup

Personal life

Willum is the son of

Icelandic parliament and Minister of Health since 2021.[4][5][6] He is the brother of fellow footballer Brynjólfur Willumsson, who plays for Kristiansund.[7]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (11 February 2022). "Willum Þór áfram í Hvíta-Rússlandi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Estonia v Iceland game report". Eurosport. 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Willum Þór Willumsson at Soccerway
  4. ^ "Willum Þór Þórsson tekinn við heilbrigðisráðuneytinu af Svandísi Svavarsdóttur". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Government of Iceland. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Willum: Geri mér grein fyrir því að 4. sætið er ekki ásættanlegt". fotbolti.net. 14 September 2017.
  6. Alþingi
    . 20 November 2019.
  7. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson. "Willum Þór og Brynjólfur Darri Willumssynir í U-21 árs landsliðinu - Vísir". visir.is. Vísir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ "PSV is the main supplier for the Eredivisie Team of the Month". 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

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