Stefán Þór Þórðarson (Anglicised Stefan Thor Thordarson; born 27 March 1975) is an Icelandic former professional

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who played as a striker for ÍA Akranes,

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, Stoke City,

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as well as the Iceland national team.

Career

Stefán was born in

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and began his career with local side ÍA Akranes. After four years at Akranesvöllur he moved to Swedish football with

. After scoring six goal in 18 Allsvenskan matches he moved to Norway with

. However he made just two appearances with Brann and moved back to Östers. He tried Norwegian football again with

playing in six matches without scoring he moved to Germany to play for

. He spent the 1999–2000 season with Uerdingen before moving to English club Stoke City in the summer of 2000. He joined up with a number of fellow Icelandic players at Stoke and he made a fine start scoring the winning goal against

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in a pre-season friendly. His form carried on into the season as he scored against

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and

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and twice against

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in the

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one of which was a 30-yard strike. He only scored once more for the remainder of the 2000–01 as Stoke lost to

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in the play-offs. He found himself in and out of the side in 2001–02 which saw him play in 22 matches, 18 of which came from the bench and he scored four goals. He was released by Stoke at the end of the season and moved back to Iceland to play for ÍA Akranes. He then played back in Sweden with

before a third spell with ÍA Akranes. In 2009, he moved to Liechtenstein club

before ending his career with returns to Norrköping and ÍA.

International

Stefán has won 6 caps for

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and scored on his national team debut against South Africa in 1998. He has also played 8 games for the Under 21 team.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thordarson, Stefan 1975 births Living people Stefan Thordarson Östers IF players SK Brann players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Stoke City F.C. players FC Vaduz players Stefan Thordarson Stefan Thordarson English Football League players Regionalliga players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Eliteserien players Swiss Super League players Stefan Thordarson Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Liechtenstein Stefan Thordarson Stefan Thordarson Association football forwards