Birkir Bjarnason

Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir playing for Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Birkir Bjarnason
Date of birth (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988
Place of birth Akureyri, Iceland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Central midfielder
Youth career
KA Akureyri
Austrått
Figgjo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Viking 103 (16)
2008Bodø/Glimt (loan) 22 (5)
2012–2013 Standard Liège 16 (0)
2012–2013Pescara (loan) 24 (2)
2013 Pescara 1 (0)
2013–2014 Sampdoria 14 (0)
2014–2015 Pescara 35 (10)
2015–2017 FC Basel 42 (14)
2017–2019 Aston Villa 48 (5)
2019 Al-Arabi 5 (1)
2020–2021 Brescia 39 (6)
2021–2023 Adana Demirspor 41 (5)
2023 Viking 11 (2)
2023–2025 Brescia 64 (9)
Total 465 (75)
International career
2004 Iceland U17 7 (2)
2005–2007 Iceland U19 14 (3)
2006–2011 Iceland U21 25 (4)
2010–2022 Iceland 113 (15)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2022

Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is the most capped player of the Iceland national team.