Atli Barkarson
Icelandic footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Atli Barkarson (born 19 March 2001) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Zulte Waregem and the Iceland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zulte Waregem | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2016 | Völsungur | ||
| 2017–2019 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Völsungur | 7 | (2) |
| 2019 | Fredrikstad | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 36 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | SønderjyskE | 54 | (2) |
| 2024– | Zulte Waregem | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Iceland U16 | 7 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | Iceland U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Iceland U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Iceland U19 | 10 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Iceland U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2022– | Iceland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:54, 21 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Atli joined the youth academy of Völsungur in 2012 and was promoted to the first team in 2017. He made seven appearances and scored two goals in the 3. deild karla that season.[2]
On 2 September 2017, Atli joined the youth team of Norwich City of the English Championship. After playing for the club's under-18 team for the first year, he signed his first professional contract on 30 June 2018. In August 2019, Atli left the club to join Fredrikstad FK of the Norwegian First Division.[3] During his short stint with the club, he made three league appearances.[4]
In 2020, Atli returned to Iceland and signed for Víkingur Reykjavík of the Úrvalsdeild.[2] He appeared in the team's single 2020–21 UEFA Europa League match, a 1–2 elimination defeat to NK Olimpija Ljubljana of the Slovenia PrivaLiga.[5]
On 27 January 2022, it was confirmed that Atli had joined Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE on a deal until June 2026.[6] On August 19, 2024, Belgian Challenger Pro League club Zulte Waregem confirmed that they had signed Barkarson on a deal until June 2026.[7]
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Atli was called up to the senior national team for a friendlies against Uganda and South Korea in January 2022.[8] He made his senior international debut as a starter in the first match, an eventual 1–1 draw, on 12 January 2022.[9][10]
International career statistics
- As of match played 10 June 2022.
| Iceland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
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