 Viðar with Rubin Kazan in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Selfoss, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KA Akureyri | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2006 | Selfoss | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Selfoss | 45 | (12) |
| 2009 | ÍBV | 17 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Selfoss | 55 | (26) |
| 2013 | Fylkir | 22 | (13) |
| 2014 | Vålerenga | 29 | (25) |
| 2015 | Jiangsu Sainty | 28 | (9) |
| 2016 | Malmö FF | 20 | (14) |
| 2016–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 63 | (32) |
| 2018–2020 | Rostov | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | →Hammarby (loan) | 15 | (7) |
| 2019 | →Rubin Kazan (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2020 | →Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Vålerenga | 42 | (18) |
| 2022–2023 | Atromitos | 31 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | CSKA 1948 | 11 | (1) |
| 2024– | KA Akureyri | 37 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Iceland U17 | 8 | (4) |
| 2008 | Iceland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Iceland | 32 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 August 2022 | |||
Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Icelandic pronunciation:[ˈvɪːðarœrtn̥ˈcʰar̥tansɔn]; born 11 March 1990) is an Icelandic professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forBesta deild karla clubKA Akureyri.[2]
Viðar made his debut forSelfoss in 2006, aged 16. He joined Icelandic top division clubÍBV in 2009 but rejoined Selfoss after a short stint with ÍBV.
He joined Icelandic clubFylkir in 2013 and after a very prolific goalscoring season in the Icelandic top flight, he joined Norwegian clubVålerenga in December 2013.[3] Viðar scored his first goal for Vålerenga in a 3–1 home win overBodø/Glimt on 6. April 2014.
After his first year in Norway, Viðar ended up as the top scorer in the Norwegian top league with 25 goals scored in 29 games.
On 22 January 2015, Viðar transferred toChinese Super League sideJiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.[4] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty signed him for €3.5 million. On 7 March 2015, he made his debut and scored his first goal for Jiangsu in the first league match of the 2015 season which Jiangsu Sainty lost toShanghai SIPG 2–1.[5]
Viðar played a vital part in the Chinese FA cup, and was the club's top goalscorer in the cup with four goals, which helped Jiangsu to win their first trophy in history of the club.[citation needed]
On 27 January 2016, he signed for Swedish clubMalmö FF.[6][7]
On 30 August 2016, he transferred to Israeli clubMaccabi Tel Aviv. He has won the2017–18 Toto Cup with the team.
He signed a four-year deal with the club. On 26 October 2016, Kjartansson won the Swedish championship as Malmö FF sealed the title in his absence.
On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with theRussian Premier League clubFC Rostov, joining his compatriotsRagnar Sigurðsson,Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson andSverrir Ingi Ingason at the club.[8] He scored his first two goals for the club on 26 September 2018 in aRussian Cup 4–0 victory over a third-tier clubFC Syzran-2003.[9]
On 18 March 2019, Viðar signed a five-month loan deal withHammarby IF in Allsvenskan.[10]
On 20 July 2019, he joined Russian clubFC Rubin Kazan on loan for the 2019–20 season.[11] He played 16 league games and scored one goal during the first half of the season, as Rubin Kazan was placed 13th in the table, before terminating his loan deal on 11 January 2020.[12] On 27 January 2020, Rostov announced that he was loaned to Turkish clubYeni Malatyaspor.[13]
On 28 August 2020, he returned toVålerenga and signed a contract until 2023.[14]
On 1 August 2022, he joinedAtromitos on a two-year deal.[15] He scored in his debut againstOFI, helping to a 3–1 home win in theseason's opener.[16]
Viðar made his senior international debut forIceland in 2014, starting as a centre forward in a friendly againstAustria.[17] He scored his first international goal in a friendly against theUnited Arab Emirates in January 2016.[18] Despite a strong run for his club teamMalmö FF, Viðar was overlooked for a spot in Iceland'sEuro 2016 squad and instead put on the team's standby list.[19] His second international goal came in a friendly againstQatar in November 2017.[20] Viðar once again missed out on playing in an international championship, when he was left out of Iceland'sWorld Cup 2018 squad, serving as a non-squad reserve.[21]
Viðar announced his retirement from international duty in October 2018 at the age of 28, having won 19 caps and scored two goals.[22]
In March 2019, Viðar reversed his decision to retire from the national team and was called up to represent Iceland in theUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games againstAndorra andFrance.[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Selfoss | 2006 | 2. deild | 7 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2007 | 2. deild | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| 2008 | 1. deild | 22 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 28 | 11 | ||
| Total | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | — | 62 | 19 | |||
| ÍBV | 2009 | Úrvalsdeild | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 24 | 6 | |
| Selfoss | 2010 | Úrvalsdeild | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2011 | 1. deild | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | — | 31 | 21 | ||
| 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 27 | 11 | ||
| Total | 55 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | — | 70 | 35 | |||
| Fylkir | 2013 | Úrvalsdeild | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 30 | 23 | |
| Vålerenga | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 33 | 31 | ||
| Jiangsu Sainty | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 28 | 9 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 35 | 13 | ||
| Malmö FF | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 26 | 17 | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2016–17 | Israeli Premier League | 33 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | 44 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9[c] | 4 | 42 | 21 | |
| Total | 63 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 86 | 45 | ||
| Rostov | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| Hammarby (loan) | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 7 | ||
| Rubin Kazan (loan) | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Vålerenga | 2020 | Eliteserien | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 9 | ||
| 2021 | Eliteserien | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 5 | |||
| 2022 | Eliteserien | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 4 | |||
| Total | 42 | 18 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 18 | ||||
| Atromitos | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 403 | 167 | 43 | 31 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 499 | 227 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 January 2016 | Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 14 November 2017 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium,Doha, Qatar |  Qatar | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 22 March 2019 | Estadi Nacional,Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualification |
| 4 | 15 November 2020 | Parken Stadium,Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A |
Jiangsu Sainty
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