Sölvi Ottesen

Sölvi Ottesen
Personal information
Sölvi Ottesen at an Austria–Iceland match in 2014.
Full name	Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson
Date of birth	(1984-02-18) 18 February 1984
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty
Number	6
Youth career
2000	Víkingur
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2004	Víkingur	36	(0)
2004–2008	Djurgården	35	(2)
2008–2010	SønderjyskE	54	(6)
2010–2013	Copenhagen	43	(8)
2013–2015	Ural	33	(0)
2015–	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	2	(1)
National team^‡
2004–2006	Iceland U21	11	(0)
2005–	Iceland	26	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2015

Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson (born 18 February 1984) is an Icelandic footballer, a centre-back. He is currently playing for Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.

Club career

Born in Reykjavík, he started his career at Vikingur, where he came through the academy. Ottesen made 32 appearances for Vikingur between 2001 and 2004. Ottesen signed for Swedish side Djurgården in 2004 after being an integral part of Vikingur's fortunes. He was capped 35 times, scoring 2 goals for Djurgården.^[1]^[2]

Following a string of impressive performances, he signed a three-year contract with SønderjyskE who play in the Danish Superliga.^[3] On 18 June 2009 it was reported that Ottesen would be going on a trial with Glasgow Celtic in Scotland. Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið stated that he had been invited to train with Celtic during pre-season with a view to a deal subject to a permission from his Danish club, SönderjyskE. In June 2010, he signed a three-year contract with defending Superliga champions F.C. Copenhagen.^[4]

With an impressive start in the Danish capital, Sölvi Ottesen scored a vital goal in the UEFA Champions League Play-Off Round against Rosenborg BK securing F.C. Copenhagen a place in the group stage for the second time in the club history.^[5]

On 1 August 2013 he signed a two year contract with Ural.^[6]

On 14 February 2015, He transferred to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty.^[7]