Elías Már Ómarsson
Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for Excelsior.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elías Már Ómarsson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Keflavik, Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Excelsior | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Keflavík | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Keflavík | 37 | (8) |
| 2015–2016 | Vålerenga | 28 | (6) |
| 2016 | → IFK Göteborg (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | IFK Göteborg | 37 | (8) |
| 2018– | Excelsior | 71 | (37) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Iceland U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Iceland U19 | 12 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Iceland U21 | 12 | (3) |
| 2015– | Iceland | 9 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2020 | |||
Club career
Elías Már started his career with local club Keflavík in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with Vålerenga on 5 February 2015.[2]
In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club IFK Göteborg for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use.[3][4]
He moved to Eredivisie club S.B.V. Excelsior in August 2018.[5]
International career
Elías Már made his first international appearance on 16 January 2015 in a match against Canada, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 23 January 2021
| Season | Club | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Keflavík | 2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2014 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 30 | 10 | ||
| Total | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 55 | 12 | ||
| Vålerenga | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Total | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
| IFK Göteborg | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
| 2017 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
| 2018 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | ||
| Total | 50 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19 | ||
| Excelsior | 2018-19 | Eredivisie | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| 2019-20 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 12 | |
| 2020-21 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | ||
| Total | 71 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 41 | ||
| Career total | 186 | 65 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 227 | 81 | ||
1Icelandic League Cup
2Eredivisie relegation play-off matches.
References
- Elías Már Ómarsson at WorldFootball.net
- http://www.mbl.is/sport/frettir/2015/02/05/elias_samdi_vid_vaalerenga_til_thriggja_ara/
- http://www.gp.se/sport/fotboll/isl%C3%A4ndskt-nyf%C3%B6rv%C3%A4rv-till-bl%C3%A5vitt-1.3552900
- Jönsson, Fredrik (15 November 2016). "Klart: Elias Omarsson stannar hos IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- "Elias lämnar IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- "Kristinn og Matthías skoruðu í sigri á Kanada". Retrieved 19 January 2015.