Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson ''(anglicized Thorarinn Ingi Valdimarsson''; born 23 April 1990) is an

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ic footballer who plays for

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Club career

Þórarinn was born and raised in the town of

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, and had his debut for

Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (, ), commonly known as ÍBV, is an Icelandic multi-sports district association from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It was founded in 1903 as Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja by Björgúlfur Ólafss ...

(ÍBV) in 2007 and played 12 games for the team in the 1. deild karla (men's 1st division). Þórarinn scored 2 goals in 19 games when ÍBV won

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to the

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

(Premier division) after winning the 2008 1. deild karla, and was named as the most promising player of the squad at the end of the season. The same year he played 5 games for the Iceland U19 national team. Þórarinn was on a one-month trial with Belgian team

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in January 2009. Þórarinn scored 1 goal in 19 matches in 2009 when ÍBV were again playing in the Icelandic top league, after five years of absence. The next season, he scored 5 goals in 21 matches when ÍBV finished third in the

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. On 5 December 2010 he signed a new three-year contract with ÍBV. He was later selected for Iceland's first

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team. Þórarinn started 21 matches and scored 5 goals in 2011, when ÍBV again finished third in the league. He also played four matches in the Icelandic Cup, scoring one goal. At the end of the season he was elected "young player of the year" by the players in Úrvalsdeild, joining famous players such as

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and

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. The same year, Þórarinn played three matches for the under-21 team and was called up for the senior team at the end of the year, in a squad consisting of players from the Scandinavian leagues. In November 2011 he was on trials with English clubs

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and

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. He was in January 2012 offered a trial with

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side

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. Þórarinn made his debut for the Icelandic national team when he started the friendly match against

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in February 2012.

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