_Ingason.jpg) Sverrir withIceland at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sverrir Ingi Ingason[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Kópavogur, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Panathinaikos | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2011 | Breiðablik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Breiðablik | 42 | (2) |
| 2011 | →Augnablik (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Viking | 29 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Lokeren | 67 | (1) |
| 2017 | Granada | 17 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Rostov | 45 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | PAOK | 105 | (20) |
| 2023–2024 | Midtjylland | 24 | (2) |
| 2024– | Panathinaikos | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Iceland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Iceland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Iceland U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2014– | Iceland | 65 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2025 | |||
Sverrir Ingi Ingason (born 5 August 1993) is an Icelandic professionalfootballer who plays as acentre back forGreek Super League clubPanathinaikos and theIceland national team.
Sverrir previously played for Icelandic clubBreiðablik UBK before transferring toViking FK. After a successful spell at the Norwegian club he moved toLokeren of Belgium.
An Icelandic international, he participated at theUEFA Euro 2016 and the2018 World Cup with the senior team.
Sverrir was born in Kópavogur, a town near by the capital of Iceland,Reykjavík. He started playing football at the age of 4 at his local club Breiðablik. The club is known for its great youth system which has produced players likeWillum Þór Willumsson,Alfreð Finnbogason andJóhann Berg Guðmundsson.
In 2011 at the age of 18 Sverrir started playing for Breiðablik's feeder club Augnablik. He quickly got the attention of the parent's club manager,Ólafur Kristjánsson, who made Sverrir one of his key players. After that season 2012–13 he was voted the most promising player in Breiðablik.
In the season 2013–14 he became one of the best players in the league. He was voted the best player of Breiðablik and made it into the divisions team of the year.
Sverrir was the subject of transfer speculation, with the player linked to several clubs. On 1 January 2014 he decided to sign for Norwegian club Viking FK. At the club he played along with four other Icelandic players,Indriði Sigurðsson,Jón Daði Böðvarsson,Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson andBjörn Daníel Sverrisson.
Sverrir was influential early on and right away started all the games in the heart of defence alongside the club's captain and one of Iceland's most experienced centre backs, Indriði Sigurdsson. After his first season, he was voted Viking FK best player of 2014.
One year later, in February 2015 Sverrir opted for a move toLokeren. His debut with the new club was made one week later againstOostende for theleague playing for 90 minutes. Making great appearances and playing all the matches for his club, Lokeren finished 8th for the Regular season and 1st for the Europa League playoffs. The nextseason Ingi made 32 appearances and scoring his only goal with the club againstStandard Liège on 13 September. With his market value going up after another 21 appearances on2016–17 season with theTricolores, in January 2017Granada CF made a move to take his signature for €1.8 million.
He stayed in Belgium making 70 appearances and scoring one goal.
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Sverrir moved toAndalusia for the first semester of 2017, joiningGranada. He maintained his high level of performances, but his team could not avoid relegation. In the summer of 2017, FC Rostov paid €1.2 million to secure his services.[2]
On 30 June 2017,Russian Premier League sideRostov announced the signing of Sverrir on a three-year contract.[3]Ingi united inRostov with his national teammatesRagnar Sigurðsson andBjörn Bergmann Sigurðarson finding there a good atmosphere to settle up on a new country. Full season for Ingarson making 30 appearances and scoring three goals overall for theSelmashi and finished 11th in theLeague also got to the Round of 16Russian Cup.
In the2018–19 season, making a good start, Ingason played 17 matches and scored twice.
On the winter transfer window on the same seasonPAOK made the move to buy him for a €4.5 million transfer fee.[4]
On 1 February 2019, Sverrir joined Greek clubPAOK on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[4] During the2018–19 season Ingasson won the double with PAOK. On 1 December 2019, he scored his first goal with the club in an away derby match against rivalsOlympiakos in a final 1–1 draw.[5] On 23 December 2019, he scored a brace in a hammering 5–1 home win againstAtromitos and the club will celebrate Christmas 2019 at the top of theSuper League I table.[6]
The following year2019–20 he had an upgraded role in the team, playing in a total of 34 games, while offering four goals and one assist. In2020–221, he was, for another year, a key member of the team for most of the season. In thefinal of the year, he suffered an injury that left him out for a long time. Nevertheless, he was crowned Greek cup winner for the second time with the PAOK jersey. In the final on 22 May, PAOK facedOSFP, with Dikefalos of the North prevailing with a score of 2–1. He did not play due to his injury.
On 1 February 2021,PAOK rejected a €5 million offer from an unnamed English club for his services.[7]
Coming back from a long period of recovery from an injury,[8] Sverrir temporarily played forPAOK B inSuper League Greece 2, and made his debut on the first match of theseason, on 6 November 2021.[9]
The "black and white" announced the extension of its cooperation with Ingi Ingasson until the summer of 2025. "Let's go PAOKara", the first message of the Icelandic stopper.The agreement that existed a week ago between PAOK and Ingi Ingasson became official, with the "black and white" formalizing the event on Wednesday afternoon (23/2/22). After the successful 2021–22 season and the turbulent 2022–23 season, in which Ingasson remained a vital part of the squad, he was released in the summer of 2023, having left an important mark on the club in his4+1⁄2-year service atThessaloniki.[10]
Sverrir was an Icelandic youth international, having earned caps at under-18, under-20 and at the under-21 level. He captained his side at the UEFA Euro Under-21s in 2015 where they lost against Denmark in the play-offs on away goals. He made his debut for thesenior national team in January 2014 againstSweden. He was part of the squad which made it to the quarter-finals of theUEFA Euro 2016.
In May 2018, he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the2018 World Cup in Russia.[11]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Augnablik (loan) | 2011 | 3. deild | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Breiðablik | 2011 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 3 | ||||
| 2013 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | |||
| Total | 42 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 77 | 7 | |||
| Viking | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| Lokeren | 2014–15 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 70 | 1 | ||||
| Granada | 2016–17 | La Liga | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Rostov | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 5 | ||||
| PAOK | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 39 | 6 | |||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| Total | 105 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 15 | ||
| PAOK B | 2021–22 | Super League Greece 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Midtjylland | 2023–24 | Danish Superliga | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |
| Panathinaikos | 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |
| Career total | 363 | 30 | 72 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 460 | 37 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 65 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March 2016 | Karaiskakis Stadium,Piraeus, Greece |  Greece | 2–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 1 June 2016 | Ullevaal Stadion,Oslo, Norway |  Norway | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 3 | 15 November 2016 | Ta'Qali National Stadium,Ta'Qali, Malta |  Malta | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 13 November 2025 | Neftçi Arena,Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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