# Samúel Friðjónsson

Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (born 22 February 1996) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Stjarnan and the Iceland national team.

## Club career
### Reading

Samúel joined Reading in March 2013 to train with the club before his two-year contract with the club began on 1 July 2013. Samúel extended his contract with Reading for another year on 22 May 2015. On 9 May 2016, Reading announced that Samúel's contract would not be renewed and that he would become a free agent at the end of his contract on 30 June 2016.

### Vålerenga

On 16 June 2016, Samúel signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vålerenga, to start on 1 July 2016 when his Reading contract expired.
Samúel made his debut for Vålerenga on 2 July 2017, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Bård Finne in Vålerenga's 0–0 away draw against Brann.

#### Viking (loan)

On 30 January 2019, Samúel joined Viking on loan until the end of the 2019 season.

### SC Paderborn

On 18 January 2020, SC Paderborn announced the signing of Samúel on a contract until 30 June 2022.

### Viking

Samúel rejoined Viking in October 2020, having agreed the termination of his contract with SC Paderborn. He signed a contract until 2022.

## International career

Samúel represented the Icelandic U-17 national team on 11 occasions between 2011 and 2012, scoring twice, with his debut coming on 2 August 2011, in a 3–1 win over Sweden U-17. Samúel went on to represent the U-19 team twenty times between 2013 and 2014, scoring three times, with his debut coming in a 1–1 home draw against Denmark. On 26 March 2015, Samúel made his debut for the U-21 team in their 3–0 defeat to Romania. Samúel made his debut for Iceland on 11 January 2018 in an unofficial friendly against Indonesia Selection.
Samúel was called up to Iceland's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 11 May 2018.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 25 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Domestic Cup | Domestic Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total | Ref. |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Ref. |
| Keflavík | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Keflavík | 2013 | Úrvalsdeild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |
| Keflavík | Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – |
| Reading | 2013–14 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Reading | 2014–15 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Reading | 2015–16 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Reading | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Vålerenga | 2016 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Vålerenga | 2017 | Eliteserien | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | |
| Vålerenga | 2018 | Eliteserien | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 1 | |
| Vålerenga | Total | Total | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | – |
| Viking (loan) | 2019 | Eliteserien | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 4 | |
| SC Paderborn | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Viking | 2020 | Eliteserien | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Viking | 2021 | Eliteserien | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 6 | |
| Viking | 2022 | Eliteserien | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 27 | 3 | |
| Viking | Total | Total | 48 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 10 | – |
| Atromitos | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 2 | |
| Atromitos | 2023–24 | Superleague Greece | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | |
| Atromitos | Total | Total | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 40 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 148 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 20 | – |
* ↑ All appearances in the Norwegian Football Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

    As of match played 17 November 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Iceland | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 0 |

## Honours
### Viking

* Norwegian Football Cup: 2019