Birkir Bjarnason

**Birkir Bjarnason** (born on 27 May 1988 in Akureyri, Iceland) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. He currently plays for the Swiss club of FC Basel and the Iceland national team. In his homeland, he is nicknamed Thor.

He has also played for Viking FK, FK Bodø/Glimt, Standard Liège, Delfino Pescara 1936, and Sampdoria. He won the Swiss Super League with Basel in 2016.

He was included in Iceland's squad for the UEFA Euro 2016. On 14 June 2016, he scored Iceland's first goal at a major tournament. It was against Portugal, and the game ended in a draw.

### International goals

|#|Date|Location|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27 May 2012|Valenciennes, France||||Friendly||
|12 October 2012|Tirana, Albania||||2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||
|7 June 2013|Reykjavík, Iceland||||||
|10 September 2013|Reykjavík, Iceland||||||
|28 March 2015|Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan||||UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||
|14 June 2016|Saint-Étienne, France||||UEFA Euro 2016||
|3 July 2016|Saint-Denis, France||||||

## Other websites

- KSI profile
- Profile on the Swiss Football League homepage
- Profile at Viking

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Birkir Bjarnason
- **image**: Birkir Bjarnason 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Birkir playing for Iceland national football team, Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **fullname**: Birkir Bjarnason
- **birth place**: Akureyri, Iceland
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Central midfielder
- **currentclub**: Brescia Calcio, Brescia
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthclubs1**: KA Akureyri
- **youthclubs2**: Austrått IL, Austrått
- **youthclubs3**: Figgjo IL, Figgjo
- **years1**: 2006–2011
- **clubs1**: Viking FK, Viking
- **caps1**: 103
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 2008
- **clubs2**: → Bodø/Glimt (loan)
- **caps2**: 22
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2012–2013
- **clubs3**: Standard Liège
- **caps3**: 16
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2012–2013
- **clubs4**: → Delfino Pescara 1936, Pescara (loan)
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2013
- **clubs5**: Delfino Pescara 1936, Pescara
- **caps5**: 1
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2013–2014
- **clubs6**: U.C. Sampdoria, Sampdoria
- **caps6**: 14
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2014–2015
- **clubs7**: Delfino Pescara 1936, Pescara
- **caps7**: 35
- **goals7**: 10
- **years8**: 2015–2017
- **clubs8**: FC Basel
- **caps8**: 42
- **goals8**: 14
- **years9**: 2017–2019
- **clubs9**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps9**: 48
- **goals9**: 5
- **years10**: 2019
- **clubs10**: Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi
- **caps10**: 5
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2020–2021
- **clubs11**: Brescia Calcio, Brescia
- **caps11**: 39
- **goals11**: 6
- **years12**: 2021–2023
- **clubs12**: Adana Demirspor
- **caps12**: 41
- **goals12**: 5
- **years13**: 2023
- **clubs13**: Viking FK, Viking
- **caps13**: 11
- **goals13**: 2
- **years14**: 2023–
- **clubs14**: Brescia Calcio, Brescia
- **caps14**: 1
- **goals14**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2004
- **nationalteam1**: Iceland national under-17 football team, Iceland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Iceland national under-19 football team, Iceland U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 14
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2011
- **nationalteam3**: Iceland national under-21 football team, Iceland U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 25
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **nationalyears4**: 2010–
- **nationalteam4**: Iceland national football team, Iceland
- **nationalcaps4**: 113
- **nationalgoals4**: 15
- **club-update**: 03:21, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 16 November 2022