Alfons Sampsted (born 6 April 1998) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

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Club career

Alfons started his career with local club Breiðablik in

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in 2015, playing a single cup game, before going on loan to Þór from Akureyri for the latter half of the season. In 2016, he played most of Breiðablik's games as they finished 6th in the

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. In January 2017, he was transferred to Swedish club

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. He spent three seasons there without ever cementing his place, spending time on loan at

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and

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in Sweden and Breiðablik in Iceland. In February 2020, he joined Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and was a key player in the 2020 season as the club won their first national title. There, he replaced former right back player Erlend Reitan who was on loan from Rosenborg. On 27 December 2022, he joined Dutch club

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International career

Alfons is as of 15 November 2020 the highest capped player of the Icelandic U21 national team with 30 games.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bodø/Glimt *

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