.jpg) Hákon playing forIF Elfsborg in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-10-13)13 October 2001 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | KR | ||
| 2015–2017 | Grótta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Grótta | 65 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | IF Elfsborg | 48 | (0) |
| 2024– | Brentford | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Iceland U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Iceland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Iceland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Iceland | 20 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2025 | |||
Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (born 13 October 2001) is an Icelandic professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forPremier League clubBrentford and theIceland national team.
Hákon Valdimarsson playedhandball inReykjavík forKnattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur. He played as an outfield player.[3]
After playing for theirhandball team, Hákon joined the Under-19football team when they needed agoalkeeper. He played with them for a while, until the first team needed a second goalkeeper.[3]
Hákon joinedGrótta in 2015. After playing as an outfield player for the youth sides of KR, he first played as agoalkeeper after his switch to Grótta in 2015, appearing as an outfield player for Grótta's youth sides as late as 2017.[4] He made his senior debut in the last game of the2017 1. deild season as an already relegated Grótta lost 2–1 to Leiknir Reykjavík.[5] Hákon then played in 15 out of 22 games in the2018 2. deild as Grótta placed second and were promoted back to1. deild. In the2019 season, Hákon played in all 22 matches as Grótta became champions and were promoted to the top tierÚrvalsdeild for the first time.[6]
In2020 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 withAllsvenskan teamIF Elfsborg and that Hákon would join them in the summer.[7] Hákon played nine matches for Grótta in the first half of the 2021 season before joining Elfsborg in July.
It was announced on 30 April 2021 that Hákon had signed withAllsvenskan teamIF Elfsborg and that Hákon would join them in the summer, Hákon then joined formally in July.[7][8] Hákon made his Allsvenskan debut for Elfsborg in a 1–0 win againstIFK Göteborg on 1 October 2021 and proceeded to play in the next four matches.[9] Hákon was on the bench for the first half of the 2022 season, before he was given a chance to start in a 1–0 loss againstKalmar FF on 24 July 2022. The following game he was on the bench but a second start of the season in a 1–1 draw againstMjällby AIF saw him cement his place as the starting goalkeeper for IF Elfsborg. Hákon started all but one game in the 2023 season, being sent off in the 29th minute of a 1–0 loss toIFK Värnamo on 2 September 2023. Hákon conceded 22 goals in 29 league appearances, keeping 14 clean sheets. At the end of the season, Hákon was given the Allsvenskan goalkeeper of the year award.[10]
On 26 January 2024, Hákon signed a contract until June 2028 withPremier League clubBrentford, for a reported £2.6 million transfer fee.[11][12] He made his Premier League debut againstBrighton & Hove Albion as a first-half substitute on 28 December 2024, after an injury toMark Flekken.[13]
Hákon has featured for the U-18, U-19 and U-21 Iceland youth teams, debuting in 2018, 2019 and 2021 respectively.[4] On 12 November 2021 Hákon received his first call-up to the senior squad whenPatrik Gunnarsson had to withdraw through injury.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | ― | ― | 84 | 0 | ||||
| IF Elfsborg | 2021 | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 0 | 0 | ― | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | ― | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | ― | ― | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ― | 0 | 0 | ― | 49 | 0 | ||||
| Brentford | 2024–25 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ― | ― | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ― | ― | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ― | ― | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 114 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | ||
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