This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Birkir.
Birkir Bjarnason
Birkir playing for Iceland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Birkir Bjarnason[1]
Date of birth
(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth
Akureyri, Iceland
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)
Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Brescia
Number
7
Youth career
KA Akureyri
Austrått
Figgjo
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2006–2011
Viking
103
(16)
2008
→ Bodø/Glimt (loan)
22
(5)
2012–2013
Standard Liège
16
(0)
2012–2013
→ Pescara (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–
Brescia
14
(3)
International career‡
2004
Iceland U17
7
(2)
2005–2007
Iceland U19
14
(3)
2006–2011
Iceland U21
25
(4)
2010–
Iceland
113
(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:05, 8 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022
Birkir Bjarnason (born 27 May 1988) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie B club Brescia and the Iceland national football team,[3] where he is their all-time leader in appearances.
^"Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ ab"2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Iceland" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2018. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^"Birkir Bjarnason". KSI. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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