Andri Baldursson
Personal information
Full name Andri Fannar Baldursson
Date of birth (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002
Place of birth Kópavogur, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 IF Elfsborg (on loan from Bologna)
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2019 Breiðablik
2019 → Bologna (loan)
2019–2020 Bologna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Breiðablik 1 (0)
2020– Bologna 15 (0)
2021–2022 → Copenhagen (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → NEC (loan) 11 (0)
2023– → IF Elfsborg (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2018 Iceland U-16 4 (1)
2018–2019 Iceland U-17 21 (3)
2018–2019 Iceland U-18 4 (0)
2019 Iceland U-19 5 (0)
2020– Iceland U-21 14 (0)
2020– Iceland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2023

Andri Fannar Baldursson (born 10 January 2002) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club IF Elfsborg on loan from the Italian Serie A club Bologna.

Club career

Andri started his career with local club Breiðablik in Kópavogur before going on loan to Bologna in January 2019.[1][2] He impressed and was bought by Bologna in August 2019.[3] Andri made his debut in Serie A on 22 February 2020, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andreas Skov Olsen in a 1–1 draw against Udinese,[4] becoming the fifth Icelander to ever play in Serie A.[5] In 2020 Andri was the youngest Icelandic player to play in the top five leagues in Europe.[6]

On 23 August 2021, Danish Superliga club Copenhagen confirmed that Andri had joined the club on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[7] After a season of limited playing time due to injuries - only eight appearances - he returned to Bologna at the end of the season.[8][9]

On 6 July 2022, Andri joined NEC in the Netherlands on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[10]

On 10 August 2023, Andri moved on a new loan to IF Elfsborg in Sweden.[11]

International career

Andri has featured for the U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 Icelandic youth national teams.[12]

He made his Iceland senior national team debut on 8 September 2020 in a Nations League game against Belgium. He started the game and was substituted after 54 minutes in a 5–1 away loss.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2023[12][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Breiðablik 2018 Úrvalsdeild 1000–0010
Bologna 2019–20 Serie A 7000–0070
2020–21 8010–0090
Total 150100000160
Copenhagen (loan) 2021–22 Superliga 30104[lower-alpha 2]0—80
NEC (loan) 2022–23 Eredivisie 11010––120
Career total 300304000370

Honours

Copenhagen

References

  1. ↑ "Andri Fannar Baldursson til Bologna". blikar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mercato: tutte le operazioni del settore giovanile". Bolognafc (in Italian). 1 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bologna kaupir Andra Fannar". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Esordio in rossoblù per Baldursson". Bolognafc (in Italian). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ánægður Andri fimmti Íslendingurinn í efstu deild Ítalíu". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Andri Fannar sá yngsti frá Íslandi sem spilar í einni af bestu deildunum". 24 February 2020.
  7. ↑ FCK LEJER ANDRI FANNAR BALDURSSON, fck.dk, 23 August 2021
  8. ↑ Forlader FCK efter otte kampe: Ikke som håbet, tipsbladet.dk, 4 June 2022
  9. ↑ "Fótbolti.net". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Baldursson joins NEC". Bologna. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Välkommen Andri!" [Welcome Andri!] (in Swedish). IF Elfsborg. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  12. 1 2 "Andri Fannar Baldursson - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Belgium v Iceland game report". UEFA. 8 September 2020.
  14. ↑ Andri Baldursson at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "FC Copenhagen win 14th Danish league title". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 22 May 2022.


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