Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason
Icelandic footballer
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Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (born 11 May 2000) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie B club Südtirol and the Iceland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Reykjavík, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Südtirol | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2017 | Afturelding | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Afturelding | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | ÍA | 41 | (5) |
| 2020–2026 | Venezia | 66 | (4) |
| 2022 | → Catanzaro (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Foggia (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2026– | Südtirol | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Iceland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Iceland U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Iceland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Iceland U21 | 14 | (0) |
| 2022– | Iceland | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2025 | |||
Club career
Bjarki made his debut for Afturelding in a 3–1 win against Völsungur on 15 July 2017.[1] On 6 December 2017, he joined ÍA and played there for three years.[2] On 21 August 2020, he joined Venezia.[3]
On 14 January 2022, he joined Serie C club Catanzaro on loan until the end of the season.[4]
Upon his return from loan, Bjarki did not make any league appearances for Venezia in the first half of the 2022–23 season, playing in one Coppa Italia game. On 20 January 2023, he was loaned to Serie C club Foggia.[5]
Personal life
His father is former international handballer, Bjarki Sigurðsson.[6][7][8]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Afturelding | 2016 | 2. deild | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| ÍA | 2018 | 1. deild | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Úrvalsdeild | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 28 | 6 | |||
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 5 | — | — | 62 | 10 | ||||
| Venezia | 2020–21 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3[c] | 0 | 36 | 3 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 60 | 3 | ||||
| Catanzaro (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Foggia (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie C | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9[d] | 3 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 6 | — | 13 | 3 | 171 | 21 | |||
- Includes Icelandic Cup, Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C
- Includes Icelandic League Cup
- Appearance(s) in Serie B play-off
- Appearance(s) in Serie C play-off
International
- As of match played 9 September 2025[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
- 1. deild karla: 2018
- Icelandic League Cup runner-up: 2019
