Arnór Ingvi Traustason (born 30 April 1993) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Swedish club

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

as a

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Club career

While at Keflavik, Arnór Ingvi was named as the most promising player of the 2013 Úrvalsdeild after the season by his fellow Úrvalsdeild players. Arnór Ingvi was signed to

, and won the 2015 Swedish title with the club. Arnór Ingvi signed with

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in the summer of 2016. On 5 July 2017,

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

announced the signing of Arnór Ingvi on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option of €1 million for the summer of 2018. On 26 October 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in 7–0 away win against Apollon Larissa for the

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. He was officially set for release from the club on 4 December 2017 as his performances and work rate did not live up to the expectations of experienced Spanish manager Manolo Jimenez. He made only five official performances with the club at the first part of 2017–18 season and signed a three and a half-year contract with Swedish club

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for an undisclosed fee. In March 2021 he signed for American MLS team

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. In August 2022 he returned to IFK Norrköping.

International career

Arnór Ingvi has represented Iceland at youth levels such as the under-17s, the under-19s and the under-21s. He played for the under-21 side at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification and the

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. Arnór Ingvi made his senior debut for

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on 13 November 2015 in a 2–4 away defeat at the

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against

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. He was included in Heimir Hallgrímsson and Lars Lagerbäck's 23-man squad for the Euro 2016. On 22 June 2016, Arnór Ingvi scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over

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as Iceland finished second in their Euro 2016 group, thus taking them to the Round of 16. In May 2018 he was named in Iceland’s 23 man-squad for the

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in Russia.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

IFK Norrköping * Allsvenskan: 2015

References

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