Hörður Björgvin Magnússon (born 11 February 1993) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Hörður began his career within the youth academy of Knattspyrnufélagið Fram in 1998. He remained within the youth academy until 2010, although he managed to appear in six first–team matches between the 2009 and 2010 campaigns, with his debut coming in a 3–1 away defeat to KR on 30 August 2009. He remained with his local team until 2011, when he was transferred to Italian club

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Juventus

On 23 July 2011, Hörður officially transferred to Juventus where he was registered with the club's youth academy. After spending the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons as an overage player with the ''Primavera'' (under-19) team, Hörður was promoted to the first-team squad ahead of the

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campaign.

Spezia

Initially part of Juventus’ first-team training camp, Hörður was soon transferred to

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side

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on a co-ownership agreement completed on 5 August 2014 for €1 million. He made his Serie B debut on 24 September 2013 in a 2–1 away win versus

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. He finished the season having made 20 league appearances for the side who finished in the final promotion play-off spot, although they failed to progress beyond the first post-season match following a 1–0 defeat away to

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Cesena (loan)

In June 2014 Juventus bought back the 50% share of the player's contract that they had sold to Spezia one year earlier, for €1 million, and immediately loaned Hörður out to

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outfit A.C. Cesena on 23 July 2014. On 31 August 2015, the loan was renewed.

Bristol City

On 13 July 2016, it was announced that Hörður had signed for Championship side

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for an undisclosed fee, penning a three-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 6 August 2016 and scored City's first goal in a 2–1 come-from-behind win over

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. The goal was initially credited to

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although it was later decided that Hörður had scored instead. Magnusson featured in every game as Bristol City reached the semi-finals of the

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with wins over

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opponents

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, Crystal Palace and

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. Magnusson also played as City lost in the semi-final against

leaders

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CSKA Moscow

On 20 June 2018, Russian club CSKA Moscow announced that they had agreed on a transfer of Hörður with Bristol City, with personal terms still to be signed, while Bristol City announced that Hörður had left for an undisclosed fee. On 20 May 2022, CSKA announced that Hörður's contract will not be renewed after it expires at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Panathinaikos

On 9 July 2022, Hörður signed a two-year contract with

in Greece.

International career

Hörður was selected as part of the Iceland national team's 23-man squad for

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. Iceland impressed during the competition, before being knocked out by hosts

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at the quarter-final stage. Hörður did not take part in any of Iceland's five matches. On 28 March 2017, Hörður scored his first goal for Iceland in a 1–0 friendly international win against the

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at the Aviva Stadium. After their qualification for the

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, Magnússon was named by

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as Iceland's "one to watch" for the tournament. In May 2018 he was named in Iceland's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Iceland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hörður goal.''

Honours

Club

CSKA Moscow * Russian Super Cup:

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International

* Baltic Cup:

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