Elías Már Ómarsson (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic professional

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who plays as a forward for Dutch club

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and the Iceland national team.

Club career

Elías Már started his career with local club

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in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with

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on 5 February 2015. In 2016 he went out on loan to Swedish club

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for the second half of the season. He had a clause in the loan contract enabling IFK to buy Ómarsson for a set fee after the loan ended which IFK chose to use. He moved to the

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club

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in August 2018. On 18 January 2023, Elías Már agreed to return to the Netherlands on a one-and-a-half-year contract with

International career

Elías Már holds Icelandic and Norwegian nationalities. He made his first appearance for the Iceland national team on 16 January 2015 in a match against

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, when he came on as a substitute for Rúrik Gíslason with a few minutes left of the match.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual * Eredivisie Player of the Month: May 2019

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