Viðar Ari Jónsson
{{short description|Icelandic footballer}}
{{icelandic name|Viðar|male}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Viðar Ari Jónsson
| image = Viðar Ari Jónsson.png
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|10}}
| birth_place = Iceland
| height = 1.84 m
| currentclub = HamKam
| clubnumber = 7
| position = Right midfielder, right back
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010 | youthclubs1 = Þróttur Reykjavík
| youthyears2 = 2010–2011 | youthclubs2 = Fjölnir
| years1 = 2011–2017 | clubs1 = Fjölnir | caps1 = 85 | goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Brann | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → FH (loan) | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2019–2021 | clubs4 = Sandefjord | caps4 = 81 | goals4 = 14
| years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Budapest Honvéd | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = FH | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = HamKam | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalteam1 = Iceland U-19 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam2 = Iceland U-21 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017– | nationalteam3 = Iceland | nationalcaps3 =7 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 4 December 2024
| ntupdate = 12 March 2022
}}
Viðar Ari Jónsson (born 10 March 1994) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Norwegian club HamKam as a right midfielder,.{{WorldFootball.net|vidar-ari-jonsson}}
Career
Viðar, who began his career with Þróttur Reykjavík and spent 7 years with Fjölnir, signed for Eliteserien club Brann on 6 March 2017.{{cite web |url=http://fotbolti.net/news/06-03-2017/vidar-ari-ordinn-leikmadur-brann-stadfest |title=Viðar Ari orðinn leikmaður Brann (Staðfest) |language=is |trans-title=Wood Ari become a player Brann (AP) |first=Elvar Geir |last=Magnússon |work=fótbolti.net |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=6 March 2017}}
On 18 January 2019, Jónsson signed with Sandefjord for three years.[http://www.sandefjordfotball.no/nyheter/henter-back-fra-brann Henter back fra Brann], sandefjordfotball.no, 18 January 2019
On 15 February 2022, Viðar Ari signed a 1.5-year contract with Budapest Honvéd in Hungary.{{cite press release|publisher=Budapest Honvéd|url=https://honvedfc.hu/hirek/magasra-tenne-a-mercet/2022-02-15|title=MAGASRA TENNÉ A MÉRCÉT|date=15 February 2022|access-date=15 February 2022|language=hu}}
In August 2023, he signed a contract with FH from his home country, but just after one month he moved to Norway, to play for HamKam in Eliteserien.{{cite web|url=https://www.hamkam.no/nyheter/vidar-ari-jonsson-er-kamma-spiller|title=Viðar Ari Jónsson er Kamma-spiller|publisher=HamKam|language=no|access-date=4 September 2023}}
International career
Viðar has been involved with the U-19 and U-21 teams, and made his senior team debut against Chile at the 2017 China Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/13869 |title=A karla - Ísland í 2. sæti á China Cup {{!}} Landslið {{!}} Knattspyrnusamband Íslands |website=www.ksi.is |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720201813/http://www.ksi.is/landslid/nr/13869 |archive-date=2017-07-20}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|15 May 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|European !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals
!Apps | Goals | ||
| rowspan="7"|Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir
|2011{{Soccerway |id=vidar-ari--jonsson/188863|name=Vidar Ari Jonsson |accessdate=25 July 2017}} |rowspan="3"|1. deild karla |2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2012
|17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |17 | 3 | ||||||
| 2013
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |13 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014
|rowspan="3"|Úrvalsdeild |10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |12 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015
|22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |25 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016
|21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |22 | 1 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Fjölnir total
!85 | 5 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 91 | 5 |
| rowspan="2"|Brann
|2017 |rowspan="1"|Eliteserien |11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |14 | 1 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Brann total
!11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| rowspan="2"|FH (loan)
|2018{{cite web |title=Leikmaður - Viðar Ari Jónsson |url=https://www.ksi.is/mot/leikmadur/$PlayerDetails/FirstTierGames/?leikmadur=181435&mot=37403#main-content |website=www.ksi.is |publisher=KSÍ |access-date=13 December 2021 |language=is}} |rowspan="1"|Úrvalsdeild |18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|FH total
!19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| rowspan="4"|Sandefjord
|2019 |rowspan="1"|OBOS-ligaen |25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | |||
| |28 | 2 | ||||||
| 2020
|rowspan="2"|Eliteserien |27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |27 | 2 | ||||||
| 2021
|29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | |||
| |31 | 13 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Sandefjord total
!81 | 14 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 86 | 17 |
| rowspan="2"|Budapest Honvéd
|rowspan="1"|Nemzeti Bajnokság I |6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |7 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Brann total
!6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!204 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 23 |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{KSI player|181435}}
{{Hamarkameratene squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidar Ari Jónsson}}
Category:Icelandic men's footballers
Category:Iceland men's youth international footballers
Category:Iceland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Iceland men's international footballers
Category:Icelandic expatriate men's footballers
Category:Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Category:Icelandic expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Category:Sandefjord Fotball players
Category:21st-century Icelandic sportsmen
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