Birkir Már Sævarsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Birkir.
Birkir Sævarsson
Personal information
Full name Birkir Már Sævarsson
Date of birth (1984-11-11) 11 November 1984
Place of birth Reykjavík, Iceland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Right fullback
Right winger
Left fullback
Center Back
Club information
Current team
Hammarby
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Valur 66 (2)
2008–2014 Brann 168 (15)
2015– Hammarby 28 (2)
National team
2006 Iceland U-21 3 (0)
2007– Iceland 55 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2016
Sævarsson playing in the national team against Austria in 2014

Birkir Már Sævarsson (born 11 November 1984) is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for Hammarby in Sweden.

Being known as a versatile defender, he was originally planned as a right back at his former club SK Brann, but played almost all the 2009 season on the left back. He went on to play 6 seasons for the Norwegian side in the Tippeligaen before signing for Hammarby in December 2014.[1]

At Hammarby he begun the 2015 season as a centre-back, but eventually moved back to his natural position on the right flank. After putting on impressive performances on both positions, he was voted as the "newcomer of the year" by the supporters. [2]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2015[3][4]
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2002 Valur U23 Icelandic Cup 002020
2003 Valur Úrvalsdeild 800080
2004 1. deild 11020130
2005 Úrvalsdeild 102030
2006 18020200
2007 17120191
2008 11130141
2008 SK Brann Tippeligaen 810081
2009 26231293
2010 27210282
2011 27460334
2012 30252354
2013 30320303
2014 20130231
2015 Hammarby Allsvenskan 28250332
Career Total 2431837328021

Honours

Iceland

References

  1. "Birkir Saevarsson klar för Hammarby" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Birkir Årets nykomling 2015!" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. "altomfotball.no: Birkir Sævarsson" (in Norwegian). Altom Fotball. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  4. "Birkir Már Sævarsson" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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