Ari Freyr Skúlason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Ari.
Ari Skúlason
Personal information
Full name Ari Freyr Skúlason
Date of birth 14 May 1987 (1987-05-14) (age 24)
Place of birth Reykjavik, Iceland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position winger
Club information
Current club GIF Sundsvall
Number 11
Youth career
Valur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003-2005 SC Heerenveen 0 (0)
2006 Valur 11 (1)
2006-2007 BK Häcken 28 (2)
2008- GIF Sundsvall 98 (17)
National team‡
2003-2004 Iceland U-17 9 (0)
2005 Iceland U-19 11 (0)
2007-2009 Iceland U-21 10
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 August 2009.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 November 2007

Ari Freyr Skúlason (born 14 May 1987) is an Icelandic football winger. He plays for the Swedish club GIF Sundsvall, having transferred from BK Häcken in November 2007.

Club career

He started his career with Valur, and went to the Netherlands to play for SC Heerenveen in 2003. In 2005 he moved back to Valur in Iceland when his contract with SC Heerenveen expired. Skúlason has been capped at youth levels for the Icelandic national team. After a short spell at Valur he was transferred to BK Häcken on 4 August 2006. He is very quick and technically skilled. One of Iceland's biggest talents.

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